1955 Duke Blue Devils football team

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]

1955 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC co-champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
1955 record7–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach
MVPRobert A. Pascal
CaptainJesse Birchfield
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
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]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24NC StateW 33–720,000
October 1at Tennessee*No. 16W 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. 11W 20–1482,254
October 22Pittsburgh*No. 5
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–2631,000
October 29at No. 12 Georgia Tech*No. 17L 0–2740,000
November 5vs. No. 9 Navy*T 7–727,119
November 12at South CarolinaNo. 18W 41–718,000
November 19Wake ForestNo. 20
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–015,000
December 3North Carolina
W 6–034,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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 .
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