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{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
|Year=1955
{{Infobox college sports team season
|Team=Duke Blue Devils
| year = 1955
|Logo=
| team = Duke Blue Devils
|LogoSize = 100px
| sport = football
|Conference=Atlantic Coast Conference
| image =
|ShortConference=ACC
| image_size =
|Record=7–2–1
| conference = [[Atlantic Coast Conference]]
|ConfRecord=4–0
| short_conf = ACC
|APRank=
|CoachRank=16
| CoachRank = 16
| record = 7–2–1
|HeadCoach=[[William D. Murray]]
| conf_record = 4–0
|OScheme=
| head_coach = [[Bill Murray (American football coach)|William D. Murray]]
|Champion=ACC co-champion
| hc_year = 5th
|BowlTourney=
| mvp = [[Robert A. Pascal]]
|BowlTourneyResult=
| captain = Jesse Birchfield
| stadium = [[Wallace Wade Stadium|Duke Stadium]]
| champion = ACC co-champion
}}
}}
{{1955 ACC football standings}}
{{1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings}}
The '''1955 Duke Blue Devils football team''' represented the [[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke Blue Devils]] of [[Duke University]] during the [[1955 college football season]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/duke/1955-schedule.html|title=1955 Duke Blue Devils|work=College Football at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>
The '''1955 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 [[1955 college football season]]. In their fifth year under head coach [[Bill Murray (American football coach)|William D. Murray]], the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 7–2–1, with a conference record of 4–0, and finished as ACC co-champion.<ref>{{cite news|title=1955 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=January 5, 2024|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/duke/1955-schedule.html}}</ref>


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
{| class="wikitable"
| rankyear = 1955
! Date !! Opponent!! Rank !! Location !! Result
| poll = AP
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| time = Eastern
| 09/24/1955 || at [[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State]] || || Raleigh, NC || W 33-7

|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|{{CFB schedule entry
| 10/1/1955 || at [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]] || No. 16 || Knoxville, TN || W 21-0
| date = September 24
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| w/l = w
| 10/8/1955 || [[William & Mary Tribe football|William & Mary]] || No. 13 || Durham, NC || W 47-7
| opponent = [[1955 NC State Wolfpack football team|NC State]]
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| site_stadium = [[Wallace Wade Stadium|Duke Stadium]]
| 10/15/1955 || at No. 14 [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] || No. 11 || Columbus, OH || W 20-14
| site_cityst = [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham, NC]]
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| gamename = [[Tobacco Road (rivalry)#Football|rivalry]]
| 10/22/1955 || [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] || No. 5 || Durham, NC || L 7-26
| score = 33–7
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
| attend = 20,000
| 10/29/1955|| at No. 12 [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]] || No. 17 || Atlanta, GA || L 0-27
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-duke-rips-wolfpack-337/138134788/|work=Daily Press|title=Duke rips Wolfpack, 33–7|date=September 25, 1955|accessdate=January 5, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|-style="background: ##ddffdd;"
}}
| 11/05/1955 || at No. 9 [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]] || || Baltimore, MD || T 7-7
|{{CFB schedule entry
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| date = October 1
| 11/12/1955 || at [[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]] || No. 18 || Columbia, SC || W 41-7
| w/l = w
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| nonconf = y
| 11/19/1955|| [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]] || No. 20 || Durham, NC || W 14-0
| away = y
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
| rank = 16
| 12/3/1955 || [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]] || No. 18 || Durham, NC || W 6-0
| opponent = [[1955 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]
|}
| site_stadium = [[Neyland Stadium|Shields–Watkins Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
| score = 21–0
| attend = 25,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98725386/duke-defeats-vols-devils-hand-wyatts-t/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Duke defeats Vols; Devils hand Wyatt's team 21–0 loss|date=October 2, 1955|accessdate=March 30, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
|| time = 2:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 13
| opponent = [[1955 William & Mary Indians football team|William & Mary]]
| site_stadium = Duke Stadium
| site_cityst = Durham, NC
| score = 47–7
| attend = 15,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news |last=Drewry |first=Walt |title=State Gridders Face Stiff Slate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91948850/the-times-dispatch/ |newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]] |location=[[Richmond, Virginia]] |date=October 8, 1955 |page=14 |access-date=January 5, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 11
| opponent = [[1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]
| opprank = 14
| site_stadium = [[Ohio Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, OH]]
| score = 20–14
| attend = 82,254
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-ohio-state-beate/138134951/|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|title=Ohio State beaten by Duke, 20–14, Bucks blow lead|date=October 16, 1955|accessdate=January 5, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| rank = 5
| opponent = [[1955 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]
| site_stadium = Duke Stadium
| site_cityst = Durham, NC
| score = 7–26
| attend = 31,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-panthers-win-26/138135069/|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Panthers win, 26 to 7, for Devils' first loss|date=October 23, 1955|accessdate=January 5, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 17
| opponent = [[1955 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]]
| opprank = 12
| site_stadium = [[Bobby Dodd Stadium|Grant Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
| score = 0–27
| attend = 40,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-georgia-tech-blas/133047978/|work=The Times and Democrat|title=Georgia Tech blasts Duke, 27–0|date=October 30, 1955|accessdate=October 7, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1955 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]]
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = [[Baltimore Memorial Stadium|Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Baltimore|Baltimore, MD]]
| score = 7–7
| attend = 27,119
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-walsh-aldridge-pace-navy-duk/138135267/|work=The Shreveport Times|title=Walsh, Aldridge pace Navy, Duke to 7–7 tie|date=November 6, 1955|accessdate=January 5, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 18
| opponent = [[1955 South Carolina Gamecocks football team|South Carolina]]
| site_stadium = [[Williams–Brice Stadium|Carolina Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia, SC]]
| score = 41–7
| attend = 18,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-duke-raps-gamecocks/138135381/|work=The Rocky Mount Telegram|title=Duke raps Gamecocks|date=November 13, 1955|accessdate=January 5, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| w/l = w
| rank = 20
| opponent = [[1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|Wake Forest]]
| site_stadium = Duke Stadium
| site_cityst = Durham, NC
| gamename = [[Tobacco Road (rivalry)#Football|rivalry]]
| score = 14–0
| attend = 15,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-progress-index-pascal-leads-duke-ove/138135520/|work=The Progress-Index|title=Pascal leads Duke over Deacons, 14–0|date=November 20, 1955|accessdate=January 5, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 3
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1955 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
| site_stadium = Duke Stadium
| site_cityst = Durham, NC
| gamename = [[Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)|Victory Bell]]
| score = 6–0
| attend = 34,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times-tar-heels-are-ru/138135589/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Tar Heels are rugged in 6–0 loss to Blue Devils|date=December 4, 1955|accessdate=January 5, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}


