1950 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1950 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1950 college football season.[1]

1950 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPBilly Cox
CaptainBilly Cox
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1950 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Washington and Lee $ 6 –0 –08 –3 –0
No. 10 Clemson 3 –0 –19 –0 –1
VMI 5 –1 –06 –4 –0
Wake Forest 6 –1 –16 –1 –2
Maryland 4 –1 –17 –2 –1
Duke 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
North Carolina 3 –2 –13 –5 –2
George Washington 4 –3 –05 –4 –0
NC State 4 –4 –15 –4 –1
William & Mary 3 –3 –04 –7 –0
The Citadel 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
South Carolina 2 –4 –13 –4 –2
Furman 2 –4 –02 –8 –1
West Virginia 1 –3 –02 –8 –0
Davidson 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Richmond 1 –8 –02 –8 –0
VPI 0 –8 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at South CarolinaNo. 16W 14–028,000
September 30Pittsburgh*No. 16W 28–1425,000
October 7Tennessee*No. 14
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–2830,000[2]
October 14at NC StateW 7–016,500
October 21at RichmondW 41–04,000[3]
October 28Maryland
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 14–2620,000
November 4Georgia Tech*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 30–2130,000[4]
November 11Wake Forest
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–1325,000[5]
November 18vs. VPIW 47–65,000
November 25at North CarolinaW 7–040,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1950 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. "Tennessee blasts Duke, 28–7". The Commercial Appeal. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Powers scores all touchdowns (6) as Duke cruises". The Charlotte Observer. October 22, 1950. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Duke roars back to top Tech". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 5, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bill Rumfelt (November 12, 1950). "Wake Forest Beats Duke; Miller, Kissell Engineer Wake Forest Win". The Rocky Mount Sunday Telegram. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.


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