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1963 Duke

5–⁠4–⁠1 (5–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Murray.

Duke, 1963
Photo: Duke University, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Duke in 1963, game by game: won vs. South Carolina 22–14; won at Virginia 30–8; won vs. Maryland 30–12; tied at California 22–22; won vs. Clemson 35–30; lost at NC State 7–21; lost at Georgia Tech 6–30; won vs. Wake Forest 39–7; lost vs. No. 2 Navy 25–38; lost vs. North Carolina 14–16+32−24Won 22–14 vs. South Carolina+8South CarolinaWon 30–8 at Virginia+22VirginiaWon 30–12 vs. Maryland+18MarylandTied 22–22 at California0CaliforniaWon 35–30 vs. Clemson+5ClemsonLost 7–21 at NC State-14NC StateLost 6–30 at Georgia Tech-24Georgia TechWon 39–7 vs. Wake Forest+32Wake ForestLost 25–38 vs. No. 2 Navy-13No. 2 NavyLost 14–16 vs. North Carolina-2North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsSouth CarolinaW 22–⁠1470%
Sep 28atVirginiaW 30–⁠864%
Oct 5vsMarylandW 30–⁠1271%
Oct 12atCaliforniaT 22–⁠2277%
Oct 19vsClemsonW 35–⁠3076%
Oct 26atNC StateL 7–⁠2156%
Nov 2atGeorgia TechL 6–⁠3038%
Nov 9vsWake ForestW 39–⁠791%
Nov 16vs2NavyL 25–⁠3847%
Nov 28vsNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠1657%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 16–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 40th-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 1963.

Record
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
230–⁠198
Coach
Bill Murray
Elo
1553 −35 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.5 No. 51 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Chuck Walker
Most valuable player
Jay Wilkinson

All-ACC

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Fred CromartieOGUPI-2
  • Scotty GlackenBAP-2
  • Mike CurtisBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina6–⁠19–⁠2
NC State6–⁠18–⁠3
Duke5–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson5–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Maryland2–⁠53–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Wake Forest1–⁠51–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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