Wake Forest at Duke

Saturday, November 11, 1944

No. 20 Duke beat No. 12 Wake Forest 34–⁠0. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 17–⁠5–⁠1 in the games on file.

Away12Wake Forest8–⁠1 in 1944
0
Home20Duke6–⁠4 in 1944
34

FinalHigh 65°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 13, 1944, page 2 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES FOuOWlQS dIt lllC liAletA oNOi SS “ leading football games played ovel the weekend: Notre Dame 0; Army 59 Illinois 0; Michigan 15. Yale 13; Brown o. Navy 48; Cornell 0. Michigan State 33 University o1 Maryland 0. Cherry Point Marines ‘, Bain- bridge 50. Colgate IS; Holy Cross 19. Swarthmore 2l; New York Uni versity 0. U. S. Coast Guard 19; Dart mouth 0. Columbia ‘; Penn 35. Franklin & Marshall 0; Ursinus 3. Penn State T; Temple 6. Bloomsburg Teachers O. Drexel 30. Alameda Coast Guard 2; St. Mary’s Navy 0. Virginia State 61; Lincoln Uni versity 0. Georgia 38; Florida 12. AAF ‘; Wichita University 13. College City of New York O.; Bucknell 73 Lehigh 0; West Virginia Il. Indiana IA; Minnesota 19 Purdue 27; Northwestern ‘. Iowa ‘; Wisconsin 26. Iowa State 19; Nebraska 6. PIT Boat Squadron 13; Harvard 0. Norwich 0; Connecticut IA. Presbyterian T; South Carolina 28. William & Mary 0; North Caro- lima 0. Mississippi 6; Alabama 34. Pittsburgh 19; Ohio State 54. Muhlenberg 6; Princeton 16. Rice T., Arkansas l2 .’ Oklahoma A & M l3; University of Texas 8. Texas Tech 0; Texas Christian IA Third Air Force 10; Great Lakes 12. Bunker Hill T; Iowa Seahawks 33. Lafayette 39; Rutgers 0. New Hampshire 19; Maine l4. Mississippi State 26; Auburn 21. Clemson ST; VIII 12, Duke 34 Wake Forest 0. Virginia 39; Richmond University 0. North Carolina 33; Georgia Navy Is. Clark ‘, Tennessee State 6. Florida A & M IA; Tuskegee 13. Miami 33; Ohio Wesleyan 20 Drake 3l; Missouri Valley 0. Kansas State Is; Kansas IA. Tulsa 51; Southwestern G. Texas A & VI 39; Southern Methodist 6. Missouri 2l; Oklahoma 21, tie. DePauW 6; Oberlin 0. Georgia Tech 34; Tulane ‘. UCLA ‘; California 0. March Field 28; Washington 0. Utah State B. Idaho, Southern Branch, T. Denver 41; New Mexico G. Utah 21; Colorado College 6. St. Mary’s Pre-flight 32; Alameda Coast Guard 13. Randolph Field 25 Maxwell Field Olathe, Kansas, Naval Clippers l3; Warrensburg Teachers l2. Fleet City Bluejackets 19; Ne vada 9 Louisiana Tech 0; Louisiana Normal 0, tie. Central Iowa IA; Luther T. San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots 13; College of Pacific 0. Milligan 20; Catawba 13.

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 51% to win. Duke pulled the upset. 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 79 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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