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Duke Blue Devils football

February 15, 2024

The Duke Blue Devils football team represents Duke University in the sport of American football. The Blue Devils compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The program has 17 conference championships (7 ACC championships and 10 Southern Conference titles), 53 All-Americans, 10 ACC Players of the Year, and have had three Pro Football Hall of Famers come through the program.[3] The team is coached by Manny Diaz and play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Duke Blue Devils football
First season1888
Athletic directorNina King
Head coachManny Diaz
1st season, 0–0 (–)
StadiumWallace Wade Stadium
(capacity: 40,000)
Field surfaceGrass
LocationDurham, North Carolina
ConferenceACC
DivisionCoastal
Past conferencesSoCon
All-time record538–556–31 [1] (.492)
Bowl record8–8 (.500)
Unclaimed national titles2 (1936, 1941)
Conference titles17 (7 ACC, 10 SoCon)
Division titles1 (2013)
RivalriesNorth Carolina (rivalry)
Wake Forest (rivalry)
NC State (rivalry)
Consensus All-Americans6
Current uniform
ColorsDuke blue and white[2]
   
Fight song"Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!"
"Blue and White"
MascotBlue Devil
Marching bandDuke University Marching Band
Websitegoduke.com

After struggling for most of the time since the mid-1960s, the Blue Devils underwent a renaissance under David Cutcliffe (2008–2021). Duke secured their first Coastal division title on November 30, 2013 with a win over arch-rival North Carolina. Additionally, the Blue Devils cracked the top 25 of the BCS standings, the AP Poll, and the Coaches' Poll during the 2013 season and very nearly scored an upset over a potent Texas A&M team in the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl, losing by only four points after jumping out to a 38–17 lead at halftime. In 2014, Duke followed up with a nine win season, including a victory over eventual Orange Bowl winner Georgia Tech, and another close bowl loss to 15th-ranked Arizona State in the Sun Bowl. In 2015, the Blue Devils broke through for a 44–41 overtime win over Indiana in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium, and followed up with a win over Northern Illinois in the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl.

History edit

Early history (1888–1930) edit

Main article: History of Duke Blue Devils football
See also: List of Duke Blue Devils football seasons
 
John Franklin Crowell, Duke football's first head coach

The Duke Blue Devils, then known as the Trinity Blue and White, first fielded a football team in 1888, coached by John Franklin Crowell.[4] The first game against North Carolina was the first "scientific" game in the state.[5] Trinity finished the first two seasons in their football history with records of 2–1 in 1888 and 1–1 in 1889.[4] From 1890–1895, Trinity competed without a head coach.[6] The 1891 team went undefeated.[7][8] Trinity did not compete in football from 1895 to 1919.[9] The Trinity Blue and White resumed football competition in 1920 under head coach Floyd J. Egan, compiling a record of 4–0–1 that season.[10] In 1921, they finished 6–1–2 were led by James A. Baldwin, previously the head coach at Maine.[11]

In February 1922, Herman Steiner was selected as the head coach of the Trinity College football team for the 1922 season.[12][13] During the 1922 football season, Steiner coached the Trinity football team to a 7–2–1 record as the team outscored its opponents 156–57.[14][15] E. L. Alexander took over the reins of the Trinity Blue Devils in 1923 and led the team to a 5–4 record.[16] In their first season competing as Duke University, Howard Jones took over in 1924 and led the Blue Devils to a 4–5 record before leaving for USC.[17] Former Indiana head coach James Herron led the Blue Devils to another 4–5 record in 1925.[18] From 1926 to 1930, the program was led by head coach James DeHart who compiled a 24–23–2 record during his tenure.[19] DeHart led the Blue Devils, an independent for all of its history up to that point, into the Southern Conference in 1928.[20]

Wallace Wade era (1931–1950) edit

 
Wade at Vanderbilt, c. 1921

In late 1930, Wallace Wade shocked the college football world by leaving national powerhouse Alabama for Duke.[21] Wade's success at Alabama translated well to Duke's program. He sent former Alabama players and future Duke assistants Herschel Caldwell and Ellis Hagler to the school a year early to prepare a team.[22]

Duke won seven Southern Conference championships in the 16 years that Wade was coach.[23] He also led the team to two Rose Bowls. Wade served a stint in the military in World War II, leaving the team after the 1941 season and returning before the start of the 1946 season.[21] Wade's achievements placed him in the College Football Hall of Fame.[21]

Duke was invited to the 1942 Rose Bowl against Oregon State.[21] Due to fears of additional west coast attacks by the Japanese in the wake of Pearl Harbor, the game was moved to Durham.[21] As Duke's stadium was significantly smaller than the regular venue, bleachers were borrowed from both North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina.[24] Despite being 3 to 1 favorites, the Iron Dukes lost 20–16.[25][21]

Wade retired after the 1950 season. For his great achievements, Duke named their football stadium after him.[21] The Blue Devils still play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium.[26] Wade's final record at Duke is 110–36–7.[27]

William Murray era (1951–1965) edit

Delaware head coach Bill Murray was chosen to replace Wallace Wade as Duke's head coach in 1951.[28][29][30] The football program proved successful under Murray's tutelage, winning six of the first ten ACC football championships from 1953 to 1962.[31][32] From 1943 until 1957, the Blue Devils were ranked in the AP Poll at some point in the season.[33] Murray's Duke teams would be last successes the Blue Devils football program would have for another two decades. Bill Murray would be the last Duke head football coach to leave the Blue Devils with a winning record until Steve Spurrier,[33] and the last to leave Duke after having won multiple conference championships.[33] After Murray's retirement following the 1965 season, Duke's football program would steadily decline into becoming the ACC's "cellar-dweller".[33] Murray led Duke to its last bowl appearance and conference championships, shared or outright, until 1989.[33] Murray's final record at Duke was 91–51–9 in 15 seasons.[32][33]

