Davidson vs. Duke
Saturday, September 26, 1942 Share
Duke beat Davidson 21–0. It was their 21st meeting; Duke leads the series 16–4–1.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 60°F, 0.84 in. of rainAttendance 2,500
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, September 27, 1942, page 36
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Davidson–Duke gameDuke leads 16–4–1 in 21 meetings.
| 1942 | Duke 21, Davidson 0 | |
| 1941 | Duke 56, Davidson 0 | |
| 1940 | Duke 46, Davidson 13 | |
| 1939 | Duke 26, Davidson 6 | |
| 1938 | Duke 27, Davidson 0 | |
| 1937 | Duke 34, Davidson 6 |
Around this game
Davidson
- Next gamevs. RollinsOct. 3, 1942
- SeasonDavidson in 1942
- ProgramDavidson history and records
Duke
- Next gameat Wake ForestOct. 3, 1942
- SeasonDuke in 1942
- ProgramDuke history and records

