1955 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1955 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC co-champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record7–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach
MVP Robert A. Pascal
CaptainJesse Birchfield
Home stadium Duke Stadium
Seasons
←  1954
1956  →
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Maryland + 4 –0 –010 –1 –0
Duke + 4 –0 –07 –2 –1
Clemson 3 –1 –07 –3 –0
Wake Forest 3 –3 –15 –4 –1
North Carolina 3 –3 –03 –7 –0
NC State 0 –2 –14 –5 –1
South Carolina 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Virginia 0 –4 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

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]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 NC State
W 33–720,000
October 1at Tennessee *No. 16
W 21–025,500 [3]
October 82:30 p.m. William & Mary *No. 13
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 47–715,000 [4]
October 15at No. 14 Ohio State *No. 11
W 20–1482,254
October 22 Pittsburgh *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 5
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–2631,000
October 29at No. 12 Georgia Tech *No. 17
L 0–2740,000 [5]
November 5vs. No. 9 Navy *
T 7–727,119
November 12at South Carolina No. 18
W 41–718,000
November 19 Wake Forest No. 20
W 14–015,000
December 3 North Carolina
W 6–034,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ "1955 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ "Duke defeats Vols; Devils hand Wyatt's team 21–0 loss". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 2, 1955. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Drewry, Walt (October 8, 1955). "State Gridders Face Stiff Slate". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "Georgia Tech blasts Duke, 27–0". The Times and Democrat. October 30, 1955. Retrieved October 7, 2023– via Newspapers.com.


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