1955 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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ACC co-champion | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 16 |
Record | 7–2–1 (4–0 ACC) |
Head coach |
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MVP | Robert A. Pascal |
Captain | Jesse Birchfield |
Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.3Maryland + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 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 1955 college football season. In their fifth 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]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | NC State |
| W 33–7 | 20,000 | [3] | ||
October 1 | atTennessee* | No. 16 |
| W 21–0 | 25,500 | [4] | |
October 8 | 2:30 p.m. | William & Mary* | No. 13 |
| W 47–7 | 15,000 | [5] |
October 15 | at No. 14Ohio State* | No. 11 |
| W 20–14 | 82,254 | [6] | |
October 22 | Pittsburgh*![]() | No. 5 |
| L 7–26 | 31,000 | [7] | |
October 29 | at No. 12Georgia Tech* | No. 17 |
| L 0–27 | 40,000 | [8] | |
November 5 | vs. No. 9Navy* |
| T 7–7 | 27,119 | [9] | ||
November 12 | atSouth Carolina | No. 18 |
| W 41–7 | 18,000 | [10] | |
November 19 | Wake Forest | No. 20 |
| W 14–0 | 15,000 | [11] | |
December 3 | North Carolina |
| W 6–0 | 34,000 | [12] | ||
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