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Duke Blue Devils

Duke University
Durham, NC
Founded: 1838
Stadium: Wallace Wade Stadium
Capacity: 33,941
Colors: Duke Blue & White
Coach: James Jimmy DeHart
Conference: Independent-

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1888 <-- 1926 <- 1927 -> 1928 --> 2024

1927 Season Highlights

James Jimmy DeHart enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Duke.

1927 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 23	vs. Furman	7	13	L
Sat., Oct. 1	@ Boston College	25	9	W
Sat., Oct. 8	@ Washington & Lee	7	12	L
Sat., Oct. 15	vs. Richmond	72	0	W
Sat., Oct. 22	@ Navy	6	32	L
Sat., Oct. 29	@ Wake Forest	32	6	W
Sat., Nov. 12	vs. North Carolina State	18	20	L
Sat., Nov. 19	vs. North Carolina	0	18	L
Sat., Nov. 26	@ Davidson	48	7	W

1927 Season Totals
Record	4-5
Points Scored	215
Scoring Average	23.9
Points Allowed	117
Defense Average	13.0
Opponents Record	25-20
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	1-3
Away Record	3-2

1927 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1927 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
New Mexico	8-0-1	215	28					Roy W. Johnson
Connecticut	5-4	153	100					Summer Dole
Texas Tech	5-4	134	100					Ewing Y. Freeland
Army	9-1	197	37					Lawrence M. Biff Jones
Pittsburgh	8-1-1	289	27	Lost 6-7				Dr. John B. Jock Sutherland
Notre Dame	7-1-1	158	57					Knute Kenneth Rockne
Temple	7-1	351	60					Henry J. Miller
Georgia Southern	6-1-1	90	42					Hugh A. Woodle
Middle Tennessee State	6-2	202	60					Frank Faulkinberry
Navy	6-3	192	84					William A. Bill Ingram
Penn State	6-2-1	163	81					Hugo F. Bezdek
Ball State	5-2-1	151	108					Norman Happy Wann
Memphis	5-3-1	156	116					Zach Curlin
Syracuse	5-3-2	116	81					Lewis P. Lew Andreas
Arizona	4-2-1	165	59					James F. Pop McKale
Arkansas State	4-3	61	66					Herbert Schwartz
Boston College	4-4	101	105					D. Leo Daley
Duke	4-5	215	117					James Jimmy DeHart
Michigan State	4-5	111	128					Ralph H. Young
Rutgers	4-4	103	179					Harry J. Rockafeller
San Jose State	4-5	121	67					E.R. Knolln
Troy	4-3	138	66					Gladwin Gaumer
Miami	3-6-1	106	186					Howard P. Cub Buck
New Mexico State	3-5	185	107					Ted R. Coffman
Southern Mississippi	3-4-1	52	98					William Herschel Bobo
Arizona State	2-3-1	63	50					Aaron M. McCreary
Jacksonville State	2-4-1	33	102					Al Clemens
Massachusetts	0-7-1	13	135					Harold Gore
Texas El Paso	2-2-2	69	69					Edward J. Doc Stewart
Wake Forest	2-6-2	65	223					James A. Baldwin
Kent State	1-5-1	25	80					Merle E. Wagoner

1927 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1927 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.