1946 Duke Blue Devils football team

1946 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1946 college football season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	at NC State		Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 6–13	22,000
October 5	Tennessee*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 7–12	42,000
October 12	vs. Navy*		Municipal Stadium Baltimore MD	L 21–6	38,704
October 19	Richmond*	No. 12	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 41–0	10,000
October 26	vs. No. 1 Army*	No. 13	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–19	59,031
November 2	No. 16 Georgia Tech	No. 19	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–14	44,000
November 9	No. 13 Wake Forest		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 13–0	25,000
November 16	at South Carolina	No. 20	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 39–0	18,000
November 23	at No. 14 North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 7–22	43,385
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Blue Devils were selected.^[2]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
14	117	Leo Long	Back	Boston Yanks
15	131	Buddy Mulligan	Back	Chicago Cardinals
25	228	Hal Mullins	Tackle	Washington Football Team

^ "1946 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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1946 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 North Carolina $	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
William & Mary	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 18 NC State	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Duke	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Richmond	3	–	2	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
VPI	3	–	3	–	2	3	–	4	–	3
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
George Washington	1	–	1	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll