Duke at Colgate

Saturday, October 19, 1940

Duke beat Colgate 13–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Duke led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayDuke7–⁠2 in 1940
13
HomeColgate5–⁠3 in 1940
0

FinalHigh 35°F, low 15°F

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Football Results

    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.

Duke leads 9–⁠0 in nine meetings, counting the four 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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