Struggles (1966–1986) edit

After Murray came Tom Harp, who had a 22–28–1 record in 5 seasons with the Blue Devils.[34] A very successful high school coach, Harp came to Duke after a mediocre stint as Cornell's head football coach.[35] Harp's teams struggled on the field, only producing one winning season, a 6–5 1970 season that would be Harp's last at Duke,[34] as he was fired following the season.[36]

Mike McGee returned to his alma mater from East Carolina to serve as head football coach in late 1970.[37] Duke continued in the mediocrity and sub-par on-the-field performances that had been seen under Harp, going 37–47–4 overall.[38] McGee's two best years were 1971 and 1974, in which his Duke teams went a mediocre 6–5.[38] McGee was dismissed after the 1978 season.[39]

Elon head coach Shirley "Red" Wilson replaced McGee[40] and went 16–27–1 as Duke's head football coach.[41] Wilson's teams only won two games in his first two seasons,[42][43] then had back-to-back 6–5 records.[44][45] Wilson's teams became known for their innovative passing attack under offensive coordinator Steve Spurrier, whose 1982 offense featuring quarterback Ben Bennett set a school record for yardage before Wilson retired and Spurrier left to become the head coach of the USFL's Tampa Bay Bandits.[46][47]

There was hope when Steve Sloan was hired that the Duke football program would finally return to its glory days under Wallace Wade.[48] However, Sloan could not translate his successes from those places to Duke. Sloan's Blue Devils teams had a 13–31 overall record in the four seasons he was there,[49] failing to win more than four games in a single season. Sloan resigned after four seasons as Duke head coach to become athletics director at the University of Alabama.[50]

Steve Spurrier era (1987–1989) edit

 
Coach Spurrier

The Duke Blue Devils football program had a string of successful years under Steve Spurrier. Duke was Spurrier's first college head coaching position.[51] When Spurrier arrived as Duke's 17th head football coach in program history, he inherited a Duke program that was commonly viewed as the worst football program in the ACC.[52] Unlike most of his predecessors since Wallace Wade, Spurrier was able to have success as Duke's head football coach. He hired coaches Ian Goodall, Joe Jeb, and Patrick Cooke to serve as assistant coaches.[53] Spurrier led the Blue Devils to a share of the ACC title in 1989,[51] its first ACC football title of any kind, shared or outright, since the Bill Murray era.[52] Spurrier won ACC Coach of the Year honors in 1988 and 1989 for his achievements.[51][52] He led Duke to the 1989 All-American Bowl, a game they lost 49–21 to Texas Tech.[52] That bowl appearance was the program's first bowl appearance since the 1960 Cotton Bowl.[52]

After three seasons and a 20–13–1 overall record,[49] and leading the Blue Devils to seemingly unheard of football success, Spurrier left Duke after the 1989 season to accept the head football coaching position at his alma mater Florida.

Regression (1990–2007) edit

Barry Wilson was promoted from assistant coach and took over the Blue Devils football program after the departure of Steve Spurrier,[54] but struggled with a 13–30–1 record in four seasons despite inheriting a team that had shared an ACC championship the season before he became the head coach.[55] Unable to duplicate or build upon the successes of his predecessor, Wilson resigned as head coach after the 1993 season.[56]

On December 16, 1993, Rice head coach Fred Goldsmith was named Wilson's replacement, becoming the Blue Devils' 19th head football coach.[57][58][59]

The 1994 Blue Devils raced out to an 8–1 record, and was briefly ranked as high as No. 16 in the country before two consecutive heartbreaking losses to close the season, 24–23 to North Carolina State and 41–40 to arch-rival North Carolina.[60] The 1994 team played in the program's first New Years Day Bowl game since 1961, falling to Wisconsin 34–21 in the 1995 Hall of Fame Bowl,[61][60] later known as the Outback Bowl.

After 1994, however, Duke's football program continued to decline, with the team only winning a total of nine more games under Goldsmith's watch.[62] Goldsmith's teams struggled after that 1994 season, failing to win more than four games in a single season and only notching three more wins in ACC play.[62] In 1995, the Blue Devils finished 3–8.[63] Goldsmith's 1996 Duke team went 0–11, the school's first winless record in the modern era and only the second winless season in school history.[62] In 1997, the Blue Devils went 2–9.[64] The Blue Devils compiled a 4–7 record in 1998.[65]

On December 1, 1998, Carl Franks, offensive coordinator at Florida under former Blue Devils head coach Steve Spurrier, was hired to replace Fred Goldsmith and tasked with turning around the Duke football program.[66] A Duke alum, Franks had also served as running backs coach at Duke under Spurrier from 1987–1989 and had played running back and tight end for the Blue Devils under Shirley Wilson from 1980–1982.[67]

Franks led the Blue Devils to a 3–8 record in 1999.[68] From 2000 to 2001 Duke suffered a 22-game losing streak, with both the 2000 and 2001 seasons being winless 0–11 campaigns, with only four of the 22 losses coming by eight points or fewer.[69][70][71][72] Franks was dismissed mid-season in 2003.[73] Defensive coordinator Ted Roof was appointed interim head coach.[74]

The Blue Devils' 1999–2001 teams were ranked 7th in a list on the 10 worst college football teams of all time by ESPN's Page 2.[75] Franks finished 7–45 in four full seasons and a partial fifth,[72] Despite the poor record, Franks was lauded for the academic success of his players, evidenced by his program winning the Academic Achievement Award from the American Football Coaches Association in 2003.[76]

Ted Roof was elevated from defensive coordinator and named interim Duke head coach for the final five games of the 2003 season.[77] The Blue Devils won two of their last three games of the season, Roof's interim tag was removed, and he was named the program's 21st head football coach in 2004.[77]

