1933 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record9–1 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPFred Crawford
CaptainCarl Schock
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Duke $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
VMI 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Washington and Lee 1 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Clemson 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 2
VPI 1 – 1 – 3 4 – 3 – 3
Virginia 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 2
Maryland 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
NC State 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 3
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1933 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1933 college football season. Hall of Famer Fred Crawford was a consensus All-American this year; the first from North Carolina.

Duke upset Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers 10 to 2. It was Tennessee's first loss in over two and a half seasons.[1][2] It caused Neyland to say of Crawford: "He gave the finest exhibition of tackle play I have ever seen."[3]

This was also the first season in which Duke played longtime rival Georgia Tech, the teams would go on to meet on the football field every year uninterrupted until 2023.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30vs. VMI
W 37–610,000[4]
October 7Wake Forest*
W 22–08,000[5]
October 14Tennessee*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 10–222,000[6]
October 21at Davidson*
W 19–7[7]
October 28at Kentucky*
W 14–715,000[8]
November 4Auburn*
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 13–7[9]
November 11Maryland
W 38–710,000[10]
November 18North Carolina
W 21–032,000[11]
November 25NC State
W 7–010,000[12]
December 2at Georgia Tech*
L 0–616,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References

  1. ^ "Frederick A. "Fred" Crawford".
  2. ^ Theresa Jensen Lacey (2002). Amazing North Carolina. p. 79. ISBN 9781418538408.
  3. ^ "Scouts Line Up Stars On Grid Fronts". The Evening Independent. October 25, 1933.
  4. ^ "Blue Devils score 37–6 win over Virginia Cadets". The News and Observer. October 1, 1933. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Duke overwhelms Wake Forest, 22–0". Bristol Herald Courier. October 8, 1933. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Duke wins from Tennessee". The News and Observer. October 15, 1933. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Blue Devils rally to beat Davidson after early scare". The State. October 22, 1933. Retrieved September 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Duke Blue Devils trim Kentucky". Greensboro Daily News. October 29, 1933. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Auburn loses to Duke, 13–7, due to passes". The Huntsville Times. November 5, 1933. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Alexander scores two touchdowns as Duke swamps Maryland". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 12, 1933. Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Duke smothers North Carolina 21–0". The State. November 19, 1933. Retrieved September 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Duke noses out N.C. State, 7 to 0". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 26, 1933. Retrieved May 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Georgia Tech spoils Duke's dream of perfect season". The Commercial Appeal. December 3, 1933. Retrieved September 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "1933 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


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