1955 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 1955 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1955 college football season.[2]
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ACC co-champion | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
Record | 7–2–1 (4–0 ACC) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Robert A. Pascal |
Captain | Jesse Birchfield |
Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Maryland + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | NC State | W 33–7 | 20,000 | ||||
October 1 | at Tennessee* | No. 16 | W 21–0 | 25,500 | [3] | ||
October 8 | 2:30 p.m. | William & Mary* | No. 13 |
| W 47–7 | 15,000 | [4] |
October 15 | at No. 14 Ohio State* | No. 11 | W 20–14 | 82,254 | |||
October 22 | Pittsburgh*![]() | No. 5 |
| L 7–26 | 31,000 | ||
October 29 | at No. 12 Georgia Tech* | No. 17 | L 0–27 | 40,000 | [5] | ||
November 5 | vs. No. 9 Navy* | T 7–7 | 27,119 | ||||
November 12 | at South Carolina | No. 18 | W 41–7 | 18,000 | |||
November 19 | Wake Forest | No. 20 |
| W 14–0 | 15,000 | ||
December 3 | North Carolina |
| W 6–0 | 34,000 | |||
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References
- "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- "1955 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- "Duke defeats Vols; Devils hand Wyatt's team 21–0 loss". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 2, 1955. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- Drewry, Walt (October 8, 1955). "State Gridders Face Stiff Slate". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- "Georgia Tech blasts Duke, 27–0". The Times and Democrat. October 30, 1955. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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