Roof compiled a dismal 6–45 record before his firing after four seasons and a partial fifth.[78] One positive aspect, however, from Roof's tenure was that Duke defenses consistently ranked in the top 30 in tackles for loss for the first time in years.[78] Roof would go on to win a national championship as Auburn's defensive coordinator in 2010 under head coach Gene Chizik.[79]

David Cutcliffe era (2008–2021) edit

 
Coach Cutcliffe

In December 2007, Tennessee offensive coordinator and former Ole Miss head coach David Cutcliffe was hired as Duke's 22nd head football coach.[80][81]

Duke went 4–8 in 2008[82] and 5–7 in 2009,[83] the closest the school had come to bowl eligibility since 1994.[84] Cutcliffe fielded back-to-back 3–9 seasons in 2010 and 2011.[85][86] Duke's 2012 team became bowl eligible for the first time since 1994,[87] finishing the season with a 6–7 record.[88]

Duke's 2013 season was a break-out year, as the Blue Devils have continued to cross off many of their infamous losing streaks. On October 26, 2013, Duke achieved its first win over a ranked team since 1994 with a 13–10 victory over No. 14 Virginia Tech. That win over Virginia Tech was also Duke's first road win over a ranked team since 1971.[89] The Blue Devils achieved their first winning season since 1994 with a 38–20 home victory over in-state rival NC State,[90] and Duke appeared in the AP Poll for the first time since 1994, listed at No. 25 with a record of 8–2.[91] With a 27–25 win over North Carolina on November 30, 2013, Duke locked up their first 10-win season in school history, the Coastal Division title, and a spot in the 2013 ACC Championship Game against Florida State, during which time Duke was ranked No. 20.[92] The Blue Devils lost that game to the Seminoles, the eventual national champions,[93] by a score of 45–7.[94] David Cutcliffe received the Walter Camp Coach of the Year award in 2013.[95]

Duke finished 9–4 in 2014.[96] 2015 would see the Blue Devils finish 8–5.[97] 2015 also marked the beginning of a $100 million renovation project to Wallace Wade Stadium.[98] Cutcliffe's Blue Devils struggled to a 4–8 record in 2016.[99] Duke finished 7–6 in 2017.[100]

Mike Elko era (2022–2023) edit

On December 10, 2021, former Texas A&M Aggies defensive coordinator Mike Elko was hired as the Blue Devils 23rd head football coach.[101] Elko returned to Texas A&M University as their head coach, November 2023.[102]

Conference affiliations edit

Championships edit

National championships edit

Duke does not officially claim any national championships. The 1936 team was retroactively named national champions by Berryman (QRPS), a mathematical rating system designed by Clyde P. Berryman in 1990. The NCAA recognizes the Berryman title in its official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision records.[103] James Howell, a football historian, also selected Duke as 1936 national champions using his Football Power Ratings formula.[104]

Ray Bryne, a minor selector, chose the 1941 Blue Devils as national champions.[105]

Year Coach Selectors
1936 Wallace Wade Berryman (QRPS)†, James Howell
1941 Ray Bryne

† The 1936 Berryman (QRPS) title is recognized by the NCAA.

Conference championships edit

See also: List of Southern Conference football champions and List of Atlantic Coast Conference football champions
Year Coach Conference Overall Record Conference Record
1933 Wallace Wade Southern Conference 9–1 4–0
1935 8–2 5–0
1936 9–1 7–0
1938 9–1 5–0
1939 8–1 5–0
1941 9–1 5–0
1943 Eddie Cameron 8–1 4–0
1944 6–4 4–0
1945 6–2 4–0
1952 William D. Murray 8–2 5–0
1953† Atlantic Coast Conference 7–2–1 4–0
1954 8–2–1 4–0
1955† 7–2–1 4–0
1960 8–3 5–1
1961 7–3 5–1
1962 8–2 6–0
1989† Steve Spurrier 8–4 6–1

† Co-champions

Duke also won a share of the 1965 ACC Championship on the field, finishing tied for first with South Carolina (who they defeated) at 4–2. However, the Gamecocks were stripped of all of their league wins after it emerged they had used two ineligible players. This elevated NC State and Clemson (both of whom had lost to South Carolina) to 5–2 in the standings, ahead of 4–2 Duke. While Duke still claims the 1965 conference title, the ACC does not recognize it.[106]

Division championships edit

Year Coach Division Championship Opponent CG Result
2013 David Cutcliffe ACC Coastal Florida State L 7–45

Head coaches edit

List of Duke head coaches.[107]

Bowl games edit

Duke has a 8–8 record in their 16 bowl games.[108]

Year Bowl Opponent Result
1938 Rose Southern California L 3–7
1941 Rose Oregon State L 16–20
1944 Sugar Alabama W 29–26
1954 Orange Nebraska W 34–7
1957 Orange Oklahoma L 21–48
1960 Cotton Arkansas W 7–6
1989 All-American Texas Tech L 21–49
1994 Hall of Fame Wisconsin L 20–34
2012 Belk Cincinnati L 34–48
2013 Chick-fil-A Texas A&M L 48–52
2014 Sun Arizona State L 31–36
2015 Pinstripe Indiana W 44–41OT
2017 Quick Lane Northern Illinois W 36–14
2018 Independence Temple W 56–27
2022 Military UCF W 30–13
2023 Birmingham Troy W 17–10

Rivalries edit

North Carolina edit

Main article: Carolina–Duke rivalry

The Blue Devils traditional all-sport rivalry is with the North Carolina. In football, the teams fight for the Victory Bell each year. The trophy series is 40–21–1 in favor of North Carolina. North Carolina leads the series is 65–41–4 through the 2023 season.[109]

