Duke Blue Devils football | |||
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First season | 1888 | ||
Athletic director | Kevin White | ||
Head coach |
David Cutcliffe 10th season, 55–61 (.474) |
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Stadium |
Wallace Wade Stadium (Capacity: 40,000) |
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Field surface | Grass | ||
Location | Durham, North Carolina | ||
Conference | ACC | ||
Division | Coastal | ||
All-time record | 474–493–31 (.490) | ||
Bowl record | 4–8 (.333) | ||
Unclaimed nat'l titles | 2 (1936, 1941) | ||
Conference titles | 17 (7 ACC, 10 Southern) | ||
Division titles | 1 (2013) | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 5 | ||
Colors | Duke blue and White |
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Fight song | "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" "Blue and White" |
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Mascot | Blue Devil | ||
Marching band | Duke University Marching Band | ||
Rivals |
North Carolina Tar Heels Virginia Cavaliers Wake Forest Demon Deacons North Carolina State Wolfpack |
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Website | http://www.goduke.com/ |
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 (the most in the ACC), and have had three Pro Football Hall of Famers come through the program (second in the ACC to only Miami's four). The team is currently coached by David Cutcliffe and play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
Although Duke has mostly struggled since the mid-1960s, the Blue Devils are currently undergoing a renaissance under Cutcliffe. 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 20 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 9-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.