1957 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1957 Duke Blue Devils football
Orange Bowl, L 21–48 vs. Oklahoma
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 16
Record6–3–2 (5–1–1 ACC)
Head coach
MVP Tom Topping
CaptainHal McElhany
Home stadium Duke Stadium
Seasons
←  1956
1958  →
1957 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 NC State $ 5 –0 –17 –1 –2
No. 16 Duke 5 –1 –16 –3 –2
Clemson 4 –3 –07 –3 –0
North Carolina 4 –3 –07 –3 –0
Maryland 4 –3 –05 –5 –0
Virginia 2 –4 –03 –6 –1
South Carolina 2 –5 –05 –5 –0
Wake Forest 0 –7 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 1957 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 21at South Carolina No. 10
W 26–1440,000
September 28 Virginia No. 7
W 40–014,000
October 5 Maryland Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 4
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–025,000
October 12at No. 15 Rice *No. 5
W 7–652,000
October 19 Wake Forest No. 5
W 34–717,600
October 26at No. 11 NC State No. 4
T 14–1421,000
November 2at Georgia Tech *No. 7
L 0–1340,000
November 9vs. No. 7 Navy *No. 16
T 6–631,000
November 16No. 14 Clemson No. 11
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 7–622,000
November 23 North Carolina No. 11
L 13–2140,000
January 1vs. Oklahoma *No. 16
L 21–4876,318
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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The 1972 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.

The 1973 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.

The 1975 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season.

The 1976 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season.

The history of Duke Blue Devils football began in 1888, when Duke University first fielded a football team.

References

  1. ↑ "1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ "1957 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


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