1956 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1956 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 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 5–4–1, with a conference record of 4–1, and finished second in the ACC.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at South Carolina	No. 16	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–7	25,000	[3]
September 29	at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 40–7	17,000	[4]
October 6	No. 9 Tennessee*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 20–33	22,000	[5]
October 13	No. 19 SMU*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 14–6	25,000	[6]
October 20	vs. No. 16 Pittsburgh*		Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	L 14–27	26,000–27,000	[7]
October 27	NC State		Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 42–0	12,000	[8]
November 3	No. 2 Georgia Tech*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–7	38,000	[9]
November 10	No. 12 Navy*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	T 7–7	25,000	[10]
November 17	at Wake Forest		Bowman Gray Stadium Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	W 26–0	5,000–6,000	[11][12]
November 24	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	W 21–6	36,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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