1959 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–6 (2–3 ACC)
Head coach
MVPMike McGee
CaptainMike McGee
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1959 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Clemson $ 6 1 09 2 0
North Carolina 5 2 05 5 0
Maryland 4 2 05 5 0
South Carolina 4 3 06 4 0
Wake Forest 4 3 06 4 0
Duke 2 3 04 6 0
NC State 0 6 01 9 0
Virginia 0 5 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 19at South CarolinaL 7–1237,000
September 26at No. 12 Ohio State*L 13–1482,834
October 3Rice*W 24–721,000
October 10at Pittsburgh*L 0–1238,749
October 17Army*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 6–2133,500
October 24at NC StateW 17–1514,000
October 31at No. 9 Georgia Tech*W 10–744,174
November 7at No. 10 ClemsonL 0–640,000
November 14Wake Forest
W 27–1525,000
November 21North Carolina
L 0–5033,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1959 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.