1951 Duke Blue Devils football team

1951 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Southern Conference
1951 record	5–4–1 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	William D. Murray
Seasons

1951 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maryland §	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
VMI §	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Washington & Lee	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
William & Mary	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Clemson	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Duke	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
South Carolina	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
George Washington	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
West Virginia	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
NC State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Richmond	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Virginia Tech	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1951 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Location	Result
09/22/1951	at South Carolina		Columbia, SC	W 34-6
09/29/1951	at Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh, PA	W 19-14
10/06/1951	at No. 3 Tennessee	No. 16	Knoxville, TN	L 0-26
10/13/1951	NC State		Durham, NC	W 27-21
10/20/1951	vs. VPI		Norfolk, VA	W 55-6
10/27/1951	Virginia		Durham, NC	L 7-30
11/03/1951	at No. 5 Georgia Tech		Atlanta, GA	T 14-14
11/10/1951	Wake Forest		Durham, NC	L 13-19
11/17/1951	at William & Mary		Williamsburg, VA	L 13-14
11/24/1951	North Carolina		Durham, NC	W 19-7