1936 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1936 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1936 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Wallace Wade, the team compiled a 9–1 record (7–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 208 to 28. Ace Parker was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

1936 Duke Blue Devils football
National champion (QPRS) SoCon Champion
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 11
1936 record	9–1 (7–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Wallace Wade
Assistant coaches	Ellis Hagler Herschel Caldwell
Offensive scheme	Single-wing

1936 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Duke $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
North Carolina	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Furman	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Clemson	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Davidson	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
VPI	4	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	7	–	0
Richmond	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	2
Virginia	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
William & Mary	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Both Clyde Berryman and James Howell named Duke as a retroactive national champion for 1936.[3][4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 19	vs. Davidson		Greensboro, North Carolina	W 13–0
September 26	Colgate*		Duke Stadium Durham, North Carolina	W 6–0
October 3	at South Carolina		Columbia, South Carolina	W 21–0
October 10	Clemson		Duke Stadium Durham, North Carolina	W 25–0
October 17	at Georgia Tech*		Grant Field Atlanta	W 19–6
October 24	at Tennessee*	No. 2	Knoxville, Tennessee	L 13–15
October 31	at Washington & Lee	No. 13	Richmond, Virginia	W 51–0
November 7	at Wake Forest	No. 15	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	W 20–0
November 14	at North Carolina	No. 13	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	W 27–7
November 26	NC State	No. 11	Duke Stadium Durham, North Carolina	W 13–0
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "1935 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
2. "Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 96. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
3. 2016 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
4. "1936 NCAA Division IA Football Power Ratings". jhowell.net. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
5. "1936 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.