Duke at Davidson

Saturday, October 2, 1937

Duke beat Davidson 34–⁠6. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 11–⁠4–⁠1.

AwayDuke7–⁠2–⁠1 in 1937
34
HomeDavidson2–⁠8 in 1937
6

FinalHigh 79°F, low 61°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 8,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 3, 1937, page 32 (results column)

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    touchdown in the final minutes OF play to win 1914. Harvard swamped Springfield, $40; Yale, with Clint Frank scoring one touchdown and passing for two. beat Maine, $50; Ford ham walloped Franklin and Mar shal. $50; Columbia bowled over Williams, 40–⁠6. and Holy Cross eked out TO decision over Providence. There wasn’t the semblance Of an upset in the South as Duke won from Davidson, 34–⁠6; North Carolima whipped North Carolina State, 200; Vanderbilt tripped Chicago 1870; Georgia nipped South Carolima, 1877, and Tennessee romped through Virginia Tech, 27-O. Oklahoma gave the Big Six an unexpected triumph by stopping Rice, 60, but Missouri disappointed in a 1916 defeat by Colorado at Boulder. CALIFORNIA; Golden Bears crush ed Oregon State, 24–⁠6, and looked like the team the rest of the coast conference will have to beat. Washington State turned back Idaho, 1870. In Rocky Mountain competition, Utah won over Brigham Young, 14–⁠0, but Utah State caught a z tartan in Montana State and emerged with a tie, SIS. Colorado Mines scored Its first victory over Colorado State In Z decade, TO.

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Duke leads 16–⁠4–⁠1 in 21 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Duke 21, Davidson 0
1941Duke 56, Davidson 0
1940Duke 46, Davidson 13
1939Duke 26, Davidson 6
1938Duke 27, Davidson 0
1937Duke 34, Davidson 6

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