Wake Forest edit

See also: Tobacco Road (rivalry)

Duke maintains a rivalry with Wake Forest. This rivalry started due to the schools' historical religious affiliations and close proximity to one another (Wake Forest University was originally located in the town of Wake Forest before moving to Winston-Salem in 1956). Duke was originally known as Trinity College and the athletic teams were known as the Methodists, while Wake Forest's athletic teams were known at the time as the Baptists. The series is 60–41–2 in favor of Duke through the 2023 season. Duke won the most recent matchup in 2023 by a score of 24-21.[110]

NC State edit

Main article: Tobacco Road (rivalry)

Duke maintains a Research Triangle rivalry with NC State. The series with NC State is 42–37–5 in favor of Duke through the 2023 season.[111]

Facilities edit

Wallace Wade Stadium edit

 
Wallace Wade Stadium, home to Duke football and site of the 1942 Rose Bowl as it appeared in 2005, prior to renovation.

Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium is a 40,004-seat stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Primarily used for American football, it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils. It opened in 1929 with a game against Pitt, as the first facility in Duke's new West Campus. Originally named Duke Stadium, it was renamed in 1967 for former head football coach Wallace Wade and has remained Wallace Wade Stadium ever since. The field was named Brooks Field at the beginning of the 2015 season after the removal of track and lowering of the field level seats.

The stadium is notable for being the site of the 1942 Rose Bowl Game. Duke had won the invitation to the game as the eastern representative. However, the attack on Pearl Harbor, just weeks after the end of the 1941 season, led to fears of a Japanese attack on the West Coast. General John L. DeWitt, commander of the Western Defense Command, advised the Tournament of Roses Association not to hold the game at the Rose Bowl Stadium itself, since he was not willing to take a chance on the Japanese choosing to stage a bombing raid on a stadium with over 90,000 people in attendance. Soon afterward, the government banned all large public gatherings on the West Coast, which ruled out Bell Field on the campus of Oregon State, the host team from the PCC, as an alternative venue. The Tournament of Roses Association originally planned to cancel the game, but Duke officials invited the Rose Bowl and Oregon State to Durham to play the game. The offer was accepted, and on a cold, rainy January 1, 1942, 56,000 fans, 22,000 of whom sat on bleachers borrowed from nearby NC State and UNC, watched the heavily favored Blue Devils fall to the strong defense of the Beavers 20–16. It was the only time the game has been played outside of Pasadena, California, until 2020 when the 2021 Rose Bowl was relocated to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In September 2014, renovation plans were released. The new stadium would seat nearly 40,000 and have 21 luxury suites housed within a new five-story, 90,000 square foot tower along the stadium's west side. A new 42 feet high by 75.6 feet wide LED video board would be installed 90 feet closer to the field than the previous one. Another notable feature was the removal of the stadium's track, which allowed 4,000 additional seats to be added along with lowering and recentering the field. The concourses along the stadium's north and west sides were enhanced with new concessions and new gates, restroom facilities and first aid stations. Integrated seating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act were also added for disabled guests and their companions.[112] The first two phases of the renovations were finished over a two-year period, including the new press box, eight broadcast booths[113] and suites completed by the 2016 college football season. Phase three is to be completed prior to the 2017 season. It includes completion of ADA boxes in one-third of the concourse on the north and east concourse, rebuilding the concourse surface, and construction of a north gate ticket booth and various concessions, bathroom, and future store buildings on the east concourse. The alumni box on the north concourse will also be replaced with a new auxiliary scoreboard.[114]

Academic achievements edit

Duke is consistently ranked at or near the top of the list of Division I-A schools which graduate nearly all of their football players. Duke topped the list 12 years in a row through 2006, earning it the most Academic Achievement Awards of any university.[115] Duke has had an American Football Coaches Association's Academic Achievement Award winner in '81, '84, '87, '90, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '99, '03, '05, '14, making it one of the schools with the most winners.[116]

Awards edit

Outland Trophy

Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award

Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award

Southern Conference Coach of the Year

ACC Coach of the Year

ACC Player of the Year

ACC Rookie of the Year

College Football Hall of Fame

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Consensus All-Americans

Future opponents edit

Year Non-conference opponents ACC home games ACC away games
2024[117] at Northeastern (9/7) UConn (9/14) at Middle Tennessee (9/21) TBD Florida State North Carolina SMU Virginia Tech Georgia Tech Miami NC State Wake Forest
2025[118] Illinois at Tulane (9/13) at UConn (11.8) TBD Georgia Tech NC State Virginia Wake Forest at California at Clemson at North Carolina at Syracuse
2026[119] Tulane at Illinois (9/12) UConn (11/7) TBD
2027 TBD TBD TBD TBD
2028 TCU at Temple (9/16) TBD TBD
2029 at TCU Middle Tennessee (9/15) at UConn (9/29)
2030 at UConn 8/31) at Notre Dame TBD TBD
2031 TBD TBD TBD
2032 TBD TBD TBD TBD
2033 Notre Dame (9/24)
2034 TBD TBD TBD TBD
2035 Notre Dame TBD TBD TBD
2036 TBD TBD TBD TBD
2037 TBD TBD TBD TBD



