1949 Duke Blue Devils football team

1949 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–3 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Wallace Wade

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Location	Result
09/24/1949	Richmond		Durham, NC	W 67-0
10/01/1949	at Tennessee		Knoxville, TN	W 21-7
10/08/1949	at Navy	No. 14	Annapolis, MD	L 14-28
10/15/1949	NC State		Durham, NC	W 14-13
10/22/1949	VPI		Durham, NC	W 55-7
10/29/1949	at Georgia Tech		Atlanta, GA	W 27-14
11/05/1949	Wake Forest	No. 16	Durham, NC	L 7-27
11/12/1949	at George Washington		Washington, DC	W 35-0
11/19/1949	North Carolina		Durham, NC	L 20-21