1949 Duke Blue Devils football team

American college football season

1949 Duke Blue Devils football

Conference| Southern Conference
Record| 6–3 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach|

* Wallace Wade (15th season)

MVP| Lou Allen
Captain| Lou Allen
Home stadium| Duke Stadium

Seasons

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1950 ->

1949 Southern Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 16 North Carolina $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
No. 14 Maryland | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Washington and Lee | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Duke | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
William & Mary | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
VMI | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
The Citadel | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Clemson | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 2
Furman | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
South Carolina | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Wake Forest | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
George Washington | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
NC State | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
VPI | 1  | - | 5  | - | 2 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 2
Richmond | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Davidson | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1949 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach Wallace Wade, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 6–3, with a conference record of 4–2, and finished tied for fourth in the SoCon.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 24| | Richmond| |

* Duke Stadium
* Durham, NC

| W 67–0| 12,000| [2]
October 1| | at Tennessee*| |

* Shields–Watkins Field
* Knoxville, TN

| W 21–7| 40,000| [3]
October 8| | at Navy*| No. 14|

* Thompson Stadium
* Annapolis, MD

| L 14–28| 22,000| [4]
October 15| | NC State| |

* Duke Stadium
* Durham, NC (rivalry)

| W 14–13| 20,000| [5]
October 22| 2:00 p.m.| VPI| |

* Duke Stadium
* Durham, NC

| W 55–7| 10,000| [6]
October 29| | at Georgia Tech*| |

* Grant Field
* Atlanta, GA

| W 27–14| 38,000| [7]
November 5| | Wake Forest| No. 16|

* Duke Stadium
* Durham, NC (rivalry)

| L 7–27| 35,000| [8]
November 12| | at George Washington| |

* Griffith Stadium
* Washington, DC

| W 35–0| 9,283| [9]
November 19| | North Carolina| |

* Duke Stadium
* Durham, NC (Victory Bell)

| L 20–21| 57,500| [10]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Rankings

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See also: 1949 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes| Week

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Poll| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| Final
AP| 14 (3)| —| —| —| 16| —| —| —| —

## References

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1. ^ "1949 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
2. ^ "Duke overwhelms Richmond". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 25, 1949. Retrieved November 7, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Duke tramples Tennessee". Rocky Mount Telegram. October 2, 1949. Retrieved February 13, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Navy upsets Duke 28 to 14". The Courier-Journal. October 9, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Duke eleven wins by 14–13". The Baltimore Sun. October 16, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Homecoming Blue Devils Engage VPI". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. October 21, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
7. ^ "Duke trips Tech, 27–14, on second half splurge". The Birmingham News. October 30, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Wake Forest smashes over Duke's Devils, 27–7". The Greenville News. November 6, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Blue Devils take win, 35–0". The News and Observer. November 13, 1949. Retrieved February 11, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "North Carolina wins Southern Conference championship". The State. November 20, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.

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Duke Blue Devils football

Venues|

* Hanes Field (c. 1913–1928)
* Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* North Carolina: Victory Bell
* Tobacco Road

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* History
* Blue Devil
* "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!"
* Blue and White (Duke fight song)
* Marching band

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