1953 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1953 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1953 college football season. In their third year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 7–2–1, with a conference record of 4–0, and finished as ACC co-champion.^[2]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at South Carolina	No. 10	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 20–7	30,000	^[3]
September 26	Wake Forest	No. 10	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 19–0	20,000	^[4]
October 3	at Tennessee*	No. 12	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 21–7	30,000	^[5]
October 10	Purdue*	No. 8	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 20–14	30,000	^[6]
October 17	vs. Army*	No. 7	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 13–14	21,282–21,284	^[7]
October 24	NC State	No. 16	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 31–0	15,000	^[8]
October 31	vs. Virginia*	No. 13	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	W 48–6	25,000	^[9]
November 7	vs. Navy*	No. 10	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	T 0–0	15,000	^[10]
November 21	at No. 12 Georgia Tech*	No. 15	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 10–13	40,000	^[11]
November 28	North Carolina		Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	W 35–20	40,000	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1953 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Maryland +	3	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 18 Duke +	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
NC State	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP poll^[1]