Davidson vs. Duke

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Davidson’s biggest win1925: Davidson 26, Duke 0by 26 points
2. Duke’s biggest win1941: Duke 56, Davidson 0by 56 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Davidson’s side (Younger 2–⁠3 against DeHart). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1934 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 25, 1934

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  1936 · Evening star, Sep 20, 1936

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  1937 · Evening star, Oct 3, 1937

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  1939 · Henderson daily dispatch, Henderson, N.C., Oct 4, 1939

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  1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 10, 1940

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Davidson vs. VMI59 meetings, Davidson 17–⁠39–⁠3
• Davidson vs. The Citadel54 meetings, Davidson 21–⁠29–⁠4
• Davidson vs. Furman48 meetings, Davidson 15–⁠33
• Davidson vs. NC State40 meetings, Davidson 8–⁠27–⁠5
• Duke vs. North Carolina106 meetings, Duke 38–⁠64–⁠4
• Duke vs. Wake Forest102 meetings, Duke 60–⁠40–⁠2
• Duke vs. Georgia Tech93 meetings, Duke 35–⁠57–⁠1
• Duke vs. NC State86 meetings, Duke 44–⁠37–⁠5