Thursday, August 30, 2018

Army vs. Duke Analytics

Army and Duke meet for the 26th time on Friday night, with Duke leading the series 13-11-1.

This is the 4th straight year that Army and Duke will face off, with Duke winning 2 of the 3 meetings in the current run. Army won last season, 21-16 in West Point, with Duke winning 3 of the prior 4 meetings. The series dates back to 1944, when Army won 27-7. The Black Knights won the first 6 games in this series from 1944 through 1959. The lone tie in the series occurred in 1979.

Duke is averaging just 24.33 points per game in the current 3 game series, while Army is averaging just 10 points per game against Duke over the same time frame.

Duke is 9-3 over the last 12 meetings against Army.

Army is coming off of their first 10 win season since 1995, while Duke won just 5 games a year ago.

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