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The Duke Blue Devils football team represents Duke University in the sport of American football The Blue Devils compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision FBS of the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference ACC The program has 17 conference championships 7 ACC championships and 10 Southern Conference titles 53 All Americans 10 ACC Players of the Year and have had three Pro Football Hall of Famers come through the program 3 The team is coached by Manny Diaz and play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham North Carolina Duke Blue Devils football2023 Duke Blue Devils football teamFirst season1888Athletic directorNina KingHead coachManny Diaz 1st season 0 0 StadiumWallace Wade Stadium capacity 40 000 Field surfaceGrassLocationDurham North CarolinaConferenceACCDivisionCoastalPast conferencesSoConAll time record538 556 31 1 492 Bowl record8 8 500 Unclaimed national titles2 1936 1941 Conference titles17 7 ACC 10 SoCon Division titles1 2013 RivalriesNorth Carolina rivalry Wake Forest rivalry NC State rivalry Consensus All Americans6Current uniformColorsDuke blue and white 2 Fight song Fight Blue Devils Fight Blue and White MascotBlue DevilMarching bandDuke University Marching BandWebsitegoduke comAfter struggling for most of the time since the mid 1960s the Blue Devils underwent a renaissance under David Cutcliffe 2008 2021 Duke secured their first Coastal division title on November 30 2013 with a win over arch rival North Carolina Additionally the Blue Devils cracked the top 25 of the BCS standings the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll during the 2013 season and very nearly scored an upset over a potent Texas A amp M team in the 2013 Chick fil A Bowl losing by only four points after jumping out to a 38 17 lead at halftime In 2014 Duke followed up with a nine win season including a victory over eventual Orange Bowl winner Georgia Tech and another close bowl loss to 15th ranked Arizona State in the Sun Bowl In 2015 the Blue Devils broke through for a 44 41 overtime win over Indiana in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium and followed up with a win over Northern Illinois in the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl Contents 1 History 1 1 Early history 1888 1930 1 2 Wallace Wade era 1931 1950 1 3 William Murray era 1951 1965 1 4 Struggles 1966 1986 1 5 Steve Spurrier era 1987 1989 1 6 Regression 1990 2007 1 7 David Cutcliffe era 2008 2021 1 8 Mike Elko era 2022 2023 2 Conference affiliations 3 Championships 3 1 National championships 3 2 Conference championships 3 3 Division championships 4 Head coaches 5 Bowl games 6 Rivalries 6 1 North Carolina 6 2 Wake Forest 6 3 NC State 7 Facilities 7 1 Wallace Wade Stadium 8 Academic achievements 9 Awards 10 Future opponents 11 References 12 External linksHistory editEarly history 1888 1930 edit Main article History of Duke Blue Devils football See also List of Duke Blue Devils football seasons nbsp John Franklin Crowell Duke football s first head coachThe Duke Blue Devils then known as the Trinity Blue and White first fielded a football team in 1888 coached by John Franklin Crowell 4 The first game against North Carolina was the first scientific game in the state 5 Trinity finished the first two seasons in their football history with records of 2 1 in 1888 and 1 1 in 1889 4 From 1890 1895 Trinity competed without a head coach 6 The 1891 team went undefeated 7 8 Trinity did not compete in football from 1895 to 1919 9 The Trinity Blue and White resumed football competition in 1920 under head coach Floyd J Egan compiling a record of 4 0 1 that season 10 In 1921 they finished 6 1 2 were led by James A Baldwin previously the head coach at Maine 11 In February 1922 Herman Steiner was selected as the head coach of the Trinity College football team for the 1922 season 12 13 During the 1922 football season Steiner coached the Trinity football team to a 7 2 1 record as the team outscored its opponents 156 57 14 15 E L Alexander took over the reins of the Trinity Blue Devils in 1923 and led the team to a 5 4 record 16 In their first season competing as Duke University Howard Jones took over in 1924 and led the Blue Devils to a 4 5 record before leaving for USC 17 Former Indiana head coach James Herron led the Blue Devils to another 4 5 record in 1925 18 From 1926 to 1930 the program was led by head coach James DeHart who compiled a 24 23 2 record during his tenure 19 DeHart led the Blue Devils an independent for all of its history up to that point into the Southern Conference in 1928 20 Wallace Wade era 1931 1950 edit nbsp Wade at Vanderbilt c 1921In late 1930 Wallace Wade shocked the college football world by leaving national powerhouse Alabama for Duke 21 Wade s success at Alabama translated well to Duke s program He sent former Alabama players and future Duke assistants Herschel Caldwell and Ellis Hagler to the school a year early to prepare a team 22 Duke won seven Southern Conference championships in the 16 years that Wade was coach 23 He also led the team to two Rose Bowls Wade served a stint in the military in World War II leaving the team after the 1941 season and returning before the start of the 1946 season 21 Wade s achievements placed him in the College Football Hall of Fame 21 Duke was invited to the 1942 Rose Bowl against Oregon State 21 Due to fears of additional west coast attacks by the Japanese in the wake of Pearl Harbor the game was moved to Durham 21 As Duke s stadium was significantly smaller than the regular venue bleachers were borrowed from both North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina 24 Despite being 3 to 1 favorites the Iron Dukes lost 20 16 25 21 Wade retired after the 1950 season For his great achievements Duke named their football stadium after him 21 The Blue Devils still play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium 26 Wade s final record at Duke is 110 36 7 27 William Murray era 1951 1965 edit Delaware head coach Bill Murray was chosen to replace Wallace Wade as Duke s head coach in 1951 28 29 30 The football program proved successful under Murray s tutelage winning six of the first ten ACC football championships from 1953 to 1962 31 32 From 1943 until 