1951 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1951 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1951 record5–4–1 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPBob Bickel
CaptainJames Gibson
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Southern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Maryland + 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
VMI + 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Washington and Lee 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
William & Mary 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 19 Clemson 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Duke 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
South Carolina 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
George Washington 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
West Virginia 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
NC State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Richmond 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
The Citadel 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Furman 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Davidson 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
VPI 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1951 college football season.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22at South Carolina
W 34–628,000
September 29at Pittsburgh*
W 19–1420,000
October 6at No. 3 Tennessee*
L 0–2645,000
October 13NC State
W 27–2123,000
October 20vs. VPI
W 55–620,000
October 27Virginia*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–3025,000
November 3at No. 5 Georgia Tech*
T 14–1436,000
November 10Wake Forest
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 13–1930,000
November 17at William & Mary
L 13–1414,000
November 24North Carolina
W 19–750,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1951 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
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