1938 Duke Blue Devils football team

1938 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon Champions
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
AP	#3
1938 record	9–1 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Wallace Wade
Assistant coach	Ellis Hagler
Assistant coach	Herschel Caldwell
Offensive scheme	Single-wing

1938 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
VMI	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	1	–	4
North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Richmond	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Davidson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
William & Mary	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1938 college football season. Known as the "Iron Dukes," nobody scored on the team all regular season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 24	VPI		Greensboro, NC	W 18–0
October 1	vs. Davidson*		Greensboro, NC	W 27–0
October 8	at Colgate*		Buffalo, NY	W 7–0
October 15	Georgia Tech*		Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	W 6–0
October 22	at Wake Forest	#9	Winston-Salem, NC	W 7–0
October 29	at North Carolina	#11	Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–0
November 12	at Syracuse*	#7	Syracuse, NY	W 21–0
November 19	North Carolina State	#4	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	W 7–0
November 19	#4 Pitt	#3	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	W 7–0
January 1	at #8 USC*	#3	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 3–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

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References

1. "1938 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.