2020 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2020 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Duke competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2020 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2020 record2–9 (1–9 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZac Roper (5th season as coordinator, 13th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBen Albert (3rd season as coordinator, 5th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMatt Guerrieri (3rd season as coordinator, 9th overall season)
2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 Notre Dame y^  9 0     10 2  
No. 3 Clemson y$^  8 1     10 2  
No. 22 Miami (FL)  7 2     8 3  
No. 18 North Carolina  7 3     8 4  
NC State  7 3     8 4  
Boston College  5 5     6 5  
Pittsburgh  5 5     6 5  
Virginia Tech  5 5     5 6  
Virginia  4 5     5 5  
Wake Forest  3 4     4 5  
Georgia Tech  3 6     3 7  
Louisville  3 7     4 7  
Florida State  2 6     3 6  
Duke  1 9     2 9  
Syracuse  1 9     1 10  
Championship: Clemson 34, Notre Dame 10
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll.

Previous season

The Blue Devils finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Coastal Division.

Schedule

Duke had games scheduled against Charlotte, Elon, Middle Tennessee, and Wake Forest, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 122:30 p.m.at No. 10 Notre DameNBCL 13–2710,097
September 19NoonBoston CollegeACCRSNL 6–260
September 264:00 p.m.at VirginiaACCNL 20–380
October 34:00 p.m.Virginia Tech
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ACCNL 31–380
October 1012:30 p.m.at SyracuseACCRSNW 38–240
October 173:30 p.m.at NC StateACCRSNL 20–314,032
October 317:00 p.m.Charlotte*
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ACCRSNW 53–190
November 7NoonNorth Carolina
ESPN2L 24–560
November 287:00 p.m.at Georgia TechACCRSNL 33–5611,000
December 58:00 p.m.No. 10 Miami
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ACCNL 0–480
December 124:30 p.m.Florida StateACCNL 35–5614,872

The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected at a later date.[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP NR  
Coaches RV RV  
CFP Not released Not released

Game summaries

at Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 3 3 7 0 13
No. 10 Fighting Irish 0 10 7 10 27

Boston College

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 0 16 3 26
Blue Devils 6 0 0 0 6

at Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 10 0 10 0 20
Cavaliers 0 17 0 21 38

Virginia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Hokies 7 3 14 14 38
Blue Devils 7 0 7 17 31

at Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 10 14 6 8 38
Orange 7 7 7 3 24

at NC State

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 13 0 0 20
Wolfpack 0 14 7 10 31

Charlotte

1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 0 7 6 6 19
Blue Devils 17 7 13 16 53

North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Tar Heels 21 21 7 7 56
Blue Devils 0 10 7 7 24

References

  1. "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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