Duke at Wake Forest

Saturday, October 22, 1938

No. 9 Duke beat Wake Forest 7–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Duke led the series 13–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

Away9Duke9–⁠1 in 1938
7
HomeWake Forest4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1938
0

FinalHigh 71°F, low 32°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current's story: This PICSKIN WEEKEND

    The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 28, 1938, page 1 (results column)

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    This PICSKIN WEEKEND Following are football games scheduled for tomorrow among the colleges of the country with last years scores following: EAST Amherst VS.. Mass. St. c. dig; Army VS.. Notre Dame (0–⁠7); Boston u. VS.. Western Reserve (0-D; Brown VS.. Tufts 900; Bucknell VS.. Albright (0–⁠6); Carnegie Tech VS.. Akron u; Catholic U. VS.. st. Louis CD; Colgate VS.. Holy Cross Glib; Columbia VS.. Cor nell (0–⁠14): Dartmouth VS.. Yale (9–⁠9); Fordham VS.. Pittsburgh (0–⁠0); Harvard VS.. Princeton 1916; Manhattan VS.. Canisius; Navy VS.. Penn CID; N.Y.U. VS. Ohio State; Penn State VS.. SYRIA cuse $3.50: Princeton VS.. Harward (6–⁠34). MIDWEST Chicago U. VS.. DePaul; Creighton VS.. Utah; Drake VS.. Grinnell (45–⁠7); Illinois VS.. Michigan CD; Indiana u. VS.. Wisconsin: Iowa VS.. Purduea(9-l3); Iowa State VS.. Marqaefte 800; Kansas VS.. Kan sas State T-0); Michigan VS.. n linois (7–⁠6); Michigan State VS. Santa Clara: Minnesota u. VS. Northwestern (7–⁠0); Missouri VS. Nebraska (0–⁠7); Oklahoma VS. Tulsa (7–⁠19); Okla. A. g. M. VS. Washburn 1853; Washington U VS.. Centre. SOUTH FLORIDA VS.. GEORGIA t6–⁠0l Alabama Poly VS.. Rice (4l-0D Alabama u. VS.. Kentucky (41–⁠0l Clemson VS.. Wake Forest (32–⁠0) Dawson VS.. Furman 1881; Duke VS.. North Carolina GID: Geer gia Tech VS.. Vanderbilt (l4-Ol L.S.U. VS.. Tennessee; Maryland VS.. V.MI. (9–⁠7); North Carolin; State VS.. V.PI u3–⁠7l; Rice VS. 1 Washington and Lee (C-6); Sew anee VS.. Tenn. Tech (6–⁠9D: Tenn US. L.S.U.: Tulane VS.. Miss. State Citadel Wofford $50: yfrgini; VS.. William and Mary t6-O) v.MI. v. Maryland TN Wax Forest IS. Clemson f0–⁠3.!I SOUTHWEST Arkansas IS. Texas A. & n (26-l3l: Baylor VS.. T.c.U. 60 Rice VS. Auburn (i3–⁠7l; S.M.u VS.. Texas 1872; Centenary vs. Loyola f7-i4l. ROCKY MOUNTAINS Colorado vs.. Wyoming: Colo RADIO State VS.. Utah State t0–⁠7l Denver vs. Utah gI8–⁠7I; ldontan’ State vs.. Portland: Western vi ~. Mex. Aggies g6-i3l. FAR WEST California vs. Oregon Stat t74–⁠6g. Gonzsga vs. Washington State 900. Oregon va use tl4–⁠3Sl: Portland w. hcniaEx State. Stanford rs. uCLA ai2–⁠7l.

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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, 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 84 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Duke 49, Wake Forest 32
2024Duke 23, Wake Forest 17
2023Duke 24, Wake Forest 21
2022Duke 34, Wake Forest 31
2021Wake Forest 45, Duke 7
2019Wake Forest 39, Duke 27

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