Duke vs. Ohio State
Duke and Ohio State first met in 1955 and have played 4 times; Ohio State leads the series 3–1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Ohio State 3–1, and Ohio State has won the last 3. Share
- Duke wins
- 1
- Ohio State wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1955
- Longest streak
- 3 Ohio State
- Current streak
- 3 Ohio State
- Last 10 meetings
- Ohio State 3–1
- Most recent
- 1981
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 13 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Ohio State
- 3–1 Ohio State’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Both programs through the years
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.
From the newspapers
1955 · Evening star, Oct 17, 1955
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
| Sep 12, 1981 | 11Ohio State 34, Duke 13 | at Ohio State | ||
| Oct 3, 1970 | 1Ohio State 34, Duke 10 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 26, 1959 | 12Ohio State 14, Duke 13 | at Ohio State | ||
| Oct 15, 1955 | Duke 20, Ohio State 14 | at Ohio State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.