1933 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1933 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1933 record9–1 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
  • Wallace Wade (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPFred Crawford
CaptainCarl Schock
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Duke $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
VMI 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Washington and Lee 1 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Clemson 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 2
VPI 1 – 1 – 3 4 – 3 – 3
Virginia 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 2
Maryland 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
NC State 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 3
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1933 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1933 college football season. Hall of Famer Fred Crawford was a consensus All-American this year; the first from North Carolina.

Duke upset Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers 10 to 2. It was Tennessee's first loss in over two and a half seasons.[1][2] It caused Neyland to say of Crawford: "He gave the finest exhibition of tackle play I have ever seen."[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30vs. VMI
  • World War Memorial Stadium
  • Greensboro, NC
W 37–610,000[4]
October 7Wake Forest*
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 22–08,000
October 14Tennessee*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 10–222,000[5]
October 21at Davidson*Davidson, NCW 19–7
October 28at Kentucky*
  • Stoll Field
  • Lexington, KY
W 14–715,000
November 4Auburn*
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 13–7
November 11Maryland
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 38–710,000
November 18North Carolina
W 23–332,000
November 25NC State
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 7–010,000
December 2at Georgia Tech*
L 0–616,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References[]

  1. ^ "Frederick A. "Fred" Crawford".
  2. ^ Theresa Jensen Lacey (2002). Amazing North Carolina. p. 79. ISBN 9781418538408.
  3. ^ "Scouts Line Up Stars On Grid Fronts". The Evening Independent. October 25, 1933.
  4. ^ "Blue Devils score 37–6 win over Virginia Cadets". The News and Observer. October 1, 1933. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Duke wins from Tennessee". The News and Observer. October 15, 1933. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1933 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
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