Davidson vs. Duke

Saturday, September 26, 1942

Duke beat Davidson 21–⁠0. It was their 21st meeting; Duke leads the series 16–⁠4–⁠1.

Neutral siteDavidson2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1942
0
Neutral siteDuke5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1942
21

FinalHigh 71°F, low 60°F, 0.84 in. of rainAttendance 2,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Duke Not Impressive In Giving Davidson 21-to-0 Beating

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 27, 1942, page 36

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    Duke Not Impressive In Giving Davidson 21-to-0 Beating WINSTON-SALEM. N. c., Sept. 26.-Duke’s Rose Bowl Blue Devils Of last January today opened the 1912 campaign with none-tooimpressive 21–⁠0 triumph over David son College in Southern Confer ence game before $500 spectators. The Blue Devils struck for two touchdowns in the second period and one in the third. but three times were piled up and held for downs deep in the shadow of Davidson’s goal post. Numerous fumbles by both teams begged down offensive play time and again and led to two of the touch downs

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 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Duke leads 16–⁠4–⁠1 in 21 meetings.

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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