The 1944 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1944 college football season. In its third season under head coach Eddie Cameron, the team compiled a 6–4 record (4–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, was ranked No. 11 in the final AP Poll, and defeated Alabama in the 1945 Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. The Blue Devils outscored opponents by a total of 230 to 118.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Richmond		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 61–7	8,250	[3]
September 30	at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–18	40,000	[4]
October 7	North Carolina Pre-Flight		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 6–13	19,000
October 14	vs. No. 6 Navy		Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 0–7	25,000
October 28	vs. No. 2 Army		Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–27	45,000	[5]
November 4	No. 5 Georgia Tech		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 19–13	30,000
November 11	No. 12 Wake Forest	No. 20	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 34–0	35,000	[6]
November 18	at South Carolina	No. 10	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 34–7	12,000
November 25	at North Carolina	No. 11	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 33–0	20,000
January 1, 1945	vs. No. 16 Alabama	No. 11	New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	W 29–26	66,822
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game