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1935 Duke

8–⁠2 (5–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Wallace Wade.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1935, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 26–7; won vs. South Carolina 47–0; won at Washington and Lee 26–0; won vs. Clemson 38–12; lost at Georgia Tech 0–6; lost vs. Auburn 0–7; won vs. Tennessee 19–6; won at Davidson 26–7; won vs. North Carolina 25–0; won at NC State 7–0+47−7Won 26–7 vs. Wake Forest+19Wake ForestWon 47–0 vs. South Carolina+47South CarolinaWon 26–0 at Washington and Lee+26Washington and …Won 38–12 vs. Clemson+26ClemsonLost 0–6 at Georgia Tech-6Georgia TechLost 0–7 vs. Auburn-7AuburnWon 19–6 vs. Tennessee+13TennesseeWon 26–7 at Davidson+19DavidsonWon 25–0 vs. North Carolina+25North CarolinaWon 7–0 at NC State+7NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsWake ForestW 26–⁠784%
Sep 28vsSouth CarolinaW 47–⁠074%
Oct 5atWashington and LeeW 26–⁠059%
Oct 12vsClemsonW 38–⁠1273%
Oct 19atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠675%
Oct 25vsAuburnL 0–⁠774%
Nov 2vsTennesseeW 19–⁠661%
Nov 9atDavidsonW 26–⁠767%
Nov 16vsNorth CarolinaW 25–⁠048%
Nov 23atNC StateW 7–⁠066%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat NC State 7–⁠0; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 7th-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 1935.

Southern Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
214–⁠45
Coach
Wallace Wade
Elo
1692 +90 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.3 No. 26 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
James Johnston
Most valuable player
Jack Hennemier
Offense
Single-wing

Drafted in 1936

The 1936 draft
Rd 6Gus Durner OTNew York Giants

All-Southern Conference

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jule WardRBAP-2
  • Ed WestEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠08–⁠2
North Carolina4–⁠18–⁠1
Maryland3–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠2
Clemson2–⁠16–⁠3
Virginia Tech3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
NC State2–⁠26–⁠4
Washington and Lee1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
South Carolina1–⁠43–⁠7
Virginia0–⁠3–⁠21–⁠5–⁠4
VMI0–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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