Wake Forest at Duke

Saturday, October 7, 1933

Duke beat Wake Forest 22–⁠0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 8–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayWake Forest0–⁠5–⁠1 in 1933
0
HomeDuke9–⁠1 in 1933
22

FinalHigh 80°F, low 44°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: DUKE HAS READY PUNCH Beats Wake Forest in Opening Big Five Game, 22 to o.

    Evening star, October 8, 1933, page 53

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    DUKE HAS READY PUNCH Beats Wake Forest in Opening Big Five Game, 22 to o. DURHAM, N. c., october Z P).- Playing straight foot ball, Duke Uni versity unleashed strong attack In the second half TO defeat Wake For est in its opening Big Five game, p to 0. here today. Coach Wallace Wade played his sec ond team throughout the first period and the Blue Devils were held scoreless. In the second period they pushed over a touchdown on the stubborn Demon Deacons. but got going in the second half to roll up 16 points.

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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 89 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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