1923 Trinity Blue Devils football team

1923 Trinity Blue Devils football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	E. L. Alexander (1st season)
Captain	Jimmy Simpson

1923 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Davis & Elkins			–					8	–	0	–	0
King			–					8	–	0	–	1
VMI			–					9	–	1	–	0
Tennessee Docs			–					6	–	0	–	2
West Virginia			–					7	–	1	–	1
Loyola (LA)			–					5	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	1	–	3
Middle Tennessee State Normal			–					4	–	1	–	0
Quantico Marines			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wake Forest			–					6	–	3	–	0
West Tennessee State Normal			–					6	–	3	–	0
William & Mary			–					6	–	3	–	0
Louisville			–					5	–	3	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Trinity (NC)			–					5	–	4	–	0
Western Kentucky State Normal			–					5	–	4	–	0
Union (TN)			–					4	–	4	–	1
Catholic University			–					4	–	4	–	0
Mississippi Normal			–					3	–	3	–	0
Texas Mines			–					3	–	4	–	0
Richmond			–					3	–	5	–	0
Georgetown			–					3	–	6	–	0
East Tennessee State Normal			–					3	–	6	–	0
Davidson			–					3	–	7	–	0
George Washington			–					2	–	8	–	0
Birmingham–Southern			–					1	–	5	–	2
Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	0
Spring Hill			–					1	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Trinity Blue Devils team was an American football team that represented Trinity College (later renamed Duke University) as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach E. L. Alexander, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 104. The team shut out Guilford (68–0), Randolph–Macon (54–0), and Elon (39–0). Jimmy Simpson was the team captain.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Guilford	Hanes Field Durham, NC	W 68–0		[3]
October 6	Randolph–Macon	Hanes Field Durham, NC	W 54–0		[4]
October 12	North Carolina	Hanes Field Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 6–14		[5]
October 20	vs. William & Mary	Rocky Mount, NC	L 0–21		[6]
October 27	at Virginia	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	L 0–33		[7]
November 3	vs. Elon	Cone Athletic Park (II) Greensboro, NC	W 39–0		[8]
November 10	vs. Wake Forest	South Side Park Winston-Salem, NC	L 6–16	1,500	[9]
November 24	Newberry	Hanes Field Durham, NC	W 20–14		[10]
November 29	vs. Davidson	Wearn Field Charlotte, NC	W 18–6	2,500	[11]

References

1. "1923 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
2. "Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 95. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
3. "Guilford unable to halt Trinity scoring machine". The Greensboro Record. September 30, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Trinity Blues give Randolph–Macon boys 54–0 drubbing". The Asheville Citizen. October 7, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "North Carolina downs Trinity". The State. October 13, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "William and Mary swamps Blue Devils". The News and Observer. October 21, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Virginia comes to life walloping Trinity with all the ease imaginable". The Charlotte Observer. October 28, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Trinity comes to life and wallops Elon College when Methodists develop a punch". The Charlotte Observer. November 4, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Wake Forest defeats Trinity by score of 16 to 6 game here". Winston-Salem Journal. November 11, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Newberry loses to Trinity '11". The Sunday Record. November 25, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Trinity defeats Davidson". Charlotte Sunday Observer. November 30, 1923. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.