1957 the Blue Devils were ranked in the AP Poll at some point in the season 33 Murray s Duke teams would be last successes the Blue Devils football program would have for another two decades Bill Murray would be the last Duke head football coach to leave the Blue Devils with a winning record until Steve Spurrier 33 and the last to leave Duke after having won multiple conference championships 33 After Murray s retirement following the 1965 season Duke s football program would steadily decline into becoming the ACC s cellar dweller 33 Murray led Duke to its last bowl appearance and conference championships shared or outright until 1989 33 Murray s final record at Duke was 91 51 9 in 15 seasons 32 33 Struggles 1966 1986 edit After Murray came Tom Harp who had a 22 28 1 record in 5 seasons with the Blue Devils 34 A very successful high school coach Harp came to Duke after a mediocre stint as Cornell s head football coach 35 Harp s teams struggled on the field only producing one winning season a 6 5 1970 season that would be Harp s last at Duke 34 as he was fired following the season 36 Mike McGee returned to his alma mater from East Carolina to serve as head football coach in late 1970 37 Duke continued in the mediocrity and sub par on the field performances that had been seen under Harp going 37 47 4 overall 38 McGee s two best years were 1971 and 1974 in which his Duke teams went a mediocre 6 5 38 McGee was dismissed after the 1978 season 39 Elon head coach Shirley Red Wilson replaced McGee 40 and went 16 27 1 as Duke s head football coach 41 Wilson s teams only won two games in his first two seasons 42 43 then had back to back 6 5 records 44 45 Wilson s teams became known for their innovative passing attack under offensive coordinator Steve Spurrier whose 1982 offense featuring quarterback Ben Bennett set a school record for yardage before Wilson retired and Spurrier left to become the head coach of the USFL s Tampa Bay Bandits 46 47 There was hope when Steve Sloan was hired that the Duke football program would finally return to its glory days under Wallace Wade 48 However Sloan could not translate his successes from those places to Duke Sloan s Blue Devils teams had a 13 31 overall record in the four seasons he was there 49 failing to win more than four games in a single season Sloan resigned after four seasons as Duke head coach to become athletics director at the University of Alabama 50 Steve Spurrier era 1987 1989 edit nbsp Coach SpurrierThe Duke Blue Devils football program had a string of successful years under Steve Spurrier Duke was Spurrier s first college head coaching position 51 When Spurrier arrived as Duke s 17th head football coach in program history he inherited a Duke program that was commonly viewed as the worst football program in the ACC 52 Unlike most of his predecessors since Wallace Wade Spurrier was able to have success as Duke s head football coach He hired coaches Ian Goodall Joe Jeb and Patrick Cooke to serve as assistant coaches 53 Spurrier led the Blue Devils to a share of the ACC title in 1989 51 its first ACC football title of any kind shared or outright since the Bill Murray era 52 Spurrier won ACC Coach of the Year honors in 1988 and 1989 for his achievements 51 52 He led Duke to the 1989 All American Bowl a game they lost 49 21 to Texas Tech 52 That bowl appearance was the program s first bowl appearance since the 1960 Cotton Bowl 52 After three seasons and a 20 13 1 overall record 49 and leading the Blue Devils to seemingly unheard of football success Spurrier left Duke after the 1989 season to accept the head football coaching position at his alma mater Florida Regression 1990 2007 edit Barry Wilson was promoted from assistant coach and took over the Blue Devils football program after the departure of Steve Spurrier 54 but struggled with a 13 30 1 record in four seasons despite inheriting a team that had shared an ACC championship the season before he became the head coach 55 Unable to duplicate or build upon the successes of his predecessor Wilson resigned as head coach after the 1993 season 56 On December 16 1993 Rice head coach Fred Goldsmith was named Wilson s replacement becoming the Blue Devils 19th head football coach 57 58 59 The 1994 Blue Devils raced out to an 8 1 record and was briefly ranked as high as No 16 in the country before two consecutive heartbreaking losses to close the season 24 23 to North Carolina State and 41 40 to arch rival North Carolina 60 The 1994 team played in the program s first New Years Day Bowl game since 1961 falling to Wisconsin 34 21 in the 1995 Hall of Fame Bowl 61 60 later known as the Outback Bowl After 1994 however Duke s football program continued to decline with the team only winning a total of nine more games under Goldsmith s watch 62 Goldsmith s teams struggled after that 1994 season failing to win more than four games in a single season and only notching three more wins in ACC play 62 In 1995 the Blue Devils finished 3 8 63 Goldsmith s 1996 Duke team went 0 11 the school s first winless record in the modern era and only the second winless season in school history 62 In 1997 the Blue Devils went 2 9 64 The Blue Devils compiled a 4 7 record in 1998 65 On December 1 1998 Carl Franks offensive coordinator at Florida under former Blue Devils head coach Steve Spurrier was hired to replace Fred Goldsmith and tasked with turning around the Duke football program 66 A Duke alum Franks had also served as running backs coach at Duke under Spurrier from 1987 1989 and had played running back and tight end for the Blue Devils under Shirley Wilson from 1980 1982 67 Franks led the Blue Devils to a 3 8 record in 1999 68 From 2000 to 2001 Duke suffered a 22 game losing streak with both the 2000 and 2001 seasons being winless 0 11 campaigns with only four of the 22 losses coming by eight points or fewer 69 70 71 72 Franks was dismissed mid season in 2003 73 Defensive coordinator Ted Roof was appointed interim head coach 74 The Blue Devils 1999 2001 teams were ranked 7th in a list on the 10 worst college football teams of all time by ESPN s Page 2 75 Franks finished 7 45 in four full seasons and a partial fifth 72 Despite the poor record Franks was lauded for the academic success of his players evidenced by his program winning the Academic