1950 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1950 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1950 college football season.[1]

1950 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPBilly Cox
CaptainBilly Cox
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1950 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Washington and Lee $ 6 0 08 3 0
No. 10 Clemson 3 0 19 0 1
VMI 5 1 06 4 0
Wake Forest 6 1 16 1 2
Maryland 4 1 17 2 1
Duke 5 2 07 3 0
North Carolina 3 2 13 5 2
George Washington 4 3 05 4 0
NC State 4 4 15 4 1
William & Mary 3 3 04 7 0
The Citadel 2 3 04 6 0
South Carolina 2 4 13 4 2
Furman 2 4 02 8 1
West Virginia 1 3 02 8 0
Davidson 1 5 03 6 0
Richmond 1 8 02 8 0
VPI 0 8 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at South CarolinaNo. 16W 14–028,000
September 30Pittsburgh*No. 16W 28–1425,000
October 7Tennessee*No. 14
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–2830,000[2]
October 14at NC StateW 7–016,500
October 21at RichmondW 41–04,000[3]
October 28Maryland
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 14–2620,000
November 4Georgia Tech*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 30–2130,000[4]
November 11Wake Forest
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–1325,000[5]
November 18vs. VPIW 47–65,000
November 25at North CarolinaW 7–040,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1950 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. "Tennessee blasts Duke, 28–7". The Commercial Appeal. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Powers scores all touchdowns (6) as Duke cruises". The Charlotte Observer. October 22, 1950. Retrieved November 7, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Duke roars back to top Tech". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 5, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bill Rumfelt (November 12, 1950). "Wake Forest Beats Duke; Miller, Kissell Engineer Wake Forest Win". The Rocky Mount Sunday Telegram. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.


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