1957 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1957 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 1957 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 6–3–2, with a conference record of 5–1–1, and finished second in the ACC.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at South Carolina	No. 10	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 26–14	40,000	[3]
September 28	Virginia	No. 7	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 40–0	14,000	[4]
October 5	Maryland	No. 4	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 14–0	25,000	[5]
October 12	at No. 15 Rice*	No. 5	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 7–6	52,000	[6]
October 19	Wake Forest	No. 5	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 34–7	17,600	[7]
October 26	at No. 11 NC State	No. 4	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	T 14–14	21,000	[8]
November 2	at Georgia Tech*	No. 7	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–13	40,000	[9]
November 9	vs. No. 7 Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 6–6	31,000	[10]
November 16	No. 14 Clemson	No. 11	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 7–6	22,000	[11]
November 23	North Carolina	No. 11	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 13–21	40,000	[12]
January 1	vs. Oklahoma*	No. 16	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	L 21–48	76,318	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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