1943 Duke Blue Devils football team

American college football season

1943 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon champion
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 7
Record	8–1 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Eddie Cameron (2nd season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Duke Stadium
Seasons← 1942 1944 →

1943 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Maryland	2	–	0	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Richmond	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1943 college football season. In its second season under head coach Eddie Cameron, the team compiled an 8–1 record (4–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 335 to 34.

The team ranked first among the nation's 76 major college teams in both scoring offense (37.2 points per game) and scoring defense (3.8 points per game).

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Duke ranked fourth among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 118.3.

The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Camp Lejeune*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 40–0	12,076
September 25		Richmond		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 61–0	7,415
October 2		North Carolina Pre-Flight*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 42–0	6,179
October 9		vs. No. 4 Navy*	No. 5	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 13–14	55,600
October 16		North Carolina	No. 6	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 14–7	32,000
October 30		at Georgia Tech*	No. 8	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 14–7	30,000
November 6		at NC State	No. 9	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 75–0	6,000
November 13		Virginia*	No. 7	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 49–0	6,000
November 20		at North Carolina	No. 6	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 27–6	27,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	5 (4)	6	9	8	9	7	6 (1)	5 (2)	7 (7)

References

^ "1943 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
"Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 96. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
Horner, Jack (September 18, 1943). "Duke Plays Strong Opponent In Camp Lejeune Marines Today". Greensboro Daily News. Greensboro, North Carolina. p. 4. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
Herbert, Dick (September 19, 1943). "Blue Devils Rout Marines Marines, 40 to 0". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. p. 10. Retrieved April 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
"Scoring is easy for Blue Devils against Spiders". The Sunday Star-News. September 26, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Duke does usual, Blue Devils roll for six counters". The News and Observer. October 3, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Navy rides out late storm for 14–13 win over Duke". The Miami Herald. October 10, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Duke score early to defeat North Carolina eleven by score of 14 to 7". The Baltimore Sun. October 17, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Duke Blue Devils defeat Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 14 to 7". The Birmingham News. October 31, 1943. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Thirty-two V-12 losses don't hurt Duke; Score, 75 to 0". The State. November 7, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Duke wins, 49–0". Winston-Salem Journal. November 14, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Blue Devils roll over Tar Heels by 27–6 before 27,000 fans". Greensboro Daily News. November 21, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Duke Blue Devils football
Venues	Hanes Field (c. 1913–1928) Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games North Carolina: Victory Bell Tobacco Road
Culture & lore	History Blue Devil "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Blue and White (Duke fight song) Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Southern Conference football champions
Pre-SEC	Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech & North Carolina (1922) Vanderbilt & Washington and Lee (1923) Alabama (1924) Alabama & Tulane (1925) Alabama (1926) Georgia Tech, Tennessee, & NC State (1927) Georgia Tech (1928) Tulane (1929) Alabama & Tulane (1930) Tulane (1931) Tennessee & Auburn & LSU (1932)
Pre-ACC	Duke (1933) Washington and Lee (1934) Duke (1935) Duke (1936) Maryland (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Clemson (1940) Duke (1941) William & Mary (1942) Duke (1943) Duke (1944) Duke (1945) North Carolina (1946) William & Mary (1947) Clemson (1948) North Carolina (1949) Washington and Lee (1950) Maryland & VMI (1951) Duke (1952)
Post-ACC	West Virginia (1953) West Virginia (1954) West Virginia (1955) West Virginia (1956) VMI (1957) West Virginia (1958) VMI (1959) VMI (1960) The Citadel (1961) VMI (1962) Virginia Tech (1963) West Virginia (1964) West Virginia (1965) East Carolina & William & Mary (1966) West Virginia (1967) Richmond (1968) Davidson & Richmond (1969) William & Mary (1970) Richmond (1971) East Carolina (1972) East Carolina (1973) VMI (1974) Richmond (1975) East Carolina (1976) Chattanooga & VMI (1977) Chattanooga & Furman (1978) Chattanooga (1979) Furman (1980) Furman (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Furman (1982) Furman (1983) Chattanooga (1984) Furman (1985) Appalachian State (1986) Appalachian State (1987) Furman & Marshall (1988) Furman (1989) Furman (1990) Appalachian State (1991) The Citadel (1992) Georgia Southern (1993) Marshall (1994) Appalachian State (1995) Marshall (1996) Georgia Southern (1997) Georgia Southern (1998) Appalachian State, Furman, & Georgia Southern (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) Furman & Georgia Southern (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Wofford (2003) Furman & Georgia Southern (2004) Appalachian State (2005) Appalachian State (2006) Appalachian State & Wofford (2007) Appalachian State (2008) Appalachian State (2009) Appalachian State & Wofford (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, & Wofford (2012) Chattanooga, Furman, & Samford (2013) Chattanooga (2014) Chattanooga & The Citadel (2015) The Citadel (2016) Wofford (2017) East Tennessee State, Furman, & Wofford (2018) Wofford (2019) VMI (2020) East Tennessee State (2021) Samford (2022) Furman (2023) Mercer (2024)
National championships in bold

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