1957 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1957 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.[2]

1957 Duke Blue Devils football
Orange Bowl, L 21–48 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 16
Record6–3–2 (5–1–1 ACC)
Head coach
MVPTom Topping
CaptainHal McElhany
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
1957 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 NC State $ 5 0 17 1 2
No. 16 Duke 5 1 16 3 2
Clemson 4 3 07 3 0
North Carolina 4 3 07 3 0
Maryland 4 3 05 5 0
Virginia 2 4 03 6 1
South Carolina 2 5 05 5 0
Wake Forest 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 21at South CarolinaNo. 10W 26–1440,000
September 28VirginiaNo. 7W 40–014,000
October 5MarylanddaggerNo. 4
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–025,000
October 12at No. 15 Rice*No. 5W 7–652,000
October 19Wake ForestNo. 5
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 34–717,600
October 26at No. 11 NC StateNo. 4T 14–1421,000
November 2at Georgia Tech*No. 7L 0–1340,000
November 9vs. No. 7 Navy*No. 16T 6–631,000
November 16No. 14 ClemsonNo. 11
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 7–622,000
November 23North CarolinaNo. 11
L 13–2140,000
January 1vs. Oklahoma*No. 16L 21–4876,318
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1957 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. "1957 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


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