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1949 Duke

6–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Wallace Wade.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1949, game by game: won vs. Richmond 67–0; won at Tennessee 21–7; lost at Navy 14–28; won vs. NC State 14–13; won vs. Virginia Tech 55–7; won at Georgia Tech 27–14; lost vs. Wake Forest 7–27; won at George Washington 35–0; lost vs. North Carolina 20–21+67−20Won 67–0 vs. Richmond+67RichmondWon 21–7 at Tennessee+14TennesseeLost 14–28 at Navy-14NavyWon 14–13 vs. NC State+1NC StateWon 55–7 vs. Virginia Tech+48Virginia TechWon 27–14 at Georgia Tech+13Georgia TechLost 7–27 vs. Wake Forest-20Wake ForestWon 35–0 at George Washington+35George Washingt…Lost 20–21 vs. North Carolina-1North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsRichmondW 67–⁠070%
Oct 1atTennesseeW 21–⁠741%
Oct 8atNavyL 14–⁠2863%
Oct 15vsNC StateW 14–⁠1370%
Oct 22vsVirginia TechW 55–⁠787%
Oct 29atGeorgia TechW 27–⁠1431%
Nov 5vsWake ForestL 7–⁠2762%
Nov 12atGeorge WashingtonW 35–⁠063%
Nov 19vsNorth CarolinaL 20–⁠2151%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 21–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 5: 16

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 1949.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
260–⁠117
Coach
Wallace Wade
Elo
1574 +52 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.7 No. 35 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Lou Allen
Most valuable player
Lou Allen

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 5Lou Allen OTPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Blaine EaronEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina5–⁠07–⁠416
Maryland4–⁠09–⁠114
Washington and Lee3–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Duke4–⁠26–⁠3
William & Mary4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina3–⁠34–⁠6
Furman3–⁠33–⁠6
Clemson2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
The Citadel2–⁠24–⁠5
George Washington2–⁠34–⁠5
NC State3–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠7
Virginia Tech1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Davidson1–⁠52–⁠8

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