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1943 Duke

8–⁠1 (4–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Eddie Cameron, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1943, game by game: won vs. Camp Lejeune 40–0; won vs. Richmond 61–0; won vs. North Carolina Pre-Flight 42–0; lost at No. 4 Navy 13–14; won vs. North Carolina 14–7; won at Georgia Tech 14–7; won at NC State 75–0; won vs. Virginia 49–0; won at North Carolina 27–6+75−1Won 40–0 vs. Camp Lejeune+40Camp LejeuneWon 61–0 vs. Richmond+61RichmondWon 42–0 vs. North Carolina Pre-Flight+42North Carolina …Lost 13–14 at No. 4 Navy-1No. 4 NavyWon 14–7 vs. North Carolina+7North CarolinaWon 14–7 at Georgia Tech+7Georgia TechWon 75–0 at NC State+75NC StateWon 49–0 vs. Virginia+49VirginiaWon 27–6 at North Carolina+21North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsCamp LejeuneW 40–⁠092%
Sep 25vsRichmondW 61–⁠091%
Oct 2vsNorth Carolina Pre-FlightW 42–⁠059%
Oct 9at4NavyL 13–⁠1443%
Oct 16vsNorth CarolinaW 14–⁠763%
Oct 30atGeorgia TechW 14–⁠746%
Nov 6atNC StateW 75–⁠080%
Nov 13vsVirginiaW 49–⁠081%
Nov 20atNorth CarolinaW 27–⁠652%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 27–⁠6; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 5
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 8
  5. Wk 5: 9
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 6
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Final: 7

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 1943.

Southern Conference champions4–⁠0 in the conference

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 5
Points
335–⁠34
Coach
Eddie Cameron
Elo
1696 +131 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.6 No. 11 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1944

The 1944 draft
Rd 3Bob Gantt EPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southern Conference

6 first team

First team

  • Tom DavisBAP-1
  • Buddy JumperBAP-1
  • Ben CittadinoEAP-1
  • Pat PrestonOTAP-1
  • Bill MilnerOGAP-1
  • Jamie MyersOGAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1943 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠08–⁠17
Maryland2–⁠04–⁠5
South Carolina2–⁠15–⁠2
Wake Forest3–⁠24–⁠5
North Carolina2–⁠26–⁠3
Richmond1–⁠16–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠32–⁠6
VMI2–⁠32–⁠6
NC State1–⁠43–⁠6
Davidson0–⁠30–⁠3

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