1945 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1945 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon Champion
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 13
Record6–2 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPGordon Carver
CaptainErnie Knotts, Kelley Mote
Home stadium Duke Stadium
Seasons
←  1944
1946  →
1945 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Duke $ 4 –0 –06 –2 –0
No. 19 Wake Forest 4 –1 –15 –3 –1
William & Mary 4 –2 –06 –3 –0
Clemson 2 –1 –16 –3 –1
Maryland 3 –2 –06 –2 –1
VMI 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
North Carolina 2 –2 –05 –4 –0
NC State 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
VPI 2 –5 –02 –6 –0
South Carolina 0 –3 –22 –4 –3
Richmond 0 –4 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1945 college football season. [1]

Duke won the 1945 Southern Conference Championship, and finished the season ranked 13th in the final AP poll.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 South Carolina
W 60–012,000 [2]
September 29 Bogue Field *
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 76–02,500 [3]
October 6 Navy *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 0–2144,000 [4]
October 13at Wake Forest No. 13
W 26–1920,000 [5]
October 27vs. No. 1 Army *No. 19
L 13–4842,287 [6]
November 3at Georgia Tech *No. 18
W 14–630,000 [7]
November 10 NC State No. 16
W 26–1315,000 [8]
November 24 North Carolina No. 15
W 14–744,000 [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "1945 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ "Duke wallops South Carolina 60–0". Greensboro Daily News. September 23, 1945. Retrieved December 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Duke swamps Marines, 76–0; Carver stars". The Atlanta Constitution. September 30, 1945. Retrieved December 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Navy outclasses Duke, 21–0, before 44,000". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 8, 1945. Retrieved December 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Duke beats Deacs, 26–19". The News and Observer. October 14, 1945. Retrieved December 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Dick Young (October 28, 1945). "Army Rips Duke, 48-13, On Long Dashes at PG". New York Daily News. p. 73 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Clark bids Duke farewell to top Engineers, 14–6". The Knoxville Journal. November 4, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Duke doubles score score, 26–13, on NC Staters". The State. November 11, 1945. Retrieved December 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Duke defeats Carolina at Durham, 14–7". Winston-Salem Journal. November 25, 1945. Retrieved December 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.


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