1997 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1997 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Fred Goldsmith.

1997 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1997 record29 (08 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLarry Beckish
Defensive coordinatorBob Trott
Home stadiumWallace Wade Stadium
(Capacity: 33,941)
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Florida State $  8 0     11 1  
No. 6 North Carolina  7 1     11 1  
Virginia  5 3     7 4  
No. 25 Georgia Tech  5 3     7 5  
Clemson  4 4     7 5  
NC State  3 5     6 5  
Wake Forest  3 5     5 6  
Maryland  1 7     2 9  
Duke  0 8     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 67:00 pmNC StateL 14–4533,214
September 132:00 pmat Northwestern*L 20–2436,225
September 207:00 pmArmy*
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, North Carolina
W 20–1721,748
September 2712:00 pmNavy*
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, North Carolina
JPSW 26–1717,370
October 43:30 pmat MarylandL 10–1623,206
October 117:00 pmNo. 4 Florida State
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, North Carolina
L 27–5121,557
October 1812:00 pmat VirginiaJPSL 10–1336,600
October 2512:00 pmWake Forest
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, North Carolina
JPSL 24–3828,531
November 812:00 pmat ClemsonJPSL 20–2960,363
November 151:30 pmGeorgia Tech
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, North Carolina
L 38–4122,638
November 2212:00 pmat No. 8 North CarolinaJPSL 14–5053,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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