Duke at Virginia

Saturday, September 30, 1961

Duke beat Virginia 42–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 7–⁠4.

AwayDuke7–⁠3 in 1961
42
HomeVirginia4–⁠6 in 1961
0

FinalHigh 74°F, low 43°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Duke Uses Air Attack To Humble Virginia, 42-0

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 1, 1961, page 87

    Read the text

    Duke Uses Air Attack To Humble Virginia, 42–⁠0 One of these touchdowns was on a l7-yard run by Rappold and the other came on a pass by Garner to Sophomore Half back Bill Futrell which carried for as yards.

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 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Virginia leads 40–⁠34 in 74 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Duke 27, Virginia 20ACC Championship
2025Virginia 34, Duke 17
2023Virginia 30, Duke 27
2022Duke 38, Virginia 17
2021Virginia 48, Duke 0
2020Virginia 38, Duke 20

Around this game

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