1983 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1983 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.[2]

1983 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1983 record3–8 (3–3 ACC)
Head coachSteve Sloan
1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Maryland $ 5 0 0  8 4 0
North Carolina 4 2 0  8 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 2 0  3 8 0
Virginia 3 3 0  6 5 0
Duke 3 3 0  3 8 0
Wake Forest 1 5 0  4 7 0
NC State 1 5 0  3 8 0
No. 11 Clemson * 0 0 0  9 1 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3at Virginia
L 30–38
September 18at Indiana*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 10–15
September 17South Carolina*L 24–31
October 1No. 15 Miami (FL)*
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 17–56
October 8at Virginia Tech*
L 14–27
October 15Clemson*A
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 31–38
October 22at No. 15 Maryland
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
L 3–38
October 29Georgia Tech
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 32–26
November 5at Wake Forest
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 31–21
November 10NC State
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 27–26
November 19at North Carolina
L 27–34
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, therefore this game did not count in the league standings.[1]

References

  1. Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
  2. "1983 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.