Richmond at Duke
Saturday, September 24, 1949 Share
Duke beat Richmond 67–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Duke led the series 7–1.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 45°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, September 25, 1949, page 44
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Duke Takes Richmond With Ease, 81 10 0 club here. That was a 67–0 decision over Wake Forest in 1888. club here. That was a 67–0 decision over Wake Forest in 1888. Cox started the scoring parade with 30-yard run early in the first period. Before he got through he had turned in two more touchdowns for top place in the scoring. His other tallies came on runs Of “a and IL yards. Mounie, whom Richmond found almost impossible to stop, banged over for two scores from short distances out. and his understudy, Paul Stephanz, accounted for two others on smashes of IL yards and l yard. Tailback George Skipworth, Friedlund,, and End Ceep YOU mans, recruited from Dukes .basketball team, got one touchdown each.
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.
The series
Every Richmond–Duke gameDuke leads 9–4 in 13 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 2011 | Richmond 23, Duke 21 | |
| 2009 | Richmond 24, Duke 16 | |
| 2006 | Richmond 13, Duke 0 | |
| 1979 | Duke 34, Richmond 7 | |
| 1950 | Duke 41, Richmond 0 | |
| 1949 | Duke 67, Richmond 0 |
Around this game
Richmond
- Next gameat DelawareOct. 1, 1949
- SeasonRichmond in 1949
- ProgramRichmond history and records
Duke
- Next gameat TennesseeOct. 1, 1949
- SeasonDuke in 1949
- ProgramDuke history and records

