1937 Duke Blue Devils football team

1937 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
1937 record	7–2–1 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Wallace Wade
Assistant coach	Ellis Hagler
Assistant coach	Herschel Caldwell
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Seasons

1937 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maryland †	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Clemson	2	–	0	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Duke	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
NC State	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	6	–	1
Washington & Lee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Richmond	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Furman	1	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Virginia Tech	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1937 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Wallace Wade, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record (5–1 against conference opponents), was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 228 to 56. Woodrow Lipscomb was the team captain. The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 25	vs. VPI		Greensboro, NC	W 25–0
October 2	at Davidson		Davidson, NC	W 34–6
October 9	Tennessee		Durham, NC	T 0–0
October 16	at Georgia Tech		Atlanta, GA	W 20–19
October 23	at Colgate	No. 10	Buffalo, NY	W 13–0
October 30	at Washington and Lee	No. 13	Richmond, VA	W 43–0
November 6	Wake Forest	No. 11	Durham, NC	W 67–0
November 13	North Carolina	No. 8	Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 6–14
November 20	at NC State		Raleigh, NC	W 20–7
November 27	No. 1 Pittsburgh	No. 18	Durham, NC	L 0–10
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game