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1946 Duke

4–⁠5 (3–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Wallace Wade.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1946, game by game: lost at NC State 6–13; lost vs. Tennessee 7–12; won at Navy 21–6; won vs. Richmond 41–0; lost vs. No. 1 Army 0–19; lost vs. No. 16 Georgia Tech 0–14; won vs. No. 13 Wake Forest 13–0; won at South Carolina 39–0; lost at No. 14 North Carolina 7–22+41−19Lost 6–13 at NC State-7NC StateLost 7–12 vs. Tennessee-5TennesseeWon 21–6 at Navy+15NavyWon 41–0 vs. Richmond+41RichmondLost 0–19 vs. No. 1 Army-19No. 1 ArmyLost 0–14 vs. No. 16 Georgia Tech-14No. 16 Georgia TechWon 13–0 vs. No. 13 Wake Forest+13No. 13 Wake ForestWon 39–0 at South Carolina+39South CarolinaLost 7–22 at No. 14 North Carolina-15No. 14 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atNC StateL 6–⁠1363%
Oct 5vsTennesseeL 7–⁠1249%
Oct 12atNavyW 21–⁠630%
Oct 19vsRichmondW 41–⁠090%
Oct 26vs1ArmyL 0–⁠1925%
Nov 2vs16Georgia TechL 0–⁠1457%
Nov 9vs13Wake ForestW 13–⁠049%
Nov 16atSouth CarolinaW 39–⁠053%
Nov 23at14North CarolinaL 7–⁠2241%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 22–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 17
  2. Wk 3: 13
  3. Wk 4: 19
  4. Wk 6: 20

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 1946.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠2 5th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
134–⁠86
Coach
Wallace Wade
Elo
1586 −4 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.1 No. 15 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Milner
Most valuable player
George Clark

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 7Ernie Knotts OGBuffalo Bills (AAFC)

All-Southern Conference

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Kelly MoteEAP-1; UP-1
  • Al DerogatisOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Bill MilnerOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠2–⁠19
William & Mary7–⁠18–⁠2
NC State6–⁠18–⁠318
South Carolina4–⁠25–⁠3
Duke3–⁠24–⁠5
Richmond3–⁠2–⁠26–⁠2–⁠3
Virginia Tech3–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠3
VMI3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
George Washington1–⁠14–⁠3
Wake Forest2–⁠36–⁠3
Clemson2–⁠34–⁠5
Maryland2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington and Lee1–⁠42–⁠6
Furman1–⁠42–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠54–⁠5
The Citadel1–⁠53–⁠5

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