1942 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPTom Burns
CaptainJim Smith
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1942 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 William & Mary $ 4 –0 –09 –1 –1
VPI 5 –1 –07 –2 –1
Wake Forest 6 –1 –16 –2 –1
North Carolina 3 –1 –15 –2 –2
Duke 3 –1 –15 –4 –1
NC State 3 –1 –24 –4 –2
Furman 3 –3 –03 –6 –0
The Citadel 2 –2 –05 –2 –0
Clemson 2 –3 –13 –6 –1
Davidson 2 –4 –12 –6 –1
VMI 2 –4 –13 –5 –1
George Washington 2 –4 –03 –6 –0
Maryland 1 –2 –07 –2 –0
South Carolina 1 –4 –01 –7 –1
Richmond 1 –5 –03 –6 –1
Washington and Lee 0 –4 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Duke was ranked at No. 20 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 vs. Davidson
W 21–0 2,500 [4]
October 3 at Wake Forest
L 7–20 7,000 [5]
October 10 Georgia Pre-Flight*
L 12–267,500[6]
October 17 vs. No. 9 Colgate*
W 34–0 18,782 [7]
October 24 at Pittsburgh*
W 28–0 15,000–20,000 [8]
October 31 No. 5 Georgia Tech*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–26 24,000 [9]
November 7 Maryland
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 42–0 7,500 [10]
November 14 at North Carolina
T 13–13 32,000 [11]
November 21 NC State
W 47–0 15,000 [12]
November 28 at Jacksonville NAS* Jacksonville, FL L 0–13 7,500 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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.
  3. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Duke trims scrapping Davidson eleven, 21–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 27, 1942. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Wake Forest upsets Duke eleven, 20–7". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 4, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Georgia Cadets Overcome Duke". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1942. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Duke smears whitewash on Colgate, 34–0". Atlantic City Press. October 18, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Blue Devils topple Pittsburgh, 28 to 0". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 25, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Georgia Tech blasts Duke jinx, 26–7". The Sunday Star. November 1, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Duke crushes Maryland with great attack, 42–0". The News and Observer. November 8, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Carolina and Duke battle to 13–13 tie before 32,000 fans". Greensboro Daily News. November 15, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Duke crushes N.C. State, score, 47–0". Winston-Salem Journal. November 22, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "McAfee Leads Fliers To Win Over Duke, 13-0". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 29, 1942. p. D2 – via Newspapers.com.


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