2016 Duke Blue Devils football team
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Coastal Division | |
2016 record | 4–8 (1–7 ACC) |
Head coach | David Cutcliffe (9th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Zac Roper (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Jim Knowles (7th season) |
Base defense | 4–2–5 |
Home stadium |
Wallace Wade Stadium (Capacity: 40,000) |
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No. 1 Clemson xy$# | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Louisville x | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Florida State | 5 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 2 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 16 Virginia Tech xy | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Miami | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his ninth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Duke competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the Coastal Division.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central* | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC | ACCN+ | W 49–6 | 35,049 | |||
September 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Wake Forest | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC | ESPNU | L 14–24 | 21,077 | |||
September 17 | 8:00 p.m. | at Northwestern* | Ryan Field • Evanston, IL | BTN | L 13–24 | 34,464 | |||
September 24 | 3:30 p.m. | at Notre Dame* | Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN | NBC | W 38–35 | 80,795 | |||
October 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Virginia |
Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC | ACCN | L 20–34 | 25,201 | |||
October 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Army* | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC | ACCRSN | W 13–6 | 20,613 | |||
October 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Louisville | Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY | ESPN | L 14–24 | 55,121 | |||
October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA | ACCRSN | L 35–38 | 43,886 | |||
November 5 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 23 Virginia Tech | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC | ESPNU | L 21–24 | 38,217 | |||
November 10 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 15 North Carolina | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC (Battle for the Victory Bell) | ESPN | W 28–27 | 39,212 | |||
November 19 | 3:00 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | ACCRSN | L 14–56 | 35,425 | |||
November 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at Miami (FL) | Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL | ESPN2 | L 21–40 | 57,396 | |||
*Non-conference game. |
- Schedule Source:[1]
Personnel
Coaching staff
Name | Position | Seasons at Duke | Alma Mater |
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David Cutcliffe | Head Coach | 9th | Alabama (1976) |
Zac Roper | Offensive Coordinator/The Baxter Family Associate Head Coach | 9th | Ole Miss (2001) |
Derek Jones | Assistant Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs | 9th | Ole Miss (1996) |
Jim Knowles | Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers | 6th | Cornell (1987) |
Ben Albert | Associate Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line | 1st | Massachusetts (1995) |
Jim Bridge | Special Teams Coordinator | 1st | Wittenberg (1992) |
Jim Collins | Defensive Ends | 8th | Elon (1974) |
Marcus Johnson | Offensive Line Coach | 5th | Ole Miss (2004) |
Matt Guerrieri | Safeties | 5th | Davidson (2011) |
Re'quan Boyette | Running Backs | 4th | Duke (2009) |
Jeffrey Faris | Wide Receivers | 1st | Duke (2012) |
Josh Grizzard | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 4th | Yale (2012) |
Eli Keimach | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 3rd | Massachusetts (2014) |
Clayton McGrath | Defensive Tackles/Graduate Assistant | 4th | Brown University (2011) |
Sam McGrath | Defensive Graduate Assistant | 2nd | Brown University (2012) |
Patrick O'Connor | Defensive Quality Control | 4th | Dickinson College (2010) |
Reference:[2] |
Game summaries
North Carolina Central
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Blue Devils | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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4–0 | 2015 | DUKE, 55–0 |
Wake Forest
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Demon Deacons | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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57–37–2 | 2015 | DUKE, 27–21 |
at Northwestern
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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8–9 | 2015 | NW, 19-10 |
at Notre Dame
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 38 |
Fighting Irish | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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8–9 | 2007 | ND, 28–7 |
Virginia
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Blue Devils | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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33–34 | 2015 | UVA, 42–34 |
Army
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Black Knights | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Blue Devils | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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12–10–1 | 2015 | DUKE, 44–3 |
at Louisville
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
#7 Cardinals | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0–1 | 2002 | UL, 40–3 |
at Georgia Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
Yellow Jackets | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 38 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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32–50–1 | 2015 | DUKE, 34–20 |
Virginia Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#23 Hokies | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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9–14 | 2015 | DUKE, 45–43 |
North Carolina
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#15 Tar Heels | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
Blue Devils | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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37–59–4 | 2015 | UNC, 66–31 |
at Pittsburgh
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Panthers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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9–11 | 2015 | PITT, 31-13 |
at Miami (FL)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Hurricanes | 10 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 40 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2–11 | 2015 | MIAMI, 30–27 |
References
- ↑ "2016 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Football – 2016 Coaches". Duke University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
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