1942 Duke Blue Devils football team

1942 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPTom Burns
CaptainJim Smith
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 William & Mary $ 4 0 0 9 1 1
VPI 5 1 0 7 2 1
Wake Forest 6 1 1 6 2 1
North Carolina 3 1 1 5 2 2
Duke 3 1 1 5 4 1
NC State 3 1 2 4 4 2
Furman 3 3 0 3 6 0
The Citadel 2 2 0 5 2 0
Clemson 2 3 1 3 6 1
Davidson 2 4 1 2 6 1
VMI 2 4 1 3 5 1
George Washington 2 4 0 3 6 0
Maryland 1 2 0 7 2 0
South Carolina 1 4 0 1 7 1
Richmond 1 5 0 3 6 1
Washington and Lee 0 4 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Cameron, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 98. Jim Smith was the team captain.[1][2]

Duke was ranked at No. 20 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

  1. ^ "1942 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.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.