1955 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1955 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC co-champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
1955 record7–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach
MVPRobert A. Pascal
CaptainJesse Birchfield
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Maryland + 4 0 0 10 1 0
Duke + 4 0 0 7 2 1
Clemson 3 1 0 7 3 0
Wake Forest 3 3 1 5 4 1
North Carolina 3 3 0 3 7 0
NC State 0 2 1 4 5 1
South Carolina 1 5 0 3 6 0
Virginia 0 4 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1955 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1955 college football season.[2]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24NC State
W 33–720,000
October 1at Tennessee*No. 16
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 21–025,500
October 82:30 p.m.William & Mary*No. 13
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 47–715,000[3]
October 15at No. 14 Ohio State*No. 11
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 20–1482,254
October 22Pittsburgh*daggerNo. 5
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–2631,000
October 29at No. 12 Georgia Tech*No. 17
L 0–2740,000
November 5vs. No. 9 Navy*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
T 7–727,119
November 12at South CarolinaNo. 18
W 41–718,000
November 19Wake ForestNo. 20
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–015,000
December 3North Carolina
W 6–034,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "1955 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. ^ Drewry, Walt (October 8, 1955). "State Gridders Face Stiff Slate". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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