The 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. 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. They finished the season 4–8 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to tie for sixth place in the Coastal Division.
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Coastal Division | |
Record | 4–8 (1–7 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Zac Roper (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Jim Knowles (7th season) |
Base defense | 4–2–5 |
MVP | Daniel Jones |
Captain | Jela Duncan, DeVon Edwards, Thomas Sirk, A. J. Wolf |
Home stadium | Wallace Wade Stadium |
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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 (FL) | 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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Schedule edit
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central* | ACCN+ | W 49–6 | 35,049 | |
September 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Wake Forest |
| ESPNU | L 14–24 | 21,077 |
September 17 | 8:00 p.m. | at Northwestern* | BTN | L 13–24 | 34,464 | |
September 24 | 3:30 p.m. | at Notre Dame* | NBC | W 38–35 | 80,795 | |
October 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Virginia |
| ACCN | L 20–34 | 25,201 |
October 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Army* |
| ACCRSN | W 13–6 | 20,613 |
October 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Louisville | ESPN | L 14–24 | 55,121 | |
October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | ACCRSN | L 35–38 | 43,886 | |
November 5 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 23 Virginia Tech |
| ESPNU | L 21–24 | 38,217 |
November 10 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 15 North Carolina |
| ESPN | W 28–27 | 39,212 |
November 19 | 3:00 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | ACCRSN | L 14–56 | 35,425 | |
November 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at Miami (FL) | ESPN2 | L 21–40 | 57,396 | |
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Personnel edit
Roster edit
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Coaching staff edit
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 | 5th | Duke (2011) |
Josh Grizzard | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 4th | Yale (2012) |
Eli Keimach Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine | 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) |
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Game summaries edit
North Carolina Central edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Blue Devils | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Wake Forest edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Demon Deacons | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
At Northwestern edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
At Notre Dame edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 38 |
Fighting Irish | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Virginia edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Blue Devils | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
Army edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Black Knights | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Blue Devils | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
At Louisville edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
#7 Cardinals | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
At Georgia Tech edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
Yellow Jackets | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 38 |
Virginia Tech edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#23 Hokies | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
North Carolina edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#15 Tar Heels | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
Blue Devils | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
At Pittsburgh edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Panthers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
At Miami (FL) edit
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Hurricanes | 10 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 40 |
Team players in the NFL edit
No Duke players were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.
References edit
- ^ "2016 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
- ^ "Football – 2016 Coaches". Duke University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 6, 2016.