1953 Duke Blue Devils football team
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ACC co-champion | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 18 |
| AP | No. 18 |
| Record | 7–2–1 (4–0 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Bob Burrows |
| Captain | Howard Pitt |
| Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Maryland + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Duke + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1953 college football season.[2]
Duke won a share of the 1953 ACC Championship, and finished the season ranked 18th in the final AP poll.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at South Carolina | No. 10 | W 20–7 | 30,000 | ||
| September 26 | Wake Forest | No. 10 | W 19–0 | 20,000 | ||
| October 3 | at Tennessee* | No. 12 | W 21–7 | 30,000 | [3] | |
| October 10 | Purdue* | No. 8 |
| W 20–14 | 30,000 | |
| October 17 | vs. Army* | No. 7 | L 13–14 | 23,000 | ||
| October 24 | NC State | No. 16 |
| W 31–0 | 15,000 | |
| October 31 | vs. Virginia* | No. 13 | W 48–6 | 25,000 | ||
| November 7 | vs. Navy* | No. 10 | T 0–0 | 15,000 | ||
| November 21 | at No. 12 Georgia Tech* | No. 15 | L 10–13 | 40,000 | ||
| November 28 | North Carolina |
| W 35–20 | 40,000 | ||
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References
- ^ "1953 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ^ "1953 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Duke defeats Tennessee, 21–7". The News and Observer. October 4, 1953. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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