Duke vs. Washington and Lee

Duke and Washington and Lee first met in 1927 and have played 8 times; Duke leads the series 7–⁠1. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Duke 7–⁠1, and Duke has won the last 7.

Duke wins
7
Washington and Lee wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1927
Longest streak
7 Duke
Current streak
7 Duke
Last 10 meetings
Duke 7–⁠1
Most recent
1952

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1930s6–⁠0
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
24 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Duke
3–⁠0 Duke’s record at home
At Washington and Lee
1–⁠2 Washington and Lee’s record at home
Neutral sites
2–⁠0 Duke first
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Duke’s biggest win1936: Duke 51, Washington and Lee 0by 51 points
  2. Washington and Lee’s biggest win1927: Washington and Lee 12, Duke 7by 5 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Duke and Washington and Lee, 1927 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 Evening star's story of the 1931 game: Foot Ball Results

    1931 · Evening star, Nov 29, 1931

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1932 game: FOOTBALL. RESULTS&

    1932 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 28, 1932

  • The Evening star's story of the 1937 game: MARYLAND TESTS CADETS ACE BACK Shu OF Alexandria Is Beinq Compared With AII.Time Heroes of v. M. |.

    1937 · Evening star, Nov 2, 1937

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 20, 1952Duke 34, Washington and Lee 0at Duke
Oct 30, 193713Duke 43, Washington and Lee 0Neutral site
Oct 31, 193613Duke 51, Washington and Lee 0Neutral site
Oct 5, 1935Duke 26, Washington and Lee 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 25, 1932Duke 13, Washington and Lee 0at Duke
Nov 28, 1931Duke 6, Washington and Lee 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 27, 1930Duke 14, Washington and Lee 0at Duke
Oct 8, 1927Washington and Lee 12, Duke 7at Washington and Lee

Every game is listed as played on the field.