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1950 Duke

7–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Wallace Wade.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1950, game by game: won at South Carolina 14–0; won vs. Pittsburgh 28–14; lost vs. Tennessee 7–28; won at NC State 7–0; won at Richmond 41–0; lost vs. Maryland 14–26; won vs. Georgia Tech 30–21; lost vs. Wake Forest 7–13; won vs. Virginia Tech 47–6; won at North Carolina 7–0+41−21Won 14–0 at South Carolina+14South CarolinaWon 28–14 vs. Pittsburgh+14PittsburghLost 7–28 vs. Tennessee-21TennesseeWon 7–0 at NC State+7NC StateWon 41–0 at Richmond+41RichmondLost 14–26 vs. Maryland-12MarylandWon 30–21 vs. Georgia Tech+9Georgia TechLost 7–13 vs. Wake Forest-6Wake ForestWon 47–6 vs. Virginia Tech+41Virginia TechWon 7–0 at North Carolina+7North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atSouth CarolinaW 14–⁠053%
Sep 30vsPittsburghW 28–⁠1463%
Oct 7vsTennesseeL 7–⁠2862%
Oct 14atNC StateW 7–⁠058%
Oct 21atRichmondW 41–⁠077%
Oct 28vsMarylandL 14–⁠2652%
Nov 4vsGeorgia TechW 30–⁠2159%
Nov 11vsWake ForestL 7–⁠1353%
Nov 18vsVirginia TechW 47–⁠688%
Nov 25atNorth CarolinaW 7–⁠039%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1950.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 6th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
202–⁠108
Coach
Wallace Wade
Elo
1591 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.3 No. 50 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Billy Cox
Most valuable player
Billy Cox

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Bill CoxBAP-1; UP-1
  • Blaine EaronEAP-1

Second team

  • Mike SouchakEUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee6–⁠08–⁠318
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠110
VMI5–⁠16–⁠4
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Duke5–⁠27–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠4
NC State4–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary3–⁠34–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠2
Furman2–⁠42–⁠8–⁠1
West Virginia1–⁠32–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠53–⁠6
Richmond1–⁠82–⁠8
Virginia Tech0–⁠80–⁠10

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