1936 Duke Blue Devils football team

1936 Duke Blue Devils football
National champion (QPRS)
SoCon Champion
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 11
1936 record 9–1 (7–0 SoCon)
Head coach Wallace Wade
Assistant coach Ellis Hagler
Assistant coach Herschel Caldwell
Offensive scheme Single-wing
1936 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 11 Duke $ 7 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
North Carolina 5 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Furman 4 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
VMI 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Clemson 3 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Maryland 3 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Davidson 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Washington and Lee 2 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Wake Forest 2 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
NC State 2 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
VPI 3 –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 –4 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1936 college football season.

Both Clyde Berryman and James Howell named Duke as a retroactive national champion for 1936.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 19 vs. Davidson Greensboro, North Carolina W 13–0  
September 26 Colgate* Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina W 6–0  
October 3 at South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 21–0  
October 10 Clemson Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina W 25–0  
October 17 at Georgia Tech* Grant Field • Atlanta W 19–6  
October 24 at Tennessee* No. 2 Knoxville, Tennessee L 13–15  
October 31 at Washington & Lee No. 13 Richmond, Virginia W 51–0  
November 7 at Wake Forest No. 15 Winston-Salem, North Carolina W 20–0  
November 14 at North Carolina No. 13 Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 27–7  
November 26 North Carolina State No. 11 Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina W 13–0  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP.

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References

  1. ↑ 2016 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1936 NCAA Division IA Football Power Ratings". jhowell.net. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1936 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


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