Colgate at Duke

Saturday, October 7, 1939

Duke beat Colgate 37–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Duke led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayColgate2–⁠5–⁠1 in 1939
0
HomeDuke8–⁠1 in 1939
37

FinalHigh 88°F, low 54°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    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 The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores

    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.

Duke leads 9–⁠0 in nine meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1991Duke 42, Colgate 14
1987Duke 41, Colgate 6
1942Duke 34, Colgate 0
1941Duke 27, Colgate 14
1940Duke 13, Colgate 0
1939Duke 37, Colgate 0

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