1933 Duke Blue Devils football team

1933 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record9–1 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPFred Crawford
CaptainCarl Schock
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Duke $ 4 0 0 9 1 0
South Carolina 3 0 0 6 3 1
North Carolina 2 1 0 4 5 0
VMI 2 1 1 2 7 1
Washington and Lee 1 1 1 4 4 2
Clemson 1 1 0 3 6 2
VPI 1 1 3 4 3 3
Virginia 1 3 1 2 6 2
Maryland 1 4 0 3 7 0
NC State 0 4 0 1 5 3
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1933 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1933 college football season. Hall of Famer Fred Crawford was a consensus All-American this year; the first from North Carolina.

Duke upset Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers 10 to 2. It was Tennessee's first loss in over two and a half seasons.[1][2] It caused Neyland to say of Crawford: "He gave the finest exhibition of tackle play I have ever seen."[3]

This was also the first season in which Duke played longtime rival Georgia Tech, the teams would go on to meet on the football field every year uninterrupted until 2023.

  1. ^ "Frederick A. "Fred" Crawford".
  2. ^ Theresa Jensen Lacey (2002). Amazing North Carolina. p. 79. ISBN 9781418538408.
  3. ^ "Scouts Line Up Stars On Grid Fronts". The Evening Independent. October 25, 1933.