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1924 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Quantico Marines     7 0 1
Tennessee Docs     9 1 0
Centenary     8 1 0
West Virginia     8 1 0
West Virginia Wesleyan     9 2 0
Davidson     7 2 1
Wake Forest     7 2 0
George Washington     6 3 1
William & Mary     5 2 1
Delaware     4 3 1
Texas Mines     3 2 1
Mississippi State Teachers     3 3 2
Birmingham–Southern     4 4 1
Spring Hill     4 4 1
Georgetown     4 4 0
Marshall     4 4 0
Duke     4 5 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     4 5 0
East Tennessee State Normal     3 4 1
Loyola (LA)     3 4 2
Louisville     3 5 1
Southwestern     3 6 0
Union (TN)     3 6 0
Richmond     2 6 1
Navy     2 6 0
Catholic University     1 5 2
Georgia Normal     1 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     1 7 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal     1 7 0
Delaware State     0 1 0

The 1924 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Howard Jones, the team compiled a 4–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 99.[1][2] Jones was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 at NC State L 0–14 [3]
October 4 Guilford Durham, NC W 33–6
October 11 at North Carolina L 0–6 7,500 [4][5]
October 18 3:00 p.m.at Richmond
W 14–0 [6]
November 1 vs. William & Mary Norfolk, VA L 3–21
November 8 Elon Durham, NC W 54–0
November 11 Wake Forestdagger Durham, NC (rivalry) L 0–32 7,000
November 22 Wofford Durham, NCW 12–0
November 27 Davidson
  • Hanes Field
  • Durham, NC
L 13–21 4,000 [7]

References

  1. ^ "1924 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. 95. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "State beats Trinity College". The News and Observer. September 28, 1924. Retrieved December 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Blue Devils unable to gain at crucial stages and lose to Carolina's Tar Heels 6–0". The Sunday Citizen. October 12, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The Trinity Chronicle, vol. 20, no. 4 (Wednesday, October 15, 1924)".
  6. ^ "Football". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 18, 1923. p. 19. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Davidson comes from behind to down Blue Devils, 21–13". The News and Observer. November 28, 1924. Retrieved September 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.