Wake Forest at Duke
Saturday, October 7, 1933 Share
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.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 44°FAttendance 8,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Wake Forest–Duke gameOfficially, 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.
| 2025 | Duke 49, Wake Forest 32 | |
| 2024 | Duke 23, Wake Forest 17 | |
| 2023 | Duke 24, Wake Forest 21 | |
| 2022 | Duke 34, Wake Forest 31 | |
| 2021 | Wake Forest 45, Duke 7 | |
| 2019 | Wake Forest 39, Duke 27 |
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gameat NC StateOct. 21, 1933
- SeasonWake Forest in 1933
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
Duke
- Next gamevs. TennesseeOct. 14, 1933
- SeasonDuke in 1933
- ProgramDuke history and records

