1957 Duke Blue Devils Football Team
The 1957 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.
In their seventh year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 6–3–2, with a conference record of 5–1–1, and finished second in the ACC.
| 1957 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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Orange Bowl, L 21–48 vs. Oklahoma | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 14 |
| AP | No. 16 |
| Record | 6–3–2 (5–1–1 ACC) |
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| MVP | Tom Topping |
| Captain | Hal McElhany |
| Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 NC State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Duke | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | at South Carolina | No. 10 | W 26–14 | 40,000 | ||
| September 28 | Virginia | No. 7 | W 40–0 | 14,000 | ||
| October 5 | Maryland | No. 4 |
| W 14–0 | 25,000 | |
| October 12 | at No. 15 Rice* | No. 5 | W 7–6 | 52,000 | ||
| October 19 | Wake Forest | No. 5 |
| W 34–7 | 17,600 | |
| October 26 | at No. 11 NC State | No. 4 | T 14–14 | 21,000 | ||
| November 2 | at Georgia Tech* | No. 7 | L 0–13 | 40,000 | ||
| November 9 | vs. No. 7 Navy* | No. 16 | T 6–6 | 31,000 | ||
| November 16 | No. 14 Clemson | No. 11 |
| W 7–6 | 22,000 | |
| November 23 | North Carolina | No. 11 |
| L 13–21 | 40,000 | |
| January 1 | vs. Oklahoma* | No. 16 | L 21–48 | 76,318 | ||
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References
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