Colgate at Duke
Saturday, September 26, 1936 Share
Duke beat Colgate 6–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Duke led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 45°FAttendance 22,360
In the newspapers

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 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 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.
The series
Every Colgate–Duke gameDuke leads 9–0 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1991 | Duke 42, Colgate 14 | |
| 1987 | Duke 41, Colgate 6 | |
| 1942 | Duke 34, Colgate 0 | |
| 1941 | Duke 27, Colgate 14 | |
| 1940 | Duke 13, Colgate 0 | |
| 1939 | Duke 37, Colgate 0 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gamevs. UrsinusOct. 3, 1936
- SeasonColgate in 1936
- ProgramColgate history and records
Duke
- Next gameat South CarolinaOct. 3, 1936
- SeasonDuke in 1936
- ProgramDuke history and records

