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1949 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1949 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–3 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPLou Allen
CaptainLou Allen
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 North Carolina $ 5 0 0 7 4 0
No. 14 Maryland 4 0 0 9 1 0
Washington and Lee 3 1 1 3 5 1
Duke 4 2 0 6 3 0
William & Mary 4 2 0 6 4 0
VMI 3 2 1 3 5 1
The Citadel 2 2 0 4 5 0
Clemson 2 2 0 4 4 2
Furman 3 3 0 3 6 0
South Carolina 3 3 0 4 6 0
Wake Forest 3 3 0 4 6 0
George Washington 2 3 0 4 5 0
NC State 3 6 0 3 7 0
VPI 1 5 2 1 7 2
Richmond 2 6 0 3 7 0
Davidson 1 5 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1949 college football season.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24RichmondW 67–012,000[2]
October 1at Tennessee*W 21–740,000[3]
October 8at Navy*No. 14L 14–2822,000
October 15NC State
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–1320,000
October 222:00 p.m.VPIdagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 55–710,000[4]
October 29at Georgia Tech*W 27–1438,000[5]
November 5Wake ForestNo. 16
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–2735,000
November 12at George WashingtonW 35–09,283[6]
November 19North Carolina
L 20–2157,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1949 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Duke overwhelms Richmond". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 25, 1949. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Duke tramples Tennessee". Rocky Mount Telegram. October 2, 1949. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Homecoming Blue Devils Engage VPI". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. October 21, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  5. ^ "Duke trips Tech, 27–14, on second half splurge". The Birmingham News. October 30, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Blue Devils take win, 35-0". The News and Observer. November 13, 1949. Retrieved February 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.