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1958 Duke

5–⁠5 (3–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Murray.

Duke, 1958
Photo: Duke University, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Duke in 1958, game by game: lost at South Carolina 0–8; lost at Virginia 12–15; won vs. Illinois 15–13; won vs. Baylor 12–7; lost at No. 12 Notre Dame 7–9; won vs. NC State 20–13; lost vs. Georgia Tech 8–10; lost at No. 1 LSU 18–50; won at Wake Forest 29–0; won at No. 17 North Carolina 7–6+29−32Lost 0–8 at South Carolina-8South CarolinaLost 12–15 at Virginia-3VirginiaWon 15–13 vs. Illinois+2IllinoisWon 12–7 vs. Baylor+5BaylorLost 7–9 at No. 12 Notre Dame-2No. 12 Notre DameWon 20–13 vs. NC State+7NC StateLost 8–10 vs. Georgia Tech-2Georgia TechLost 18–50 at No. 1 LSU-32No. 1 LSUWon 29–0 at Wake Forest+29Wake ForestWon 7–6 at No. 17 North Carolina+1No. 17 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atSouth CarolinaL 0–⁠850%
Sep 27atVirginiaL 12–⁠1557%
Oct 4vsIllinoisW 15–⁠1361%
Oct 11vsBaylorW 12–⁠755%
Oct 18at12Notre DameL 7–⁠936%
Oct 25vsNC StateW 20–⁠1361%
Nov 1vsGeorgia TechL 8–⁠1055%
Nov 8at1LSUL 18–⁠5024%
Nov 15atWake ForestW 29–⁠056%
Nov 22at17North CarolinaW 7–⁠638%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

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 1958.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
128–⁠131
Coach
Bill Murray
Elo
1551 +5 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.2 No. 36 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Pryor Millner
Most valuable player
George Dutrow

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 3Wray Carlton BPhiladelphia Eagles

All-ACC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bert LattimoreEUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson5–⁠18–⁠312
South Carolina5–⁠27–⁠315
Duke3–⁠25–⁠5
North Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠43–⁠7
NC State2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia1–⁠51–⁠9

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