1962 Duke
8–2 (6–0 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Murray. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Wake Forest 50–0Nov 17
By 50 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | at USC | L 7–14 | 54% |
| Sep 29 | vs South Carolina | W 21–8 | 72% |
| Oct 6 | at Florida | W 28–21 | 50% |
| Oct 13 | vs California | W 21–7 | 80% |
| Oct 20 | at Clemson | W 16–0 | 51% |
| Oct 27 | vs NC State | W 21–14 | 83% |
| Nov 3 | vs Georgia Tech | L 9–20 | 59% |
| Nov 10 | vs Maryland | W 10–7 | 63% |
| Nov 17 | at Wake Forest | W 50–0 | 80% |
| Nov 24 | at North Carolina | W 16–14 | 68% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat North Carolina 16–14; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.
In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 8
Atlantic Coast Conference champions6–0 in the conference
- Record
- 8–2
- Conference
- 6–0 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 8
- Points
- 199–105
- Coach
- Bill Murray
- Elo
- 1631 +57 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 15.4 No. 20 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Johnny Markas
- Most valuable player
- Jean Berry
All-ACC
5 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Pete WidenerEAP-2; UPI-1- Art GregoryOTAP-1; UPI-1
- Jean BerryOGAP-1; UPI-1
- Mike CurtisB
- Mark LeggettBAP-2; UPI-1
Second team
- Paul BengelCAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1962 Atlantic Coast Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 6–0 | 8–2 | |
| Clemson | 5–1 | 6–4 | |
| Maryland | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| South Carolina | 3–4 | 4–5–1 | |
| NC State | 3–4 | 3–6–1 | |
| North Carolina | 3–4 | 3–7 | |
 Virginia | 1–4 | 5–5 | |
| Wake Forest | 0–7 | 0–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.