Duke at Virginia
Saturday, September 30, 1961 Share
Duke beat Virginia 42–0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 7–4.
FinalHigh 74°F, low 43°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Duke–Virginia gameVirginia leads 40–34 in 74 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.
| 2025 | Duke 27, Virginia 20 | ACC Championship |
| 2025 | Virginia 34, Duke 17 | |
| 2023 | Virginia 30, Duke 27 | |
| 2022 | Duke 38, Virginia 17 | |
| 2021 | Virginia 48, Duke 0 | |
| 2020 | Virginia 38, Duke 20 |
Around this game
Duke
- Next gamevs. Wake ForestOct. 7, 1961
- SeasonDuke in 1961
- ProgramDuke history and records
Virginia
- Next gamevs. NC StateOct. 7, 1961
- SeasonVirginia in 1961
- ProgramVirginia history and records

