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1933 Duke

9–⁠1 (4–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Wallace Wade.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1933, game by game: won vs. VMI 37–6; won vs. Wake Forest 22–0; won vs. Tennessee 10–2; won at Davidson 19–7; won at Kentucky 14–7; won vs. Auburn 13–7; won at Maryland 38–7; won vs. North Carolina 21–0; won vs. NC State 7–0; lost at Georgia Tech 0–6+31−6Won 37–6 vs. VMI+31VMIWon 22–0 vs. Wake Forest+22Wake ForestWon 10–2 vs. Tennessee+8TennesseeWon 19–7 at Davidson+12DavidsonWon 14–7 at Kentucky+7KentuckyWon 13–7 vs. Auburn+6AuburnWon 38–7 at Maryland+31MarylandWon 21–0 vs. North Carolina+21North CarolinaWon 7–0 vs. NC State+7NC StateLost 0–6 at Georgia Tech-6Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsVMIW 37–⁠685%
Oct 7vsWake ForestW 22–⁠075%
Oct 14vsTennesseeW 10–⁠243%
Oct 21atDavidsonW 19–⁠764%
Oct 28atKentuckyW 14–⁠759%
Nov 4vsAuburnW 13–⁠771%
Nov 11atMarylandW 38–⁠782%
Nov 18vsNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠082%
Nov 25vsNC StateW 7–⁠086%
Dec 2atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠667%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 6–⁠0; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1933.

Southern Conference champions4–⁠0 in the conference, shared with South Carolina

Consensus All-AmericanFred Crawford, OT

Record
9–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0 shared first in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
181–⁠42
Coach
Wallace Wade
Elo
1663 +92 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.7 No. 34 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Carl Schock
Most valuable player
Fred Crawford
Offense
Single-wing

All-Southern Conference

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Horace HendricksonQBAP-1
  • Bob CoxFBAP-1
  • Tom RogersEAP-1
  • Fred CrawfordOTAP-1

Second team

  • B.O. CorneliusRBAP-2
  • Earle WentzEAP-2
  • Carl ShockOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1933 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1933 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠09–⁠1
South Carolina3–⁠06–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠14–⁠5
VMI2–⁠1–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia Tech1–⁠1–⁠34–⁠3–⁠3
Washington and Lee1–⁠1–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Clemson1–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2
Virginia1–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠2
Maryland1–⁠43–⁠7
NC State0–⁠41–⁠5–⁠3

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.