1954 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1954 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1954 college football season.^[2] Duke won the ACC title and finished the season ranked 14th in the final AP Poll.

1954 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 34–7 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
Record	8–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach	William D. Murray (4th season)
MVP	Jerry Barger
Captain	Jerry Barger
Home stadium	Duke Stadium
Seasons ← 1953 1955 →

1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Maryland	4	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Virginia	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP poll[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Penn*	No. 19	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		W 52–0	31,000	[3]
October 2	Tennessee*	No. 7	Duke Stadium Durham, NC		W 7–6	30,000	[4]
October 9	at No. 5 Purdue*	No. 6	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		T 13–13	47,000	[5]
October 16	No. 18 Army*	No. 6	Duke Stadium Durham, NC		L 14–28	42,500	[6]
October 23	at NC State	No. 19	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		W 21–7	10,200	[7]
October 30	Georgia Tech*	No. 16	Duke Stadium Durham, NC		W 21–20	33,000	[8]
November 6	vs. No. 19 Navy*	No. 11	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)		L 7–40	28,000–30,000	[9]
November 13	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)		W 28–21	10,000	[10]
November 20	South Carolina		Duke Stadium Durham, NC		W 26–7	13,000	[11]
November 27	at North Carolina	No. 20	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)		W 47–12	35,000	[12]
January 1	vs. Nebraska*	No. 14	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	CBS	W 34–7	68,750	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game