1958 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1958 Duke Blue Devils football
1958 Duke Blue Devils football team (Chanticleer 1959).jpg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record5–5 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach
MVPGeorge Dutrow
CaptainPryor Millner
Home stadium Duke Stadium
Seasons
  1957
1959  
1958 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Clemson $ 5 1 08 3 0
No. 15 South Carolina 5 2 07 3 0
Duke 3 2 05 5 0
North Carolina 4 3 06 4 0
Maryland 3 3 04 6 0
Wake Forest 2 4 03 7 0
NC State 2 5 02 7 1
Virginia 1 5 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 1958 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at South Carolina L 0–838,000
September 27at Virginia L 12–1515,000
October 4 Illinois *W 15–1325,000
October 11 Baylor *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 12–726,000
October 18at No. 12 Notre Dame *L 7–959,068
October 25 NC State
W 20–1320,000
November 1 Georgia Tech *
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 8–1030,000 [3]
November 8No. 1 LSU *L 18–5063,000 [4]
November 15at Wake Forest W 29–020,000
November 22at North Carolina W 7–644,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "1958 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  2. "1958 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. "Ga. Tech beats Duke by field goal, 10–8". The Progress-Index. November 2, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Louisiana State trounces Duke". Winston-Salem Journal. November 9, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.