1936 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1936 Duke Blue Devils football
National champion (QPRS)
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 11
1936 record9–1 (7–0 SoCon)
Head coach
  • Wallace Wade (6th season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPAce Parker
CaptainAce Parker
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Duke $ 7 0 0 9 1 0
North Carolina 6 1 0 8 2 0
Furman 4 1 0 7 2 0
VMI 4 2 0 6 4 0
Maryland 3 2 0 5 5 0
Clemson 3 3 0 5 5 0
Davidson 4 3 0 5 4 0
Washington and Lee 2 2 0 4 5 0
Wake Forest 2 2 0 5 4 0
NC State 2 4 0 3 7 0
VPI 4 5 0 5 5 0
South Carolina 2 5 0 5 7 0
Richmond 1 3 0 4 4 2
Virginia 1 5 0 2 7 0
The Citadel 0 4 0 4 6 0
William & Mary 0 5 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1936 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Wallace Wade, the team compiled a 9–1 record (7–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 208 to 28. Ace Parker was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Both Clyde Berryman and James Howell named Duke as a retroactive national champion for 1936.[3][4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19vs. DavidsonGreensboro, NCW 13–09,101
September 26Colgate*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 6–022,360
October 3at South CarolinaW 21–06,382
October 10Clemson
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 25–04,127
October 17at Georgia Tech*
W 19–629,953
October 24at Tennessee*No. 2
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
L 13–1513,263[5]
October 31vs. Washington and LeeNo. 13Richmond, VAW 51–06,691
November 7at Wake ForestNo. 15
  • Gore Field
  • Wake Forest, NC
W 20–03,546
November 14at North CarolinaNo. 13Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)W 27–732,000
November 26NC StateNo. 11
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 13–017,320
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "1935 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 96. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  3. ^ 2016 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "1936 NCAA Division IA Football Power Ratings". jhowell.net. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "Tennessee upsets Duke, 15 to 13". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 25, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1936 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
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