1956 Duke Blue Devils football team

1956 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–4–1 (4–1 ACC)
Head coach	William D. Murray

1956 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 19 Clemson $	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
Duke	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
South Carolina	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Maryland	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	3
Virginia	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Location	Result
09/22/1956	at South Carolina	No. 16	Columbia, SC	L 0-7
09/29/1956	at Virginia		Charlottesville, VA	W 40-7
10/06/1956	No. 9 Tennessee		Durham, NC	L 20-33
10/13/1956	No. 19 Southern Methodist		Durham, NC	W 14-6
10/20/1956	vs. No. 16 Pittsburgh		Norfolk, VA	L 14-27
10/27/1956	NC State		Durham, NC	W 42-0
11/03/1956	No. 2 Georgia Tech		Durham, NC	L 0-7
11/10/1956	No. 12 Navy		Durham, NC	T 7-7
11/17/1956	at Wake Forest		Winston-Salem, NC	W 26-0
11/24/1956	at North Carolina		Chapel Hill, NC	W 21-6