Colgate at Duke
Saturday, October 7, 1939 Share
Duke beat Colgate 37–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Duke led the series 4–0.
FinalHigh 88°F, low 54°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 9, 1939, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon: Stanford O: Oregon 10. Idaho 6; oregon State ‘. Washington State 0, Southern California 27 St. Mary’s ‘; California 3. University of Washington ‘; U. CHA. IA. Alabama T. Fordham 6. West Virginia 0; Pitt 20 Missouri 0; Ohio State 19. Bates 0; Harvard 20. Rochester o; Oberlin 12. Western Reserve 12; Ohio U. l4. DePauw 6; Ohio Wesleyan 33. Virginia Military Institute 2; Dav- idson O. Auburn 0; Tulane 12 Texas Christian 13; Arkansas 14. Iowa State 32; Indiana 29. Kentucky 21; Vanderbilt 13. Brown 20: Amherst Ia. Syracuse 6; Cornell l9. Rhode Island 0; Name 24. Franklin Marshall 2, Boston U. 13. New York U. 43; Penn Military 0. Michigan State 13, Michigan 26, LaFayette 0; Pennsylvania 6. Bucknell 3; Penn State l3. Worcester Tech 6; Coast Guard Academy 0. Williams 6; Princeton 26. Centre 6; Army 2. Columbia ‘; Yale 10. Louisiana State 26; Holy Cross T. Carnegie Tech 6; Temple 0. Colgate 0; Duke 37. Texas IT; Wisconsin T. Iowa State 0; Kansas IA. Minnesota 0: Nebraska 6. Georgia Tech IA; Notre Dame IT.. Oklahoma 23; Northwestern O

The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 9, 1939, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores Football finals-Alabama State 7, Forhlaln 6 West Virginia 0-Pitt 20 Missouri 0-Ohio Stat 19 Center 6--Army 2 Columbia 7-Yale 10 Louisiana State 26-Holy Cross Carnegie Tech 6-Temple 0 Colgate 0-Duke 37 Texas 17-Wisconsin 7 Minnesota 0-Nebraska 6 Iowa State 0-Kansas 14 Georgia Tech 14-Notre Dame IT Oklahoma 23-Northwestern 0 Stanford 0-Oregon 10 Idaho 6-Oregon State 2 UCLA 14-Washington 2 Washington State eSouthern Cal 27 St. Marys 7-California 3
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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colgate–Duke gameDuke leads 9–0 in nine meetings, counting the five 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. BrownOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonColgate in 1939
- ProgramColgate history and records
Duke
- Next gameat PittsburghOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonDuke in 1939
- ProgramDuke history and records

