1953 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1953 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1953 college football season.[2]

1953 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC co-champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 18
Record7–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach
MVPBob Burrows
CaptainHoward Pitt
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1953 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Maryland + 3 0 010 1 0
No. 18 Duke + 4 0 07 2 1
South Carolina 2 3 07 3 0
North Carolina 2 3 04 6 0
Wake Forest 2 3 03 6 1
Clemson 1 2 03 5 1
NC State 0 3 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at South CarolinaNo. 10W 20–730,000
September 26Wake ForestNo. 10W 19–020,000
October 3at Tennessee*No. 12W 21–730,000[3]
October 10Purdue*daggerNo. 8
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 20–1430,000
October 17vs. Army*No. 7L 13–1423,000
October 24NC StateNo. 16
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 31–015,000
October 31vs. Virginia*No. 13W 48–625,000
November 7vs. Navy*No. 10T 0–015,000
November 21at No. 12 Georgia Tech*No. 15L 10–1340,000
November 28North Carolina
W 35–2040,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1953 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. "1953 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. "Duke defeats Tennessee, 21–7". The News and Observer. October 4, 1953. Retrieved March 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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