Duke vs. Richmond

Duke and Richmond have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1924; Duke leads the series 9–⁠4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Duke 7–⁠3, and Richmond has won the last 3.

Duke wins
9
Richmond wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1924
Longest streak
7 Duke
Current streak
3 Richmond
Last 10 meetings
Duke 7–⁠3
Most recent
2011

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s3–⁠1
1940s4–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
1970s1–⁠0
2000s0–⁠2
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
31.7 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Duke
6–⁠3 Duke’s record at home
At Richmond
1–⁠3 Richmond’s record at home
Shutouts
8

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Duke’s biggest win1927: Duke 72, Richmond 0by 72 points
  2. Richmond’s biggest win2006: Richmond 13, Duke 0by 13 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Duke and Richmond, 1924 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1946 game: WADEMEN TO DRILL FOR ARMY CONTEST Duke Hits so Mark With Victory Over Richmond Spiders

    1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 21, 1946

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game: Duke Takes Richmond With Ease, 81 10 0 club here. That was a 67-0 deci- sion over Wake Forest in 1888.

    1949 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 25, 1949

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Virginia Rallies in Last Half to Beat VM|> 26-13 Duke Phi Beta Kappa Scores All 6 tbs Against Richmond

    1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 22, 1950

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Sep 3, 2011Richmond 23, Duke 21at Duke
Sep 5, 2009Richmond 24, Duke 16at Duke
Sep 2, 2006Richmond 13, Duke 0at Duke
Oct 13, 1979Duke 34, Richmond 7at Richmond
Oct 21, 1950Duke 41, Richmond 0at Richmond
Sep 24, 1949Duke 67, Richmond 0at Duke
Oct 19, 194617Duke 41, Richmond 0at Duke
Sep 23, 1944Duke 61, Richmond 7at Duke
Sep 25, 1943Duke 61, Richmond 0at Duke
Oct 15, 1927Duke 72, Richmond 0at Duke
Oct 2, 1926Richmond 9, Duke 7at Richmond
Oct 31, 1925Duke 10, Richmond 0at Duke
Oct 18, 1924Duke 14, Richmond 0at Richmond

Every game is listed as played on the field.