1957 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1957 Duke Blue Devils football
Orange Bowl, L 21–48 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 16
1957 record6–3–2 (5–1–1 ACC)
Head coach
MVPTom Topping
CaptainHal McElhany
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 NC State $ 5 0 1 7 1 2
No. 16 Duke 5 1 1 6 3 2
Clemson 4 3 0 7 3 0
North Carolina 4 3 0 7 3 0
Maryland 4 3 0 5 5 0
Virginia 2 4 0 3 6 1
South Carolina 2 5 0 5 5 0
Wake Forest 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1957 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 21at South CarolinaNo. 10W 26–1440,000
September 28VirginiaNo. 7W 40–014,000
October 5MarylanddaggerNo. 4
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–025,000
October 12at No. 15 Rice*No. 5W 7–652,000
October 19Wake ForestNo. 5
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 34–717,600
October 26at No. 11 NC StateNo. 4T 14–1421,000
November 2at Georgia Tech*No. 7L 0–1340,000
November 9vs. No. 7 Navy*No. 16T 6–631,000
November 16No. 14 ClemsonNo. 11
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 7–622,000
November 23North CarolinaNo. 11
L 13–2140,000
January 1vs. Oklahoma*No. 16L 21–4876,318
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "1957 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
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