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Duke Football Team History

Duke Blue Devils

Duke University
Durham, NC
Founded: 1838
Stadium: Wallace Wade Stadium
Capacity: 33,941
Colors: Duke Blue & White
Coach: No Coach
Conference: Independent-

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1888 <-- 1891 <- 1892 -> 1893 --> 2024

1892 Season Highlights

No Coach enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Duke.

1892 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Nov. 12	vs. North Carolina	0	24	L
Sat., Nov. 19	@ VMI	0	32	L
Tue., Nov. 22	@ Auburn	34	6	W
Thu., Nov. 24	@ Virginia	4	46	L

1892 Season Totals
Record	1-3
Points Scored	38
Scoring Average	9.5
Points Allowed	108
Defense Average	27.0
Opponents Record	11-5
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	0-1
Away Record	1-2

1892 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1892 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Minnesota	5-0	122	56					No Coach
Colorado State	0-0	0	0					No Coach
Iowa State	1-0-1	36	6					Ira C. Brownlie
New Mexico	0-2	0	13					No Coach
Michigan	7-5	298	170					Frank Barbour
Northwestern	6-4-2	140	112					No Coach
Navy	5-2	146	64					Benjamin L. Ben Crosby
North Carolina	5-1	196	30					No Coach
Ohio State	5-3	264	144					Jack Ryder
Penn State	5-1	108	20					George W. Hoskins
California	4-2	82	24					Thomas Lee McClung
Massachusetts	4-6-2	179	202					No Coach
Pittsburgh	4-2	38	46					No Coach
Vanderbilt	4-4	104	98					Elliott H. Jones
Wake Forest	4-0-1	94	18					Walter E. Sikes
Wisconsin	4-3	102	96					Frank Crawford
Akron	3-4	69	180					Frank Cook
Army	3-1-1	90	18					Dennis M. Michie
Auburn	3-2	74	120					George Petrie
Rutgers	3-5-1	108	160					No Coach
Stanford	3-0-2	186	29					Walter C. Camp
Virginia	3-2-1	110	84					No Coach
Alabama	2-2	96	37					E.B. Beaumont
Colorado	2-2	108	58					No Coach
Eastern Michigan	2-1	36	30					Deane W. Kelley
Kentucky	2-4-1	40	74					Professor A.M. Miller
Miami Ohio	2-2	42	24					No Coach
Tennessee	2-5	47	102					No Coach
Cincinnati	1-2	20	52					No Coach
Duke	1-3	38	108					No Coach
Georgia	1-1	50	10
North Carolina State	1-0	14	6					Perrin Busbee
Notre Dame	1-0-1	66	10					No Coach
Utah	1-2	4	16					Unknown
Utah State	1-0	12	0					No Coach
Virginia Tech	1-1	14	20					E.A. Smyth
Washington	1-1	14	28					William B. Goodwin
Wyoming	0-0	0	0					Fred Hess
Georgia Tech	0-3	16	58					Ernest E. West
Maryland	0-3	0	128					William Skinner
San Jose State	0-0	0	0					Unknown
South Carolina	0-1	0	44					No Coach
Southern California	0-0	0	0					No Coach
Syracuse	0-8-1	4	218					Jordan C. Wells

1892 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1892 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.