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Army Black Knights |
Duke Blue Devils © |
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Played October 12, 1974 at Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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| Duke © | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Army |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
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Duke |
9 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
33 |
The Army Black Knights, coached by Homer Smith in his first season, were the first test for the new Belt holder. Army brought a 1-3 record while the Duke Blue Devils of coach Mike McGee stood at 3-1. The Blue Devils rushed for 299 yards while QB Hal Spears threw a touchdown & the Duke defense held Army to just 178 total yards in a 33-14 victory to retain The Belt. Duke's RB Tony Benjamin opened the scoring with a 7-yard touchdown run but the missed extra-point attempt left the score 6-0. Blue Devils’ PK Rich McInturff pushed the lead to 9-0 when he hit a 21-yard field goal but on the ensuing kick-off, Army's RB Markus Hardy returned the kick 100 yards for a touchdown as the Black Knights trailed only 9-7 as the 2nd quarter started. McInturff’s 24-yard field goal was followed by a 53-yard touchdown pass from Spears to WR Randy Cobb as the Blue Devils took a 19-7 halftime lead. Duke's RB Art Gore scored the only points of the 3rd quarter on an 8-yard touchdown run & with the successful 2-point conversion, the Blue Devils had a 27-7 lead. The Black Knights final points came on a 1-yard touchdown run by QB Scott Gillogly but Duke's RB Mike Bomgardner scored on a 4-yard touchdown run to finish the scoring. Spears finished with 178 yards passing with his touchdown while Gillogly threw for just 31 yards in the loss. Duke finished the season 6-5 while the Cadets finished 3-8. Army has not played for The Belt again.
