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1948 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1948 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–3–2 (3–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPBill Davis
CaptainAl DeRogatis
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Clemson $ 5 0 0 11 0 0
No. 3 North Carolina 4 0 1 9 1 1
VMI 5 1 0 6 3 0
No. 17 William & Mary 5 1 1 7 2 2
No. 20 Wake Forest 5 2 0 6 4 0
Maryland 4 2 0 6 4 0
Duke 3 2 1 4 3 2
Richmond 3 3 1 5 3 2
Washington and Lee 2 2 0 4 6 0
Furman 2 4 0 2 6 1
George Washington 2 4 0 4 6 0
Davidson 2 5 0 3 5 1
South Carolina 1 3 0 3 5 0
NC State 1 4 1 3 6 1
VPI 0 6 1 0 8 1
The Citadel 0 5 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1948 college football season.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at NC StateT 0–020,000
October 2Tennessee*T 7–722,000[2]
October 9Navy*
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 28–725,000
October 16at MarylandNo. 18W 13–1222,000
October 232:30 p.m.vs. VPINo. 15W 7–013,500[3]
October 30No. 6 Georgia Tech*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–1932,000
November 6No. 18 Wake Forest
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 20–2720,000
November 13George Washington
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 62–012,000[4]
November 20at No. 5 North CarolinaL 0–2044,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1948 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Duke gridders tie Tennessee". The Baltimore Sun. October 3, 1948. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Limping Dukes Hits Season's First Soft Touch Against VPI". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. October 22, 1948. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  4. ^ "Duke crushes G. Washington by 62–0 score". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 14, 1948. Retrieved February 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.