Achievement Award from the American Football Coaches Association in 2003 76 Ted Roof was elevated from defensive coordinator and named interim Duke head coach for the final five games of the 2003 season 77 The Blue Devils won two of their last three games of the season Roof s interim tag was removed and he was named the program s 21st head football coach in 2004 77 Roof compiled a dismal 6 45 record before his firing after four seasons and a partial fifth 78 One positive aspect however from Roof s tenure was that Duke defenses consistently ranked in the top 30 in tackles for loss for the first time in years 78 Roof would go on to win a national championship as Auburn s defensive coordinator in 2010 under head coach Gene Chizik 79 David Cutcliffe era 2008 2021 edit nbsp Coach CutcliffeIn December 2007 Tennessee offensive coordinator and former Ole Miss head coach David Cutcliffe was hired as Duke s 22nd head football coach 80 81 Duke went 4 8 in 2008 82 and 5 7 in 2009 83 the closest the school had come to bowl eligibility since 1994 84 Cutcliffe fielded back to back 3 9 seasons in 2010 and 2011 85 86 Duke s 2012 team became bowl eligible for the first time since 1994 87 finishing the season with a 6 7 record 88 Duke s 2013 season was a break out year as the Blue Devils have continued to cross off many of their infamous losing streaks On October 26 2013 Duke achieved its first win over a ranked team since 1994 with a 13 10 victory over No 14 Virginia Tech That win over Virginia Tech was also Duke s first road win over a ranked team since 1971 89 The Blue Devils achieved their first winning season since 1994 with a 38 20 home victory over in state rival NC State 90 and Duke appeared in the AP Poll for the first time since 1994 listed at No 25 with a record of 8 2 91 With a 27 25 win over North Carolina on November 30 2013 Duke locked up their first 10 win season in school history the Coastal Division title and a spot in the 2013 ACC Championship Game against Florida State during which time Duke was ranked No 20 92 The Blue Devils lost that game to the Seminoles the eventual national champions 93 by a score of 45 7 94 David Cutcliffe received the Walter Camp Coach of the Year award in 2013 95 Duke finished 9 4 in 2014 96 2015 would see the Blue Devils finish 8 5 97 2015 also marked the beginning of a 100 million renovation project to Wallace Wade Stadium 98 Cutcliffe s Blue Devils struggled to a 4 8 record in 2016 99 Duke finished 7 6 in 2017 100 Mike Elko era 2022 2023 edit On December 10 2021 former Texas A amp M Aggies defensive coordinator Mike Elko was hired as the Blue Devils 23rd head football coach 101 Elko returned to Texas A amp M University as their head coach November 2023 102 Conference affiliations editIndependent 1889 1894 1920 1929 Southern Conference 1930 1952 Atlantic Coast Conference 1953 present Championships editNational championships edit Duke does not officially claim any national championships The 1936 team was retroactively named national champions by Berryman QRPS a mathematical rating system designed by Clyde P Berryman in 1990 The NCAA recognizes the Berryman title in its official NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision records 103 James Howell a football historian also selected Duke as 1936 national champions using his Football Power Ratings formula 104 Ray Bryne a minor selector chose the 1941 Blue Devils as national champions 105 Year Coach Selectors1936 Wallace Wade Berryman QRPS James Howell1941 Ray Bryne The 1936 Berryman QRPS title is recognized by the NCAA Conference championships edit See also List of Southern Conference football champions and List of Atlantic Coast Conference football champions Year Coach Conference Overall Record Conference Record1933 Wallace Wade Southern Conference 9 1 4 01935 8 2 5 01936 9 1 7 01938 9 1 5 01939 8 1 5 01941 9 1 5 01943 Eddie Cameron 8 1 4 01944 6 4 4 01945 6 2 4 01952 William D Murray 8 2 5 01953 Atlantic Coast Conference 7 2 1 4 01954 8 2 1 4 01955 7 2 1 4 01960 8 3 5 11961 7 3 5 11962 8 2 6 01989 Steve Spurrier 8 4 6 1 Co championsDuke also won a share of the 1965 ACC Championship on the field finishing tied for first with South Carolina who they defeated at 4 2 However the Gamecocks were stripped of all of their league wins after it emerged they had used two ineligible players This elevated NC State and Clemson both of whom had lost to South Carolina to 5 2 in the standings ahead of 4 2 Duke While Duke still claims the 1965 conference title the ACC does not recognize it 106 Division championships edit Year Coach Division Championship Opponent CG Result2013 David Cutcliffe ACC Coastal Florida State L 7 45Head coaches editList of Duke head coaches 107 John Franklin Crowell 1888 1889 No coach 1890 1895 No team 1896 1919 Floyd J Egan 1920 James A Baldwin 1921 Herman G Steiner 1922 E L Alexander 1923 Howard Jones 1924 James P Herron 1925 Jimmy DeHart 1926 1930 Wallace Wade 1931 1941 Eddie Cameron 1942 1945 Wallace Wade 1946 1950 William D Murray 1951 1965 Tom Harp 1966 1970 Mike McGee 1971 1978 Shirley Wilson 1979 1982 Steve Sloan 1983 1986 Steve Spurrier 1987 1989 Barry Wilson 1990 1993 Fred Goldsmith 1994 1998 Carl Franks 1999 2003 Ted Roof 2003 2007 David Cutcliffe 2008 2021 Mike Elko 2021 2023 Manny Diaz 2024 Bowl games editDuke has a 8 8 record in their 16 bowl games 108 Year Bowl Opponent Result1938 Rose Southern California L 3 71941 Rose Oregon State L 16 201944 Sugar Alabama W 29 261954 Orange Nebraska W 34 71957 Orange Oklahoma L 21 481960 Cotton Arkansas W 7 61989 All American Texas Tech L 21 491994 Hall of Fame Wisconsin L 20 342012 Belk Cincinnati L 34 482013 Chick fil A Texas A amp M L 48 522014 Sun Arizona State L 31 362015 Pinstripe Indiana W 44 41OT2017 Quick Lane Northern Illinois W 36 142018 Independence Temple W 56 272022 Military UCF W 30 132023 Birmingham Troy W 17 10Rivalries editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2020 North Carolina edit Main article Carolina Duke rivalry The Blue Devils traditional all sport rivalry is with the North Carolina In football the teams fight for the Victory Bell each year The trophy series is 40 21 1 in favor of North Carolina North Carolina leads the series is 65 41 4 through the 2023 season 109 Wake Forest edit See also Tobacco Road rivalry