1953 Duke Blue Devils football team

1953 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC co-champion
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 18
Record	7–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach	William D. Murray

1953 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1953 college football season.

Duke won a share of the 1953 ACC Championship, and finished the season ranked 18th in the final AP poll.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Location	Result
09/19/1953	at South Carolina	No. 10	Columbia, SC	W 20-7
9/26/1953	Wake Forest	No. 10	Durham, NC	W 19-0
10/03/1953	at Tennessee	No. 12	Knoxville, TN	W 21-7
10/10/1953	Purdue	No. 8	Durham, NC	W 20-14
10/17/1953	at Army	No. 7	New York, NY	L 13-14
10/24/1953	NC State	No. 16	Durham, NC	W 31-0
10/31/1953	vs. Virginia	No. 13	Norfolk, VA	W 48-6
11/07/1953	at Navy	No. 10	Baltimore, MD	T 0-0
11/21/1953	at No. 12 Georgia Tech	No. 15	Atlanta, GA	L 10-13
11/28/1953	North Carolina		Durham, NC	W 35-20