Duke Blue Devils | |
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University | Duke University |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Kevin White |
Location | Durham, North Carolina |
Varsity teams | 26 (27 in 2017–18) |
Football stadium | Wallace Wade Stadium |
Basketball arena | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
Baseball stadium | Jack Coombs Field |
Soccer stadium | Koskinen Stadium |
Mascot | Blue Devil |
Nickname | Blue Devils |
Fight song | Fight! Blue Devils, Fight! Blue and White |
Colors | Duke blue and White |
Website | goduke |
The Duke Blue Devils are the athletic teams that represent Duke University. Its 26 varsity teams compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry battalion.
The Blue Devils have won sixteen NCAA National Championships. The women's golf team has won six (1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2014), the men's basketball team has won five (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, and 2015), men's lacrosse has won three (2010, 2013 and 2014), and the men's soccer (1986) and women's tennis (2009) teams have won one each. Duke's major historic rival, especially in basketball, has been the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (see Duke-Carolina rivalry).