1936 Duke Blue Devils football team
1936 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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National champion (QPRS) SoCon champion | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 11 |
Record | 9–1 (7–0 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
MVP | Ace Parker |
Captain | Ace Parker |
Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Duke $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington and Lee | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VPI | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1936 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1936 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Wallace Wade, the team compiled a 9–1 record (7–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 208 to 28. Ace Parker was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
Both Clyde Berryman and James Howell named Duke as a retroactive national champion for 1936.[3][4]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | vs. Davidson | W 13–0 | 15,000 | [5] | ||
September 26 | Colgate*![]() | W 6–0 | 22,360 | [6] | ||
October 3 | at South Carolina | W 21–0 | 10,000 | [7] | ||
October 10 | Clemson |
| W 25–0 | 4,127 | [8] | |
October 17 | at Georgia Tech* | W 19–6 | 29,953 | [9] | ||
October 24 | at Tennessee* | No. 2 | L 13–15 | 13,263 | [10] | |
October 31 | vs. Washington and Lee | No. 13 | W 51–0 | 6,691 | [11] | |
November 7 | at Wake Forest | No. 15 |
| W 20–0 | 10,000 | [12] |
November 14 | at North Carolina | No. 13 | Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell) | W 27–7 | 34,000 | [13] |
November 26 | NC State | No. 11 |
| W 13–0 | 17,320 | [14] |
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References
[edit]- ^ "1935 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ "Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 96. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ 2016 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "1936 NCAA Division IA Football Power Ratings". jhowell.net. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "Duke triumphs over Davidson, 13 to 0". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 20, 1936. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke U. eleven outplays Colgate to triumph, 6–0". Brooklyn Times Union. September 27, 1936. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke University's Blue Devils defeat South Carolina, 21 to 0". The Nashville Banner. October 4, 1936. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke gridders trim Clemson Tigers, 25 to 0". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 11, 1936. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "32,000 see Duke smear Georgia Tech's title hopes". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 18, 1936. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee upsets Duke, 15 to 13". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 25, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke romps to easy win over Washington–Lee, 51 to 0". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 1, 1936. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke nips Deacond by score of 20–0". The Charlotte Observer. November 8, 1936. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "34,000 see Duke beat U. of North Carolina, 27 to 7". Daily Press. November 15, 1936. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Parker paces Duke in defeat of N.C. State". Birmingham Age-Herald. November 27, 1936. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.