1948 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1948 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference Southern Conference
Record4–3–2 (3–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPBill Davis
Captain Al DeRogatis
Home stadium Duke Stadium
Seasons
  1947
1949  
1948 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Clemson $ 5 0 011 0 0
No. 3 North Carolina 4 0 19 1 1
VMI 5 1 06 3 0
No. 17 William & Mary 5 1 17 2 2
No. 20 Wake Forest 5 2 06 4 0
Maryland 4 2 06 4 0
Duke 3 2 14 3 2
Richmond 3 3 15 3 2
Washington and Lee 2 2 04 6 0
Furman 2 4 02 6 1
George Washington 2 4 04 6 0
Davidson 2 5 03 5 1
South Carolina 1 3 03 5 0
NC State 1 4 13 6 1
VPI 0 6 10 8 1
The Citadel 0 5 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1948 college football season. [1]

Contents

Duke was ranked at No. 37 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at NC State T 0–020,000 [3]
October 2 Tennessee *T 7–722,000 [4]
October 9 Navy *
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 28–725,000 [5]
October 16at Maryland No. 18W 13–1221,904 [6]
October 232:30 p.m.vs. VPI No. 15W 7–013,500 [7]
October 30No. 6 Georgia Tech *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–1932,000 [8]
November 6No. 18 Wake Forest
L 20–2720,000 [9]
November 13 George Washington
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 62–012,000 [10]
November 20at No. 5 North Carolina L 0–2044,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. т = Tied with team above or below.
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References

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  2. "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Duke-State strugggle to 0–0 deadlock". The Portsmouth Star. September 26, 1948. Retrieved December 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Duke gridders tie Tennessee". The Baltimore Sun. October 3, 1948. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Folger and Cox lead Duke to 28-to-7 victory over Navy". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 10, 1948. Retrieved December 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Duke edges Terps by 13–12". Greensboro Daily News. October 17, 1948. Retrieved December 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Limping Dukes Hits Season's First Soft Touch Against VPI". The Duke Chronicle . Duke University. October 22, 1948. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  8. "Georgia Tech knocks Duke from unbeaten ranks, 19–7". The Baltimore Sun. October 31, 1948. Retrieved December 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Wake Forest defeats Duke, 27 to 20, in scoring duel". Tampa Sunday Tribune. November 7, 1948. Retrieved December 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Duke crushes G. Washington by 62–0 score". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 14, 1948. Retrieved February 11, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "No. Carolina bounces back in second half to trim Duke's Blue Devils, 20–0". Daily Press. November 21, 1948. Retrieved December 22, 2023 via Newspapers.com.