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1945 Duke

6–⁠2 (4–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Eddie Cameron, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1945, game by game: won vs. South Carolina 60–0; won vs. Bogue Field 76–0; lost vs. Navy 0–21; won at Wake Forest 26–19; lost vs. No. 1 Army 13–48; won at Georgia Tech 14–6; won vs. NC State 26–13; won vs. North Carolina 14–7+76−35Won 60–0 vs. South Carolina+60South CarolinaWon 76–0 vs. Bogue Field+76Bogue FieldLost 0–21 vs. Navy-21NavyWon 26–19 at Wake Forest+7Wake ForestLost 13–48 vs. No. 1 Army-35No. 1 ArmyWon 14–6 at Georgia Tech+8Georgia TechWon 26–13 vs. NC State+13NC StateWon 14–7 vs. North Carolina+7North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsSouth CarolinaW 60–⁠077%
Sep 29vsBogue FieldW 76–⁠094%
Oct 6vsNavyL 0–⁠2155%
Oct 13atWake ForestW 26–⁠1951%
Oct 27vs1ArmyL 13–⁠4834%
Nov 3atGeorgia TechW 14–⁠643%
Nov 10vsNC StateW 26–⁠1379%
Nov 24vsNorth CarolinaW 14–⁠778%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 14–⁠7; No. 13 in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 16
  3. Wk 3: 19
  4. Wk 4: 18
  5. Wk 5: 16
  6. Wk 6: 20
  7. Wk 7: 15
  8. Wk 8: 11
  9. Final: 13

Southern Conference champions4–⁠0 in the conference

Record
6–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠0 first in Southern Conference
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 11
Points
229–⁠114
Coach
Eddie Cameron
Elo
1635 +29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.6 No. 15 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ernie Knotts and Kelley Mote
Most valuable player
Gordon Carver

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 2George Clark BPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 4Ernest Knotts OGChicago Bears

All-Southern Conference

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Gordon CarverBAP-2; UP-2
  • John KnizaBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1945 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠06–⁠213
Wake Forest3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠119
William & Mary4–⁠26–⁠3
Clemson2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Maryland3–⁠26–⁠2–⁠1
VMI3–⁠25–⁠4
North Carolina2–⁠25–⁠5
NC State2–⁠43–⁠6
Virginia Tech2–⁠52–⁠6
South Carolina0–⁠2–⁠22–⁠4–⁠3
Richmond0–⁠42–⁠6

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