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Cameron Indoor Stadium Turns 70 Year-by-Year Records Year W L Pct. Cameron Indoor Stadium opened on Jan. 6, 1940 with a 36-27 Duke win over Princeton in 1940 9 1 .900 front of 8,000 people -- the largest crowd ever to see a game in the South. On Sunday, 1941 6 5 .545 will celebrate the 70th birthday of one of the classic treasures in college basketball 1942 11 0 1.000 history. 1943 8 3 .727 Conceived on the back of a matchbook by and in 1935, 1944 7 8 .467 Cameron Indoor Stadium has been the site of 746 Duke victories. Cameron’s character, charm, 1945 6 5 .545 intimacy, tradition and notoriety makes it a unique setting for college basketball, one that Sports 1946 10 2 .833 Illustrated rated as the fourth-best sporting venue worldwide of the 20th century. 1947 8 3 .727 1948 12 4 .800 The building was dedicated to longtime Duke athletic director and basketball/football coach 1949 7 3 .700 Eddie Cameron on Jan. 22, 1972. An unranked Duke team upset then third-ranked , 1950 11 2 .846 76-74, after Robby West drove the length of the court to hit a pull-up jumper to win the game. 1951 7 3 .700 1952 11 1 .917 l Whether or not the matchbook story is true, it is a fact that the offi cial architectural plans for the 1953 9 2 .818 Stadium were drawn up by the fi rm of , Architect. Trumbauer was 1954 10 1 .909 a self-made man, a poor boy who left school at 16 to apprentice himself as a draftsman to a local 1955 9 1 .900 architect. In 1890, at the age of 22, he opened his own offi ce and quickly rose to prominence in the 1956 9 1 .900 Northeast. His designs for the mansions and estates of wealthy northeastern magnates brought 1957 8 1 .889 1958 9 0 1.000 him to the attention of , North Carolina tobacco baron. Duke commissioned 1959 7 3 .700 the architect to design his New York town home during the early part of the century. 1960 5 4 .556 l The $400,000 stadium was designed by , who had studied at the Ecole des Beaux 1961 8 0 1.000 Arts in Paris, France. Abele, a brilliant architecture student at the University of Pennsylvania, was 1962 11 1 .917 brought to Trumbauer’s attention shortly after his graduation in 1902. Trumbauer was so impressed 1963 11 0 1.000 with Abele’s talents that he not only hired him but paid his way through the prestigious Ecole des 1964 10 0 1.000 Beaux Arts in Paris. Abele stands as the fi rst African-American ever to graduate from the school. 1965 8 2 .800 1966 10 0 1.000 l The original arena measured 262-feet long by 175-feet wide and was the East Coast’s largest 1967 9 1 .900 indoor stadium south of the in Philadelphia. Nine fi xed steel frames spanned the ceiling 1968 9 1 .900 at 26-foot intervals, which “provided an exceptionally good sight line.” Seating for 8,800 included 1969 6 4 .600 3,500 folding bleacher seats on the fl oor designated, then as today, for the exclusive use of 1970 8 2 .800 undergraduates. Maximum capacity was 12,000. A total of 16 ramps in the upper level helped 1971 8 2 .800 prevent bottlenecks. It was according to the program issued the opening night, “one of the most 1972 10 2 .833 1973 8 2 .800 modern and complete physical education buildings in the country.” 1974 7 4 .636 l The money from Duke’s 1939 Rose Bowl appearance enabled the building of the arena, while 1975 8 4 .667 the remaining debt was retired with funds from the football team’s appearance in the 1945 Sugar 1976 8 4 .667 Bowl. 1977 6 5 .545 1978 12 0 1.000 Cameron Indoor Stadium 1979 10 1 .909 Duke has ... 1980 10 2 .833 Milestone Games 1981 11 3 .786 l Won 83 percent of its games at Cameron 1982 8 7 .533 No. Opponent (Date) Score Indoor Stadium 1 vs. Princeton (1/6/40) W, 36-27 1983 9 7 .563 100 vs. (1/24/48) W, 52-45 l A 387-55 home record under Mike 1984 11 5 .688 200 vs. (2/5/57) W, 90-72 Krzyzewski 1985 12 3 .800 300 vs. N.C. State (1/28/67) W, 99-60 l Won 10 or more home games 40 times 1986 15 0 1.000 400 vs. Clemson (2/25/76) L, 90-89 l Only one non-winning season at Cameron 1987 14 2 .875 500 vs. Appalachian State (1/11/84) W, 73-60 1988 12 2 .857 600 vs. Charlotte (12/1/1990) W, 111-94 Indoor Stadium (1944) 1989 14 1 .933 700 vs. (2/2/97) W, 70-61 l Sold out 298 consecutive games at 1990 13 1 .929 800 vs. Clemson (2/8/04) W, 81-55 Cameron Indoor Stadium. The last time Duke 1991 16 0 1.000 did not have a sellout at home was on Nov. 1992 13 0 1.000 50th Anniversary Game 1993 14 2 .875 Jan. 6, 1990 Duke 76, Virginia 68 16, 1990, against l Won 206 of its last 209 non-conference 1994 14 2 .875 games at home 1995 8 6 .571 Most Duke Victories in a Season 1996 11 4 .733 16 1991 & 2009 l Won 195 of their last 210 games in Cam- 1997 15 2 .882 eron 1998 15 0 1.000 Fewest Losses in a Season l Won 13 or more games at Cameron in 1999 14 0 1.000 0 14 times; last in 2003 (15-0) each of the last 13 seasons 2000 13 2 .867 l A 40-2 record at home over the last three 2001 13 2 .819 Longest Winning Streaks 2002 13 0 1.000 46 games Jan. 13, 1997 - Feb. 5, 2000 seasons l 14 undefeated seasons at Cameron Indoor 2003 15 0 1.000 41 games Nov. 25, 2001 - Feb. 26, 2004 2004 14 1 .933 36 games Nov. 14, 1990 - Jan. 16, 1993 Stadium 2005 14 1 .933 l Lost back-to-back home games just two 2006 14 1 .933 Longest Non-Conference Winning Streaks times under Coach K in the last 20 years 2007 15 4 .789 95 games Feb. 2, 1983 - Dec. 2, 1995 l Won 11 straight games at Cameron 2008 15 1 .938 76 games Nov. 14, 2000 - present l Scored over 100 points in a game at Cam- 2009 16 1 .941 eron 118 times 2010 9 0 1.000 Totals 746 150 .832