Duke vs. Colgate
Saturday, October 8, 1938 Share
Duke beat Colgate 7–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Duke led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 24°F, 0.05 in. of rainAttendance 23,950
In the newspapers

Henderson daily dispatch, North Carolina, October 10, 1938, page 1
Read the text
POWERFUL TULANE WHIPS CAROLINA Duke Get 20 Verdict Over Colgate; Deacons Top South Carolina 2O-19 North Carolina came out on the short end of 17–14 score with Tulane Saturday at Chapel Hill, the game he ing the feature of Homecoming and Monogram day at the State University. Bronco Drummer, Tulane halfback was, in the opinion of those who saw him, Saturday, the hardest running back seen in North Carolina for years. 1t was almost impossible to stop the back. He was; responsible for two Tulane touchdowns. Stirnweiss made one for Carolina, and George Watson scampered for the other. ~ Duke got the edge over Colgate at Buffalo, n. Y, winning 7 to in a game fight. n Wake Forest spotted South Carolima two touchdowns, then came from behind to win 20 to 10 in a thrilling contest. The Deacons rolled up plenty OF ground-gaining, but the Gamecocks got the breaks to roll UP their score.
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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Duke–Colgate gameDuke leads 9–0 in nine meetings, counting the six 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
Duke
- Next gamevs. Georgia TechOct. 15, 1938
- SeasonDuke in 1938
- ProgramDuke history and records
Colgate
- Next gameat ColumbiaOct. 15, 1938
- SeasonColgate in 1938
- ProgramColgate history and records

