Wake Forest at Duke

Saturday, September 27, 1941

Duke beat Wake Forest 43–⁠14. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 16–⁠4–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayWake Forest5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1941
14
HomeDuke9–⁠1 in 1941
43

FinalHigh 82°F, low 56°FAttendance 13,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Skyland post's story

    The Skyland post, West Jefferson, N.C., October 2, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    S. G.. defeated the Tar Heels Is to 6. AS spectator we are conf dent the best team won. Another surprise came in Greensboro when the Davidson Wildcats held States Wolfpack 6–⁠6. Davidson showed as pretty passing at tack as we have seen in a long time. Duke was expected to defeat Wake Forest but rather overdid it with score of 43–⁠14. Duke lived up to all advance press no tees and among their other tricks for scoring was intercept ing passes. The Wave Rolls On! Those who breakfast on baked beans were a little surprised when Boston Colleges Sugar Bowl champions were defeated by Tulanes Green Wave, 21–⁠7. But this was no surprise to sports fans below the Mason and Dixon line. Minnesota, the No. team at the opening Of the season went to the West Coast to defeat Washington, one of the strongest elevens along the Pacific coast, 1916. Among the best kickers of the day was Jack Graf, of Ohio State who scored both touchdowns for I the Buckeyes against Missouri and thought nothing of punting u yards. Michigan, the No. 4 team, defeated Michigan State 1877. APP palachian piled up a score of 60

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL @ lA{3SW{2 IFS Mn

    The Daily Alaska empire, September 29, 1941, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL @ lA{3SW{2 IFS Mn The following are final scores or important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Dartmouth 35; Norwich 0. Brown 20; Wesleyan 6. Colgate 66; St. Lawrence O. Westminster 19; Carnegie Tech 13. West Virginia 13; Waynesburg ‘. Michigan State T; Wisconsin 19. Ohio State 12; Missouri 2. Virginia 25; LaFayette 0. Kentucky 37; Virginia Poly Tech 11. Notre Dame 38; Arizona ‘. Detroit IA; Indiana T. Duke 43; Wake Forest 14. Navy 34; William and Mary 0. Vanderbilt 3; Purdue 0. Georgia 81; Mercer 0. South Carolina l3; North Caro- lima 2. Georgetown 16; Mississippi 6. Temple 3l; Kansas g. Sewanee 20; Washington and Lee 19. Syracuse 39; Clarkson 0. New Mexxico 12; Arizona State 6. Iowa State T; Denver 6. Montana 20; Brigham Young V. Loyola 20 Redlands 0. Wyoming 19; Greeley State 6. Willamette 53; College of Idahe 0. San Diego State 6; Pomona 0. Alabama AT; Southwestern Loui- siana 6. Clemson 36; Virginia Military 2. Texas Christian 6; Tulsa 0. Iowa State 25; Drake 8,

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 70% 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 81 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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