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.

2016 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
2016 record4–8 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZac Roper (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJim Knowles (7th season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumWallace Wade Stadium
(Capacity: 40,000)
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
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  
Coastal Division
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
    1. – College Football Playoff champion
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 p.m.North Carolina Central*
ACCN+W 49–635,049
September 103:30 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPNUL 14–2421,077
September 178:00 p.m.at Northwestern*
BTNL 13–2434,464
September 243:30 p.m.at Notre Dame*
NBCW 38–3580,795
October 112:30 p.m.Virginia
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ACCNL 20–3425,201
October 83:30 p.m.Army*
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ACCRSNW 13–620,613
October 147:00 p.m.at No. 7 Louisville
ESPNL 14–2455,121
October 2912:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech
ACCRSNL 35–3843,886
November 53:30 p.m.No. 23 Virginia Tech
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPNUL 21–2438,217
November 107:30 p.m.No. 15 North Carolina
ESPNW 28–2739,212
November 193:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh
ACCRSNL 14–5635,425
November 263:30 p.m.at Miami (FL)
ESPN2L 21–4057,396
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Schedule Source:[1]

Personnel

Roster
2016 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 Thomas Sirk  Sr
WR 3 T. J. Rahming So
WR 10 Ryan Smith Sr
QB 17 Daniel Jones  Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 20 Jake Kite  Jr
LB 24 Zavier Carmichael Jr
S 26 Corbin McCarthy  Sr
S 40 Jacob Morgenstern Fr
DT 93 A. J. Wolf  Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 57 Thomas Hennessy  Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff
NamePositionSeasons at
Duke		Alma Mater
David CutcliffeHead Coach9thAlabama (1976)
Zac RoperOffensive Coordinator/The Baxter Family Associate Head Coach9thOle Miss (2001)
Derek JonesAssistant Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs9thOle Miss (1996)
Jim KnowlesDefensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers6thCornell (1987)
Ben AlbertAssociate Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line1stMassachusetts (1995)
Jim BridgeSpecial Teams Coordinator1stWittenberg (1992)
Jim CollinsDefensive Ends8thElon (1974)
Marcus JohnsonOffensive Line Coach5thOle Miss (2004)
Matt GuerrieriSafeties5thDavidson (2011)
Re'quan BoyetteRunning Backs4thDuke (2009)
Jeffrey FarisWide Receivers1stDuke (2012)
Josh GrizzardOffensive Graduate Assistant4thYale (2012)
Eli KeimachOffensive Graduate Assistant3rdMassachusetts (2014)
Clayton McGrathDefensive Tackles/Graduate Assistant4thBrown University (2011)
Sam McGrathDefensive Graduate Assistant2ndBrown University (2012)
Patrick O'ConnorDefensive Quality Control4thDickinson College (2010)
Reference:[2]

Game summaries

North Carolina Central
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 3 3 6
Blue Devils 21 28 0 0 49
See also: 2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

Wake Forest
1 2 3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 0 7 14 3 24
Blue Devils 7 0 7 0 14
See also: 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

at Northwestern
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 7 0 6 13
Wildcats 7 0 10 7 24
See also: 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team

at Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 14 14 0 10 38
Fighting Irish 14 7 7 7 35
See also: 2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Virginia
1 2 3 4 Total
Cavaliers 6 14 7 7 34
Blue Devils 7 3 3 7 20
See also: 2016 Virginia Cavaliers football team

Army
1 2 3 4 Total
Black Knights 0 6 0 0 6
Blue Devils 7 6 0 0 13
See also: 2016 Army Black Knights football team

at Louisville
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 0 0 7 14
#7 Cardinals 7 3 7 7 24
See also: 2016 Louisville Cardinals football team

at Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 7 21 7 35
Yellow Jackets 14 14 3 7 38
See also: 2016 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Virginia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Hokies 7 14 0 3 24
Blue Devils 7 0 7 7 21
See also: 2016 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

North Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Tar Heels 14 7 6 0 27
Blue Devils 0 21 7 0 28
See also: 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team and Victory Bell (North Carolina–Duke)

at Pittsburgh
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 7 0 0 14
Panthers 14 14 14 14 56
See also: 2016 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

at Miami (FL)
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 7 0 7 21
Hurricanes 10 6 17 7 40
See also: 2016 Miami Hurricanes football team

Team players in the NFL

No Duke players were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.

References
  1. "2016 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  2. "Football – 2016 Coaches". Duke University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
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