1944 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1944 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 29–26 vs. Alabama
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 11
1944 record6–4 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPTom Davis
CaptainGordon Carver
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Duke $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Clemson 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
NC State 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Maryland 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 2
VMI 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
North Carolina 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Richmond 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1944 college football season. In its third season under head coach Eddie Cameron, the team compiled a 6–4 record (4–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, was ranked No. 11 in the final AP Poll, and defeated Alabama in the 1945 Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. The Blue Devils outscored opponents by a total of 230 to 118.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Richmond
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 61–78,250
September 30 at Penn
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–1840,000[3]
October 7 North Carolina Pre-Flight
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 6–1319,000
October 14 vs. No. 6 Navy
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
L 0–725,000
October 28 vs. No. 2 Army
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 7–2745,000
November 4 No. 5 Georgia Techdagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 19–1330,000
November 11 No. 12 Wake Forest No. 20
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 34–035,000[4]
November 18 at South Carolina No. 10
W 34–712,000
November 25 at North Carolina No. 11
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 33–020,000
January 1, 1945 vs. No. 16 Alabama No. 11 New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) W 29–26 66,822
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1944 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. ^ Morrow, Art (October 1, 1944). "Penn Upsets Duke, 18-7, Before 40,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Spoilers of Southland: Duke Ends Another Perfect Record". The Pittsburgh Press. November 12, 1944. p. 32.
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