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1936 Duke

9–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Wallace Wade, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1936, game by game: won vs. Davidson 13–0; won vs. Colgate 6–0; won at South Carolina 21–0; won vs. Clemson 25–0; won vs. Georgia Tech 19–6; lost at Tennessee 13–15; won vs. Washington and Lee 51–0; won at Wake Forest 20–0; won at North Carolina 27–7; won vs. NC State 13–0+51−2Won 13–0 vs. Davidson+13DavidsonWon 6–0 vs. Colgate+6ColgateWon 21–0 at South Carolina+21South CarolinaWon 25–0 vs. Clemson+25ClemsonWon 19–6 vs. Georgia Tech+13Georgia TechLost 13–15 at Tennessee-2TennesseeWon 51–0 vs. Washington and Lee+51Washington and …Won 20–0 at Wake Forest+20Wake ForestWon 27–7 at North Carolina+20North CarolinaWon 13–0 vs. NC State+13NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsDavidsonW 13–⁠070%
Sep 26vsColgateW 6–⁠062%
Oct 3atSouth CarolinaW 21–⁠078%
Oct 10vsClemsonW 25–⁠075%
Oct 17vsGeorgia TechW 19–⁠676%
Oct 24atTennesseeL 13–⁠1571%
Oct 31vsWashington and LeeW 51–⁠082%
Nov 7atWake ForestW 20–⁠076%
Nov 14atNorth CarolinaW 27–⁠748%
Nov 26vsNC StateW 13–⁠090%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat NC State 13–⁠0; No. 11 in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

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

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 5: 16
  6. Wk 6: 11
  7. Final: 11

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 1936.

Southern Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanAce Parker, QB/RB

Record
9–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Southern Conference
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 2
Points
208–⁠28
Coach
Wallace Wade
Elo
1742 +114 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.6 No. 9 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ace Parker
Most valuable player
Ace Parker
Offense
Single-wing

Drafted in 1937

The 1937 draft
Rd 2Ace Parker BBrooklyn Dodgers

All-Southern Conference

6 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Woodrow LipscombOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke7–⁠09–⁠111
North Carolina6–⁠18–⁠2
Furman4–⁠17–⁠2
VMI5–⁠26–⁠4
Maryland4–⁠26–⁠5
Washington and Lee3–⁠24–⁠5
Davidson4–⁠35–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠35–⁠5
Virginia Tech4–⁠55–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠35–⁠4
NC State2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina2–⁠55–⁠7
Richmond1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠2
Virginia1–⁠52–⁠7
The Citadel0–⁠44–⁠6
William & Mary0–⁠51–⁠8

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