Duke at Wake Forest

Saturday, November 22, 1930

Duke and Wake Forest tied 13–⁠13. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 5–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayDuke8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1930
13
HomeWake Forest5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1930
13

FinalHigh 68°F, low 44°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: WAKE FOREST HOLDS DUKE TO 1918 TIE Deacons 0utplay Demons in Open ing Quarters and Manage to Hold Own in Close.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1930, page 1

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    WAKE FOREST HOLDS DUKE TO 1918 TIE Deacons 0utplay Demons in Open ing Quarters and Manage to Hold Own in Close. By the Associated Press. WAKE FOREST, N. c., November o. Wake Forest presented q doughty band Of Deacons here this afternoon and Duke University’s record of 10 consecutive victories was terminated with q 1913 tie. Displaying teamwork and co-ordinaton, the Deacons outplayed the Devils in the first half, although Duke held a 7-to-0 lead at the turn and held their own In the second half to upset the dope In spectacular fashion, even though they could not win. Duke scored within the first minute Of play, the third play Of the game being q pass from Mason to Hiatt for IS yards and touchdown. Brewer smashed the line for the point. In the second quarter the Demons repulSed two determined Duke attacks, stopping the Devils for four downs, when on each occasion Duke had the with first down to 60 to goal Halfway through the third period the Demons started a drive which was culminated by a cash by Mills for “a yards and score. A score by CULLEN tied the count Three minutes later Wake Forest scored again. On the second play after the kickoff, CULLEN intercepted a pass and ran II yards TO Dukes 24-yard line. CULLEN got a first down and a pass, from Benton to CULLEN, scored. Bryan blocked Quillen’s drop-kick try for point. Both teams fought in the last period in the most brilliant display of foot ball seen in North Carolina this year. Duke rang up three successive downs just after the period opened and Murray scored. Brewer tried a line smash for the point and when he failed the scoring was over.

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)

Duke 66% to win.

Officially, Duke leads 62–⁠41–⁠2; as played, 60–⁠40–⁠2 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 105 meetings, counting the 92 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Duke 49, Wake Forest 32
2024Duke 23, Wake Forest 17
2023Duke 24, Wake Forest 21
2022Duke 34, Wake Forest 31
2021Wake Forest 45, Duke 7
2019Wake Forest 39, Duke 27

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