Duke at Davidson

Saturday, November 8, 1941

No. 4 Duke beat Davidson 56–⁠0. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 15–⁠4–⁠1.

Away4Duke9–⁠1 in 1941
56
HomeDavidson1–⁠6–⁠3 in 1941
0

FinalHigh 59°F, low 31°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BAIL @ R{3SW{5 IFS Mr

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 10, 1941, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BAIL @ R{3SW{5 IFS Mr The following are final scores If principal football games played last Saturday afternoon. Fordham O. Pittsburgh l3. Missouri 26; New York Univer- sity 0. Detroit T; Marquette 6. Cornell 21: Yale 2. West Virginia 21; Kansas o. Notre Dame 20; Navy 13. Penn State 34; Syracuse l9. Minnesota 9; Nebraska 0. Lafayette 16; Rutgers 0. Harvard 20; Army 6. Dartmouth 20; Princeton 13. Temple IA; Villanova 13. Holy Cross 13; Brown 0. Boston College 26; Wake Forest 6. Ohio State 46; Wisconsin 34. Duke 56; Davidson 0. Iowa 21; Illinois O. Georgia 19; Florida 3. Georgetown 26; Maryland 0. Pennsylvania 19; Columbia 16. Michigan State 0; Purdue 0. Kansas State 3; South Carolina 0. Virginia Tech IA; North Caro- lima State 13. s.-... .s. Alabama 19; Tulane IA Virginia 27; Washington and Lee T. Georgia Tech 20; Kentucky 13. Cincinnati 20; Carnegie Tech 0. Northwestern 20; Indiana l4. Mississippi State IA; Auburn ‘. Tennessee 28; Howard G. Vanderbilt 20; SeWanee O. Stanford 13; Southern Califor- mia 0. University of Washington 13, California 6. UCLA 0; Oregon State 19. Washington State 26; Idaho 0.

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 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Duke leads 16–⁠4–⁠1 in 21 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Duke 21, Davidson 0
1941Duke 56, Davidson 0
1940Duke 46, Davidson 13
1939Duke 26, Davidson 6
1938Duke 27, Davidson 0
1937Duke 34, Davidson 6

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