Year: | 1944 |
Team: | Duke Blue Devils |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southern Conference |
Short Conf: | SoCon |
Record: | 6–4 |
Conf Record: | 4–0 |
Aprank: | 11 |
Head Coach: | Eddie Cameron |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Mvp: | Tom Davis |
Captain: | Gordon Carver |
Stadium: | Duke Stadium |
Champion: | SoCon champion Sugar Bowl champion |
Bowl: | Sugar Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 29–26 vs. Alabama |
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]
See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings.