The 1953 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1953 college football season. In their third year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 7–2–1, with a conference record of 4–0, and finished as ACC co-champion.[2]
| 1953 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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ACC co-champion | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 18 |
| AP | No. 18 |
| Record | 7–2–1 (4–0 ACC) |
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| MVP | Bob Burrows |
| Captain | Howard Pitt |
| Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Maryland + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Duke + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Duke won a share of the 1953 ACC Championship, and finished the season ranked 18th in the final AP poll.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at South Carolina | No. 10 | W 20–7 | 30,000 | [3] | |
| September 26 | Wake Forest | No. 10 | W 19–0 | 20,000 | [4] | |
| October 3 | at Tennessee* | No. 12 | W 21–7 | 30,000 | [5] | |
| October 10 | Purdue* | No. 8 |
| W 20–14 | 30,000 | [6] |
| October 17 | vs. Army* | No. 7 | L 13–14 | 21,284 | [7] | |
| October 24 | NC State | No. 16 |
| W 31–0 | 15,000 | [8] |
| October 31 | vs. Virginia* | No. 13 | W 48–6 | 25,000 | [9] | |
| November 7 | vs. Navy* | No. 10 | T 0–0 | 15,000 | [10] | |
| November 21 | at No. 12 Georgia Tech* | No. 15 | L 10–13 | 40,000 | [11] | |
| November 28 | North Carolina |
| W 35–20 | 40,000 | [12] | |
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References
edit- ^ "1953 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
- ^ "1953 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ "Devils beat Gamecocks". The Rocky Mount Telegram. September 20, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke whips Decons 19–0". Greensboro Daily News. September 27, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke defeats Tennessee, 21–7". The News and Observer. October 4, 1953. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Purdue bows to Duke, 20–14". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 11, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Army upsets Duke Blue Devils 14–13". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 18, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke power blasts State in 31–0 game". The Macon Telegraph & News. October 25, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke swamps Virginia, 48–6". The Baltimore Sun. November 1, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke, Navy slug out 0–0 tie". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 8, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Tech overhauls Duke, 13–10". The Dayton Daily News. November 22, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke defeats N. Carolina 35 to 20". The Pensacola News Journal. November 29, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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