1959 Duke Blue Devils football team

1959 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–12	37,000
September 26	at No. 12 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 13–14	82,834
October 3	Rice*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 24–7	21,000
October 10	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–12	38,749
October 17	Army*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 6–21	33,500
October 24	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 17–15	14,000
October 31	at No. 9 Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 10–7	44,174
November 7	at No. 10 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 0–6	40,000
November 14	Wake Forest	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 27–15	25,000
November 21	North Carolina	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 0–50	33,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1959 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
^ "1959 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.

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Venues	Hanes Field (c. 1913–1928) Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games North Carolina: (Victory Bell)
Culture & lore	History "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Blue and White (Duke fight song) Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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1959 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 11 Clemson $		6	–	1		9	–	2
North Carolina		5	–	2		5	–	5
Maryland		4	–	2		5	–	5
South Carolina		4	–	3		6	–	4
Wake Forest		4	–	3		6	–	4
Duke		2	–	3		4	–	6
NC State		0	–	6		1	–	9
Virginia		0	–	5		0	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]