1952 Duke Blue Devils football team

1952 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon Champions
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 16
1952 record	8–2 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach	William D. Murray
Seasons

1952 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Duke †	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
West Virginia	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
William & Mary	4	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
George Washington	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia Tech	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington & Lee	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Richmond	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1952 college football season.

Duke won the 1952 Southern Conference Championship, and finished the season ranked 16th in the final AP poll.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Location	Result
09/20/1952	Washington & Lee	No. 19	Durham, NC	W 34-0
09/26/1952	at Southern Methodist	No. 19	Dallas, TX	W 14-7
10/04/1952	No. 11 Tennessee	No. 10	Durham, NC	W 7-0
10/11/1952	at South Carolina	No. 6	Columbia, SC	W 33-7
10/18/1952	at NC State	No. 5	Raleigh, NC	W 57-0
10/25/1952	at No. 9 Virginia	No. 6	Charlottesville, VA	W 21-7
11/01/1952	No. 4 Georgia Tech	No. 6	Durham, NC	L 7-28
11/08/1952	Navy	No. 12	Durham, NC	L 6-16
11/15/1952	at Wake Forest		Wake Forest, NC	W 14-7
11/22/1952	at North Carolina		Chapel Hill, NC	W 34-0

References

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