1959 Duke Blue Devils football team

1959 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–6 (2–3 ACC)
Head coach	William D. Murray (9th season)
MVP	Mike McGee
Captain	Mike McGee
Home stadium	Duke Stadium

1959 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Clemson $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Duke	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Virginia	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP poll

The 1959 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1959 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 4–6, with a conference record of 2–3, and finished sixth in the ACC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at No. 14 South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–12	37,000
September 26	at No. 12 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 13–14	82,834
October 3	Rice*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 24–7	21,000
October 10	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–12	38,749
October 17	Army*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 6–21	33,500
October 24	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 17–15	14,000
October 31	at No. 9 Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 10–7	44,174
November 7	at No. 10 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 0–6	40,000
November 14	Wake Forest	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 27–15	25,000
November 21	North Carolina	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 0–50	33,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game