1962 Duke Blue Devils football team
| 1962 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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ACC champion | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 14 |
| Record | 8–2 (6–0 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Jean Berry |
| Captain | Johnny Markas |
| Home stadium | Duke Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1962 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.[1]
Duke won their third consecutive ACC Championship with a record of 6–0 in conference play. They were ranked eighth in the polls for their season opener against USC, but dropped out of the rankings following their loss and were not ranked again for the remainder of the season.
The Blue Devils declined an invitation to play in the 1962 Gator Bowl.[2]
Duke's 1962 ACC title remains the school's most recent outright conference championship.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 22 | at USC* | No. 8 | L 7–14 | 26,400 | |
| September 29 | South Carolina | W 21–8 | 24,500 | ||
| October 6 | vs. Florida* | W 28–21 | 30,000 | ||
| October 13 | California* |
| W 21–17 | 31,000 | |
| October 20 | at Clemson | W 16–0 | 38,000 | ||
| October 27 | NC State |
| W 21–14 | 23,000 | |
| November 3 | Georgia Tech* |
| L 9–20 | 44,000 | |
| November 10 | Maryland |
| W 10–7 | 26,000 | |
| November 17 | at Wake Forest | W 50–0 | 12,000 | ||
| November 24 | at North Carolina | W 16–14 | 40,000 | ||
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References
- ^ "1962 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Looking Back... A Look Inside Duke's Gridiron Success in the Early 1960s". goduke.com.
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