Alex have only won three games this season, but Davies's players stood up to be counted in a dire game.
Dugdale netted his first of the campaign in the 84th minute.
Fellow central defender George Ray nodded down a corner from substitute Billy Waters and Dugdale was first to react to belt the ball in from a couple of yards.
Relieved boss Davies joked:
"That's back-to-back wins - it's unknown!
"We're not going to go from one performance to the next in giant leaps, it'll be little strides. It wasn't a great spectacle, but we were slightly better and just nicked it."
Walsall striker Jordan Cook should have put his team ahead in the 69th minute minutes, but nodded a cross from Andy Forde straight at keeper Ben Garrett with the goal begging.
Garrett then played a big part in the win six minutes later when he back-peddled furiously to tip over a cheeky lob from Cook.
Former Saddler Febian Brandy came closest to breaking the deadlock before the break.
In the 24th minute Brandy picked up a pass from skipper Matt Tootle on the right side of the box and his fierce shot was fumbled by keeper Richard O'Donnell who recovered to fall on the ball before it trickled into the net.
And Walsall's best effort of the half fell to left back Andy Taylor, but his 25 yard screamer took a deflection off team mate Cook and flew inches wide.
Disappointed Saddlers manager Dean Smith saw his team slip into the drop zone and said:
"We didn't really show a lot of desire to get the ball into the back of the net. We lacked a little bit of nous."
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