1955 Duke Blue Devils football team
1955 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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ACC co-champion | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
Record | 7–2–1 (4–0 ACC) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Robert A. Pascal |
Captain | Jesse Birchfield |
Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Maryland + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1955 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 7–2–1, with a conference record of 4–0, and finished as ACC co-champion.[2]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | NC State | W 33–7 | 20,000 | [3] | |||
October 1 | at Tennessee* | No. 16 | W 21–0 | 25,500 | [4] | ||
October 8 | 2:30 p.m. | William & Mary* | No. 13 |
| W 47–7 | 15,000 | [5] |
October 15 | at No. 14 Ohio State* | No. 11 | W 20–14 | 82,254 | [6] | ||
October 22 | Pittsburgh* | No. 5 |
| L 7–26 | 31,000 | [7] | |
October 29 | at No. 12 Georgia Tech* | No. 17 | L 0–27 | 40,000 | [8] | ||
November 5 | vs. No. 9 Navy* | T 7–7 | 27,119 | [9] | |||
November 12 | at South Carolina | No. 18 | W 41–7 | 18,000 | [10] | ||
November 19 | Wake Forest | No. 20 |
| W 14–0 | 15,000 | [11] | |
December 3 | North Carolina |
| W 6–0 | 34,000 | [12] | ||
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References
- ^ "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ^ "1955 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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