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Latest revision as of 09:07, 8 October 2024

1955 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC co-champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record7–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach
MVPRobert A. Pascal
CaptainJesse Birchfield
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Maryland + 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Duke + 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Clemson 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wake Forest 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
NC State 0 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Virginia 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1955 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 1955 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 7–2–1, with a conference record of 4–0, and finished as ACC co-champion.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24NC State
W 33–720,000[3]
October 1at Tennessee*No. 16
W 21–025,500[4]
October 82:30 p.m.William & Mary*No. 13
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 47–715,000[5]
October 15at No. 14 Ohio State*No. 11
W 20–1482,254[6]
October 22Pittsburgh*daggerNo. 5
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–2631,000[7]
October 29at No. 12 Georgia Tech*No. 17
L 0–2740,000[8]
November 5vs. No. 9 Navy*
T 7–727,119[9]
November 12at South CarolinaNo. 18
W 41–718,000[10]
November 19Wake ForestNo. 20
W 14–015,000[11]
December 3North Carolina
W 6–034,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "1955 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Duke rips Wolfpack, 33–7". Daily Press. September 25, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Duke defeats Vols; Devils hand Wyatt's team 21–0 loss". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 2, 1955. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Drewry, Walt (October 8, 1955). "State Gridders Face Stiff Slate". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 14. Retrieved January 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Ohio State beaten by Duke, 20–14, Bucks blow lead". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 16, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Panthers win, 26 to 7, for Devils' first loss". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 23, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Georgia Tech blasts Duke, 27–0". The Times and Democrat. October 30, 1955. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Walsh, Aldridge pace Navy, Duke to 7–7 tie". The Shreveport Times. November 6, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Duke raps Gamecocks". The Rocky Mount Telegram. November 13, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Pascal leads Duke over Deacons, 14–0". The Progress-Index. November 20, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Tar Heels are rugged in 6–0 loss to Blue Devils". Asheville Citizen-Times. December 4, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.


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