Duke vs. Army

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1953, page 62

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  Cadets Hold at Inch-Line To Preserve 74–⁠73 Win NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Living up to its finest football traditions. Army stopped mighty Duke an inch from the goal line with a minute and 20 seconds to play today. to preserve a 14–⁠13 vic tory for one of the seasons top surprises. For more than So minutes the aroused Black knights of the Hudson, building back from a cribbing scandal which wrecked its powerful squad before the 1851 season, had outplayed and outscored the Nations seventh ranking eleven. But it seemed that this hard earned triumph was sure to be snatched from the Cadets grasp with one lightning thrust in the fading seconds. Jimmy (Red) Smith, fleet

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Duke leads 14–⁠11–⁠1 in 26 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.