1942 Duke Blue Devils football team

1942 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Southern Conference
1942 record	5–4–1 (3–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Eddie Cameron
Assistant coach	Ellis Hagler
Assistant coach	Herschel Caldwell
Assistant coach	Dutch Stanley
Seasons

1942 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
William & Mary †	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
Virginia Tech	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Wake Forest	6	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Duke	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	1	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Davidson	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
VMI	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Washington & Lee	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Cameron, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 98. Jim Smith was the team captain. The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	vs. Davidson	Winston-Salem, NC	W 21–0
October 3	at Wake Forest	Wake Forest, NC	L 7–20
October 10	Georgia Pre-Flight	Durham, NC	L 12–26
October 17	at No. 9 Colgate	Buffalo, NY	W 34–0
October 24	at Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	W 28–0
October 31	No. 5 Georgia Tech	Durham, NC	L 7–26
November 7	Maryland	Durham, NC	W 42–0
November 14	at North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	T 13–13
November 21	NC State	Durham, NC	W 47–0
November 28	at Jacksonville NAS	Jacksonville, FL	L 0–13
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game