1954 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1954 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1954 college football season.[2] Duke won the ACC title and finished the season ranked 14th in the final AP Poll.

1954 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 34–7 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
1954 record8–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach
MVPJerry Barger
CaptainJerry Barger
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 Duke $ 4 0 08 2 1
No. 8 Maryland 4 0 17 2 1
North Carolina 4 2 04 5 1
South Carolina 3 3 06 4 0
Clemson 1 2 05 5 0
Wake Forest 1 4 12 7 1
Virginia 0 2 03 6 0
NC State 0 4 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 25Penn*No. 19W 52–031,000[3]
October 2Tennessee*No. 7W 7–630,000
October 9at No. 5 Purdue*No. 6T 13–1347,000
October 16No. 18 Army*No. 6
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 14–2842,500
October 23at NC StateNo. 19W 21–710,200
October 30Georgia Tech*No. 16
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 21–2033,000
November 6vs. No. 19 Navy*No. 11L 7–4028,000
November 13at Wake ForestW 28–2110,000
November 20South Carolina
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 26–713,000
November 27at North CarolinaNo. 20W 47–1235,000
January 1vs. Nebraska*No. 14CBSW 34–768,750
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1954 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. "1954 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  3. Brooks, Bob (September 26, 1954). "Blue Devils Overpower Penn, 52 to 0". The News & Observer. Raleigh, N.C. sect. II, p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
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