Duke at Navy
Saturday, October 20, 1928 Share
Navy beat Duke 6–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Navy led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 51°FAttendance 1,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 22, 1928, page 29
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WIN OF NAVY TEAM GIVES LITTLE HOPE ANNAPOLIS, October 22.-The Naval Academy’s bare and somewhat lucky victory over Duke Saturday by a score of 6 to 0 has done little to restore conf dence in the foot ball team, already beaten and held scoreless in three games. The victory Is laid to the fact that Duke probably is weaker than any of the three teams which the Navy met previously and not on account of any improvement in the local eleven. The Navy team was expected to set a pace Saturday that would indicate a new start and give its friends hope that It would acquit itself creditably against Pennsylvania next Saturday and it’s other remaining opponents. 1t was impossible to see improvement In any line in the Navy team, and on the contrary, all the old faults-failure to open holes by the linemtn and gen. eral lack Of dash and lodging ability on the part of the backs-were just as much in evidence as in the past. It Is also notable that the Naval team appears to have failed completely to develop passing game which will supplement and relieve the running at tack. This Is strange, as Ingram’s teams In the two previous years have been adopts in this line of play. The Navy team failed most miserably with its passing Saturday, and was never able to save the ball by means of this play. Thus, the Duke secondary defense was able to devote itself more completely to stopping the running playS

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1928, page 5 (results column)
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GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are scores of prin- cipal football games played Satur- day afternoon in various parts of the states: oregan 27; University of Wash ington O. California 0; University of Southern California O. Ohio 19; Michigan ‘. Navy 6; Duke 0. Pennsylvania IA; Penn State 0. Army 15; Harvard 0. Minnesota 33; Chicago ‘. Northwestern ‘; Kentucky 0. Wisconsin 19; Purdue 19. Washington State 9; Oregon State ‘. Missouri 2S; Iowa State 19. Dartmouth 21; Columbia ‘. Yale 32; Brown IA. New York University s; Rutgers 0. Princeton 47; Lehigh 0. Colgate 16; Michigan State O.. Georgia Tech 13; Notre Dame O.. Tennessee 15; Alabama 13. West Virginia P; Washington and Lee O..

Seward daily gateway, October 22, 1928, page 7 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES Oregon, 27; Washington, 0. California, 0; U. s. C., O. Ohio, 19; Michigan, ‘. Navy, 6; Duke, 0. Pennsylvania, 13; Pen State, 0. Army, IS; Harvard, 0. Minnesota, 19; Chicago, ‘. Northwestern, ‘; Kentucky, 0. Wisconsin, 19 Purdue, 19. EASTMAN KODAKS AND PHO- SUPPLIES. Schaller- CTS Alaska Shop.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Navy 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Duke–Navy gameNavy leads 20–15–5 in 40 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.
| 2013 | Duke 35, Navy 7 | |
| 2010 | Duke 34, Navy 31 | |
| 2008 | Duke 41, Navy 31 | |
| 2007 | Navy 46, Duke 43 | |
| 2006 | Navy 38, Duke 13 | |
| 2005 | Navy 28, Duke 21 |
Around this game
Duke
- Next gameat GeorgetownOct. 27, 1928
- SeasonDuke in 1928
- ProgramDuke history and records
Navy
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 27, 1928
- SeasonNavy in 1928
- ProgramNavy history and records

