The 1936 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1936 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Wallace Wade, the team compiled a 9–1 record (7–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 208 to 28. Ace Parker was the team captain. ^{[1] [2]} The team played its home games at Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Both Clyde Berryman and James Howell named Duke as a retroactive national champion for 1936. ^{[3] [4]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	vs. Davidson		World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	W 13–0	15,000	[5]
September 26	Colgate*		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 6–0	22,360	[6]
October 3	at South Carolina		Carolina Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	W 21–0	10,000	[7]
October 10	Clemson		Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 25–0	4,127	[8]
October 17	at Georgia Tech*		Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 19–6	29,953	[9]
October 24	at Tennessee*	No. 2	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 13–15	13,263	[10]
October 31	vs. Washington and Lee	No. 13	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 51–0	6,691	[11]
November 7	at Wake Forest	No. 15	Gore Field Wake Forest, NC ( rivalry)	W 20–0	10,000	[12]
November 14	at North Carolina	No. 13	Chapel Hill, NC ( Victory Bell)	W 27–7	34,000	[13]
November 26	NC State	No. 11	Duke Stadium Durham, NC ( rivalry)	W 13–0	17,320	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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