Duke maintains a rivalry with Wake Forest This rivalry started due to the schools historical religious affiliations and close proximity to one another Wake Forest University was originally located in the town of Wake Forest before moving to Winston Salem in 1956 Duke was originally known as Trinity College and the athletic teams were known as the Methodists while Wake Forest s athletic teams were known at the time as the Baptists The series is 60 41 2 in favor of Duke through the 2023 season Duke won the most recent matchup in 2023 by a score of 24 21 110 NC State edit Main article Tobacco Road rivalry Duke maintains a Research Triangle rivalry with NC State The series with NC State is 42 37 5 in favor of Duke through the 2023 season 111 Facilities editWallace Wade Stadium edit nbsp Wallace Wade Stadium home to Duke football and site of the 1942 Rose Bowl as it appeared in 2005 prior to renovation Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium is a 40 004 seat stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham North Carolina United States Primarily used for American football it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils It opened in 1929 with a game against Pitt as the first facility in Duke s new West Campus Originally named Duke Stadium it was renamed in 1967 for former head football coach Wallace Wade and has remained Wallace Wade Stadium ever since The field was named Brooks Field at the beginning of the 2015 season after the removal of track and lowering of the field level seats The stadium is notable for being the site of the 1942 Rose Bowl Game Duke had won the invitation to the game as the eastern representative However the attack on Pearl Harbor just weeks after the end of the 1941 season led to fears of a Japanese attack on the West Coast General John L DeWitt commander of the Western Defense Command advised the Tournament of Roses Association not to hold the game at the Rose Bowl Stadium itself since he was not willing to take a chance on the Japanese choosing to stage a bombing raid on a stadium with over 90 000 people in attendance Soon afterward the government banned all large public gatherings on the West Coast which ruled out Bell Field on the campus of Oregon State the host team from the PCC as an alternative venue The Tournament of Roses Association originally planned to cancel the game but Duke officials invited the Rose Bowl and Oregon State to Durham to play the game The offer was accepted and on a cold rainy January 1 1942 56 000 fans 22 000 of whom sat on bleachers borrowed from nearby NC State and UNC watched the heavily favored Blue Devils fall to the strong defense of the Beavers 20 16 It was the only time the game has been played outside of Pasadena California until 2020 when the 2021 Rose Bowl was relocated to AT amp T Stadium in Arlington Texas due to the COVID 19 pandemic In September 2014 renovation plans were released The new stadium would seat nearly 40 000 and have 21 luxury suites housed within a new five story 90 000 square foot tower along the stadium s west side A new 42 feet high by 75 6 feet wide LED video board would be installed 90 feet closer to the field than the previous one Another notable feature was the removal of the stadium s track which allowed 4 000 additional seats to be added along with lowering and recentering the field The concourses along the stadium s north and west sides were enhanced with new concessions and new gates restroom facilities and first aid stations Integrated seating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act were also added for disabled guests and their companions 112 The first two phases of the renovations were finished over a two year period including the new press box eight broadcast booths 113 and suites completed by the 2016 college football season Phase three is to be completed prior to the 2017 season It includes completion of ADA boxes in one third of the concourse on the north and east concourse rebuilding the concourse surface and construction of a north gate ticket booth and various concessions bathroom and future store buildings on the east concourse The alumni box on the north concourse will also be replaced with a new auxiliary scoreboard 114 Academic achievements editDuke is consistently ranked at or near the top of the list of Division I A schools which graduate nearly all of their football players Duke topped the list 12 years in a row through 2006 earning it the most Academic Achievement Awards of any university 115 Duke has had an American Football Coaches Association s Academic Achievement Award winner in 81 84 87 90 93 94 95 96 97 99 03 05 14 making it one of the schools with the most winners 116 Awards editOutland Trophy Mike McGee 1959 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award Fred Goldsmith 1994 David Cutcliffe 2013 Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award David Cutcliffe 2013 Southern Conference Coach of the Year Wallace Wade 1949 Bill Murray 1952 ACC Coach of the Year Bill Murray 1954 1960 and 1962 Steve Spurrier 1988 and 1989 Fred Goldsmith 1994 David Cutcliffe 2012 and 2013 Mike Elko 2022 ACC Player of the Year Robert Baldwin HB 1994 Clarkston Hines WR 1989 Anthony Dilweg QB 1988 Ben Bennett QB 1983 Chris Castor WR 1982 Steve Jones HB 1972 Ernie Jackson DB 1971 Jay Wilkinson HB 1963 Mike McGee G 1959 Jerry Barger HB 1954 ACC Rookie of the Year Ben Bennett QB 1980 College Football Hall of Fame Howard Jones Coach 1951 Wallace Wade Coach 1955 Ace Parker HB 1955 George McAfee HB 1961 Dan Hill C 1962 Eric Tipton HB 1965 Fred Crawford T 1973 Bill Murray Coach 1974 Steve Lach HB 1980 Al DeRogatis DT 1986 Mike McGee G 1990 Clarkston Hines WR 2011 Steve Spurrier Coach 2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame George McAfee HB 1966 Ace Parker HB 1972 Sonny Jurgensen QB 1983 Consensus All Americans Fred Crawford T 1933 Ace Parker HB 1936 Ernie Jackson DB 1971 Clarkston Hines WR 1989 Jeremy Cash DB 2015 Future opponents editYear Non conference opponents ACC home games ACC away games2024 117 at Northeastern 9 7 UConn 9 14 at Middle Tennessee 9 21 TBD Florida State North Carolina SMU Virginia Tech Georgia Tech Miami NC State Wake Forest2025 118 Illinois at Tulane 9 13 at 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