1953 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1953 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1953 college football season.[2]

1953 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC co-champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 18
1953 record7–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach
1953 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Duke won a share of the 1953 ACC Championship, and finished the season ranked 18th in the final AP poll.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankLocationResult
09/19/1953at South CarolinaNo. 10Columbia, SCW 20-7
9/26/1953Wake ForestNo. 10Durham, NCW 19-0
10/03/1953at TennesseeNo. 12Knoxville, TNW 21-7
10/10/1953PurdueNo. 8Durham, NCW 20-14
10/17/1953at ArmyNo. 7New York, NYL 13-14
10/24/1953NC StateNo. 16Durham, NCW 31-0
10/31/1953vs. VirginiaNo. 13Norfolk, VAW 48-6
11/07/1953at NavyNo. 10Baltimore, MDT 0-0
11/21/1953at No. 12 Georgia TechNo. 15Atlanta, GAL 10-13
11/28/1953North CarolinaDurham, NCW 35-20

References

  1. "1953 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. "1953 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


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