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1948 Duke

4–⁠3–⁠2 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Wallace Wade.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1948, game by game: tied at NC State 0–0; tied vs. Tennessee 7–7; won vs. Navy 28–7; won vs. Maryland 13–12; won at Virginia Tech 7–0; lost vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech 7–19; lost vs. No. 18 Wake Forest 20–27; won vs. George Washington 62–0; lost at No. 5 North Carolina 0–20+62−20Tied 0–0 at NC State0NC StateTied 7–7 vs. Tennessee0TennesseeWon 28–7 vs. Navy+21NavyWon 13–12 vs. Maryland+1MarylandWon 7–0 at Virginia Tech+7Virginia TechLost 7–19 vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech-12No. 6 Georgia TechLost 20–27 vs. No. 18 Wake Forest-7No. 18 Wake ForestWon 62–0 vs. George Washington+62George Washingt…Lost 0–20 at No. 5 North Carolina-20No. 5 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atNC StateT 0–⁠040%
Oct 2vsTennesseeT 7–⁠760%
Oct 9vsNavyW 28–⁠773%
Oct 16vsMarylandW 13–⁠1246%
Oct 23atVirginia TechW 7–⁠069%
Oct 30vs6Georgia TechL 7–⁠1941%
Nov 6vs18Wake ForestL 20–⁠2753%
Nov 13vsGeorge WashingtonW 62–⁠076%
Nov 20at5North CarolinaL 0–⁠2016%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 18
  2. Wk 3: 15

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 1948.

Record
4–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
144–⁠92
Coach
Wallace Wade
Elo
1532 +2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.4 No. 39 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Al DeRogatis
Most valuable player
Bill Davis

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 2Al DeRogatis OTNew York Giants
Rd 7Fred Folger BBaltimore Colts (AAFC)

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson5–⁠011–⁠011
North Carolina4–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
VMI5–⁠16–⁠3
William & Mary5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠217
Wake Forest5–⁠26–⁠420
Maryland4–⁠26–⁠4
Duke3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Richmond3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Washington and Lee2–⁠24–⁠6
George Washington2–⁠44–⁠6
Furman2–⁠42–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson2–⁠53–⁠5–⁠1
South Carolina1–⁠33–⁠5
NC State1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Virginia Tech0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠8–⁠1
The Citadel0–⁠52–⁠7

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