1949 Duke Blue Devils football team

1949 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–3 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Wallace Wade (15th season)
MVP	Lou Allen
Captain	Lou Allen
Home stadium	Duke Stadium
Seasons

1949 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 16 North Carolina $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
No. 14 Maryland	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	3	–	1	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Duke	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
VMI	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
The Citadel	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
George Washington	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
NC State	3	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
VPI	1	–	5	–	2			1	–	7	–	2
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1949 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach Wallace Wade, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 6–3, with a conference record of 4–2, and finished tied for fourth in the SoCon.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24		Richmond		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 67–0	12,000	[2]
October 1		at Tennessee*		Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 21–7	40,000	[3]
October 8		at Navy*	No. 14	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 14–28	22,000	[4]
October 15		NC State		Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 14–13	20,000	[5]
October 22	2:00 p.m.	VPI		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 55–7	10,000	[6]
October 29		at Georgia Tech*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 27–14	38,000	[7]
November 5		Wake Forest	No. 16	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 7–27	35,000	[8]
November 12		at George Washington		Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 35–0	9,283	[9]
November 19		North Carolina		Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 20–21	57,500	[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	14 (3)	—	—	—	16	—	—	—	—

References

1. "1949 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
2. "Duke overwhelms Richmond". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 25, 1949. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Duke tramples Tennessee". Rocky Mount Telegram. October 2, 1949. Retrieved February 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Navy upsets Duke 28 to 14". The Courier-Journal. October 9, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Duke eleven wins by 14–13". The Baltimore Sun. October 16, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Homecoming Blue Devils Engage VPI". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. October 21, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
7. "Duke trips Tech, 27–14, on second half splurge". The Birmingham News. October 30, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Wake Forest smashes over Duke's Devils, 27–7". The Greenville News. November 6, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Blue Devils take win, 35–0". The News and Observer. November 13, 1949. Retrieved February 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "North Carolina wins Southern Conference championship". The State. November 20, 1949. Retrieved December 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.