1942 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1942 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Cameron, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 98. Jim Smith was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

1942 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1942 record5–41 (31–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
1942 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 William & Mary $ 4 0 0  9 1 1
VPI 5 1 0  7 2 1
Wake Forest 5 1 1  6 2 1
North Carolina 3 1 1  5 2 2
Duke 3 1 1  5 4 1
NC State 3 1 2  4 4 2
Furman 3 3 0  3 6 0
The Citadel 2 2 0  5 2 0
Clemson 2 3 1  3 6 1
Davidson 2 4 1  2 6 1
VMI 2 4 1  3 5 1
George Washington 2 4 0  3 6 0
Maryland 1 2 0  7 2 0
South Carolina 1 4 0  1 7 1
Richmond 1 5 0  3 6 1
Washington and Lee 0 4 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26 vs. Davidson Winston-Salem, NC W 21–0
October 3 at Wake Forest Wake Forest, NC L 7–20
October 10 Georgia Pre-Flight Durham, NC L 12–26
October 17 at No. 9 Colgate Buffalo, NY W 34–0
October 24 at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA W 28–0
October 31 No. 5 Georgia Tech Durham, NC L 7–26
November 7 Maryland Durham, NC W 42–0
November 14 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)T 13–13
November 21 NC State Durham, NC W 47–0
November 28 at Jacksonville NAS Jacksonville, FL L 0–13
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1942 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. "Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 96. Retrieved March 8, 2019.


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