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1942 Duke Blue Devils football
1942 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–4–1 (3–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Eddie Cameron (1st season);
MVP	Tom Burns
Captain	Jim Smith
Home stadium	Duke Stadium
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 William & Mary $	4	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
VPI	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Wake Forest	6	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
Duke	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	1	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Davidson	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
VMI	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1942 college football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Cameron, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 98. Jim Smith was the team captain.^[1]^[2]

Duke was ranked at No. 20 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[3]

The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	vs. Davidson	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 21–0	2,500	^[4]
October 3	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	L 7–20	7,000	^[5]
October 10	Georgia Pre-Flight*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 12–26	7,500	^[6]
October 17	vs. No. 9 Colgate*	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	W 34–0	18,782	^[7]
October 24	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 28–0	15,000–20,000	^[8]
October 31	No. 5 Georgia Tech*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 7–26	24,000	^[9]
November 7	Maryland	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 42–0	7,500	^[10]
November 14	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	T 13–13	32,000	^[11]
November 21	NC State	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 47–0	15,000	^[12]
November 28	at Jacksonville NAS*	Jacksonville, FL	L 0–13	7,500	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game