1946_Duke_Blue_Devils_football_team

1946 Duke Blue Devils football team

American college football season

The 1946 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1946 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Wallace Wade, the Blue Devils compiled a 4–5 record (3–2 against SoCon opponents) and outscored all opponent by a total of 134 to 86.^[1]

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Duke led the SoCon with three players chosen as first-team picks on the 1946 All-Southern Conference football team: end Kelly Mote; tackle Al DeRogatis; and guard Bill Milner.^[2] DeRogatis was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Duke was ranked at No. 20 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[3]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at NC State		Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 6–13	22,000	^[4]
October 5	Tennessee*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 7–12	42,000	^[5]
October 12	vs. Navy*		Baltimore Stadium Baltimore MD	W 21–6	41,504	^[6]
October 19	Richmond*	No. 17	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 41–0	10,000	^[7]
October 26	vs. No. 1 Army*	No. 13	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–19	59,031	^[8]
November 2	No. 16 Georgia Tech	No. 19	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–14	38,000	^[9]
November 9	No. 13 Wake Forest		Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 13–0	25,000	^[10]
November 16	at South Carolina	No. 20	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 39–0	18,000	^[11]
November 23	at No. 14 North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 7–22	43,385	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	—	17	13	19	—	20	—	—	—

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
14	117	Leo Long	Back	Boston Yanks
15	131	Buddy Mulligan	Back	Chicago Cardinals
25	228	Hal Mullins	Tackle	Washington Football Team

1946 Duke Blue Devils football team

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 North Carolina $	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
William & Mary	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 18 NC State	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Duke	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Richmond	3	–	2	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
VPI	3	–	3	–	2	3	–	4	–	3
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
George Washington	1	–	1	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll