2016 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 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. Duke competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the Coastal Division.
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Coastal Division | |
2016 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 |
Home stadium | Wallace Wade Stadium (Capacity: 40,000) |
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Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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
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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- Schedule Source:[1]
Personnel
Roster
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Coaching staff
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 | 1st | Duke (2012) |
Josh Grizzard | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 4th | Yale (2012) |
Eli Keimach | 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
North Carolina Central
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Blue Devils | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Wake Forest
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
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
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 38 |
Fighting Irish | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Virginia
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cavaliers | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Blue Devils | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
Army
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
No Duke players were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.
References
- "2016 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
- "Football – 2016 Coaches". Duke University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
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