Colgate at Duke

Saturday, September 26, 1936

Duke beat Colgate 6–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Duke led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayColgate6–⁠3 in 1936
0
HomeDuke9–⁠1 in 1936
6

FinalHigh 73°F, low 45°FAttendance 22,360

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: DUKE IN 60 WIN OVER COLGATE

    Imperial Valley press, September 27, 1936, page 2

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    DUKE IN 60 WIN OVER COLGATE DUKE STADIUM, DURHAM, N. c.. Sept. 26. W.P)-Duke university put in an early bid today for ma tional football honors by stopping the attack of Colgate university 6 to 0. The game, played before a crowd of $4,000 climaxed the anual homecoming and established the comparatively green team of Coach Wallace as a favorite to defend it’s Southern conference title.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: BALL As1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, September 28, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    BALL As1REsULTs The following are final scores ot principal football games played last Saturday afternoon. Minnesota A: Washington T. Montana 0; Washington State 19. Santa Clara 13; Stanford 0. Oregon State ‘; Southern Califor- nia 33. Bates 0, Holy Cross 45. Colgate 0; Duke 6. William and Mary 6; Navy 18 DePaul 6; Illinois 9. Mercer Georgia Is. South Dakota State T; Wiscon- sin 24 Ohio University O.; Purdue AT. Carleton 0; Iowa A. Ohio Wesleyan 0; Pitt 53. Lehigh 16; Case T. Mississippi 6; Tulane I. North Texas Teachers 0; South crn Methodist 6. University of Southern Califor- nia 39; California Aggies 0. Uni versity of California l4; College of Pacific 0, doubleheader Rhode Island T; Maine 0. Norwich O; Dartmouth 58. Lawrence G. Chicago 34. .SUND4.Y GAME St Mary’s 26. Gonzaga 13. FROM ANNEX CREER Mrs. A. R. Hayden is in Juneau from Annex Greek and is guest at the zynda. HERE FROM IoLSEQUAH w. J. Wilson is at the Gastineau registered from Tulsequah

  • The The Nome daily nugget's story: U. S. FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Nome daily nugget, Alaska, September 28, 1936, page 3 (results column)

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    U. S. FOOTBALL SCORES (By The Associated PressD Minnesota IA Washington 2 Montana 0 Washington State 19 Santa Clara 13 Stanford 0 Bates 0 Holy Cross 45 Colgate 0 Duke 6 William & Mary 6 Navy l8 DePaul 6 Illinois g Mercer 6 Georgia 15 South Dakota State 2 Wisconsin 24 Ohio U 0 Purdue AT Carleton 0 Iowa IA Ohio Wesleyan 0 Pitt 53 Lehigh Is Case 2 Mississippi 6 Tulane 2 N Tex. Teach. 0 South. Meth. 6 Oregon State 2 U s C 38

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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Duke leads 9–⁠0 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Duke 42, Colgate 14
1987Duke 41, Colgate 6
1942Duke 34, Colgate 0
1941Duke 27, Colgate 14
1940Duke 13, Colgate 0
1939Duke 37, Colgate 0

Around this game

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