Duke at Colgate
Saturday, October 19, 1940 Share
Duke beat Colgate 13–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Duke led the series 5–0.
FinalHigh 35°F, low 15°F
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, October 20, 1940, page 1 (results column)
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Football Results Michigan 49, Illinois O. Fordham “a, Pitt IL. Minnesota 13, Ohio State 7. Cornell 33, Syracuse 6. Columbia 10, Georgia 13. NYU T. Holy Cross Is. Navy 19, Drake 0. Harvard 6, Army 6. Yale 13, Dartmouth 7. Penn 46, Princeton %. Brown 26, Tufts 6. Boston College 60, Idaho 0. Duke 13. Colgate 0. Tennessee q, Alabama H. Notre Dame 81, Carnegie Tech O Georgia Tech 19, Vanderbilt O. Wayne 7, Akron T. Virginia 0, VMI 7. North Carolina State 7, North Carolina 13. Florida 10. Maryland O. Indiana 10, Iowa 6. Ohio Northern 13, Capital 7.
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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Duke–Colgate gameDuke leads 9–0 in nine meetings, counting the four 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 gameat Wake ForestOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonDuke in 1940
- ProgramDuke history and records
Colgate
- Next gamevs. Mississippi CollegeOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonColgate in 1940
- ProgramColgate history and records

