1948 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1948 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1948 college football season.^[1]

Record4–3–2 (3–2–1 SoCon)

Headcoach

MVPBill Davis

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1948 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Clemson $	5	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
No. 3 North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
VMI	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
No. 17 William & Mary	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	2
No. 20 Wake Forest	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Richmond	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
VPI	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	8	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Duke was ranked at No. 37 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25		at NC State		Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	T 0–0	20,000	^[3]
October 2		Tennessee*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	T 7–7	22,000	^[4]
October 9		Navy*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 28–7	25,000	^[5]
October 16		at Maryland	No. 18	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 13–12	21,904	^[6]
October 23	2:30 p.m.	vs. VPI	No. 15	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 7–0	13,500	^[7]
October 30		No. 6 Georgia Tech*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 7–19	32,000	^[8]
November 6		No. 18 Wake Forest		Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 20–27	20,000	^[9]
November 13		George Washington		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 62–0	12,000	^[10]
November 20		at No. 5 North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	L 0–20	44,500	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	—	18	15т	—	—	—	—	—	—

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