1937 Duke Blue Devils football team

1937 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record7–2–1 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPElmore Hackney
CaptainWoodrow Lipscomb
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland $ 2 0 0 8 2 0
No. 19 North Carolina 4 0 1 7 1 1
Clemson 2 0 1 4 4 1
No. 20 Duke 5 1 0 7 2 1
VMI 4 2 0 5 5 0
NC State 4 2 1 5 3 1
South Carolina 2 2 1 5 6 1
Washington and Lee 2 3 0 4 5 0
The Citadel 2 3 0 7 4 0
Richmond 2 3 0 5 4 1
Furman 1 2 2 4 3 2
VPI 2 4 0 5 5 0
William & Mary 1 3 0 4 5 0
Wake Forest 1 4 0 3 6 0
Davidson 1 6 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1937 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Wallace Wade, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record (5–1 against conference opponents), was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 228 to 56. Woodrow Lipscomb was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

  1. ^ "1937 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 96. Retrieved March 8, 2019.