1953 Duke Blue Devils football team
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| 1953 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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| File:1953 Duke Blue Devils football team (Chanticleerseria1954duke 0317).jpg | |
ACC co-champion | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 18 |
| AP | No. 18 |
| Record | 7–2–1 (4–0 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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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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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 compiled an overall record of 7–2–1, with a conference record of 4–0, and finished as ACC co-champion.[2]
Duke won a share of the 1953 ACC Championship, and finished the season ranked 18th in the final AP poll.
Schedule
[edit | edit source]| 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*dagger | No. 8 |
| W 20–14 | 30,000 | [6] |
| October 17 | vs. Army* | No. 7 | L 13–14 | 21,282–21,284 | [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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