List of Duke Blue Devils football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Duke Blue Devils football team. Representing Duke University, the Blue Devils compete in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the NCAA Division I FBS. Since 1929, Duke has played their home games out of Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The Blue Devils began playing football as an independent in 1888, though the school did not field a team from 1895 to 1919. In 1930, the program joined the Southern Conference, where they captured nine conference titles in 22 years. The Blue Devils joined the ACC as a charter member in 1953, and have competed in the conference ever since.^[1]

Duke's primary rival is the North Carolina Tar Heels. The series dates back to 1888, and has been played annually since 1922. The teams compete for the Victory Bell. As of the 2018 season, North Carolina holds a 59–39–4 lead in the series.

Seasons

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl	Coach	AP
John Franklin Crowell (Independent) (1888–1889)
1888	Trinity	2–1
1889	Trinity	1–1
No Coach (Independent) (1888–1889)
1890	Trinity	0–1
1891	Trinity	3–0
1892	Trinity	1–3
1893	Trinity	3–1
1894	Trinity	0–1
1895 – 1919	No team
Floyd J. Egan (Independent) (1920)
1920	Trinity	4–0–1
James A. Baldwin (Independent) (1921)
1921	Trinity	6–1–2
Herman G. Steiner (Independent) (1922)
1922	Trinity	7–2–1
E. L. Alexander (Independent) (1923)
1923	Trinity	5–4
Howard Jones (Independent) (1924)
1924	Duke	4–5
Pat Herron (Independent) (1925)
1925	Duke	4–5
Jimmy DeHart (Independent) (1926–1927)
1926	Duke	3–6
1927	Duke	4–5
Jimmy DeHart (Southern Conference) (1928–1930)
1928	Duke	5–5	1–1	T–10th
1929	Duke	4–6	2–1	T–7th
1930	Duke	8–1–2	4–1–1	4th
Wallace Wade (Southern Conference) (1931–1941)
1931	Duke	5–3–2	3–3–1	T–8th
1932	Duke	7–3	5–3	9th
1933	Duke	9–1	4–0	1st
1934	Duke	7–2	3–1	T–3rd
1935	Duke	8–2	5–0	1st
1936	Duke	9–1	7–0	1st			11
1937	Duke	7–2–1	5–1	4th			20
1938	Duke	9–1	5–0	1st	L Rose		3
1939	Duke	8–1	5–0	1st			8
1940	Duke	7–2	4–1	2nd			18
1941	Duke	9–1	5–0	1st	L Rose		2
Eddie Cameron (Southern Conference) (1942–1945)
1942	Duke	5–4–1	3–1–1	T–4th
1943	Duke	8–1	4–0	1st			7
1944	Duke	6–4	4–0	1st	W Sugar		11
1945	Duke	6–2	4–0	1st			13
Wallace Wade (Southern Conference) (1946–1950)
1946	Duke	4–5	3–2	5th
1947	Duke	4–3–2	3–1–1	4th			19
1948	Duke	4–3–2	3–2–1	7th
1949	Duke	6–3	4–2	T–4th
1950	Duke	7–3	5–2	6th
Bill Murray (Southern Conference) (1951–1952)
1951	Duke	5–4–1	4–2	6th
1952	Duke	8–2	5–0	1st		18	16
Bill Murray (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1953–1965)
1953	Duke	7–2–1	4–0	T–1st		18	18
1954	Duke	8–2–1	4–0	1st	W Orange	14	14
1955	Duke	7–2–1	4–0	T–1st		16
1956	Duke	5–4–1	4–1	2nd		20
1957	Duke	6–3–2	5–1–1	2nd	L Orange	14	16
1958	Duke	5–5	3–2	3rd
1959	Duke	4–6	2–3	6th
1960	Duke	8–3	5–1	1st	W Cotton	11	10
1961	Duke	7–3	5–1	1st		14	20
1962	Duke	8–2	6–0	1st		14
1963	Duke	5–4–1	5–2	T–3rd
1964	Duke	4–5–1	3–2–1	2nd
1965	Duke	6–4	4–2	3rd^{[n 1]}
Tom Harp (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1966–1970)
1966	Duke	5–5	2–3	5th
1967	Duke	4–6	2–4	6th
1968	Duke	4–6	3–4	5th
1969	Duke	3–6–1	3–3–1	T–3rd
1970	Duke	6–5	5–2	T–2nd
Mike McGee (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1971–1978)
1971	Duke	6–5	2–3	T–3rd
1972	Duke	5–6	3–3	4th
1973	Duke	2–8–1	1–4–1	5th
1974	Duke	6–5	2–4	5th
1975	Duke	4–5–2	3–0–2	2nd
1976	Duke	5–5–1	2–3–1	4th
1977	Duke	5–6	2–4	5th
1978	Duke	4–7	2–4	5th
Shirley Wilson (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1979–1982)
1979	Duke	2–8–1	0–6	7th
1980	Duke	2–9	1–5	7th
1981	Duke	6–5	3–3	4th
1982	Duke	6–5	3–3	T–3rd
Steve Sloan (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1983–1986)
1983	Duke	3–8	3–4	T–5th
1984	Duke	2–9	1–6	T–7th
1985	Duke	4–7	2–5	T–6th
1986	Duke	4–7	2–5	T–6th
Steve Spurrier (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1987–1989)
1987	Duke	5–6	2–5	7th
1988	Duke	7–3–1	3–3–1	6th
1989	Duke	8–4	6–1	T–1st	L All-American
Barry Wilson (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1990–1993)
1990	Duke	4–7	1–6	7th
1991	Duke	4–6–1	1–6	7th
1992	Duke	2–9	0–8	9th
1993	Duke	3–8	2–6	T–7th
Fred Goldsmith (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1994–1998)
1994	Duke	8–4	5–3	T–3rd	L Hall of Fame
1995	Duke	3–8	1–7	8th
1996	Duke	0–11	0–8	9th
1997	Duke	2–9	0–8	9th
1998	Duke	4–7	2–6	6th
Carl Franks (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1999–2003)
1999	Duke	3–8	3–5	T–5th
2000	Duke	0–11	0–8	9th
2001	Duke	0–11	0–8	9th
2002	Duke	2–10	0–8	9th
2003	Duke ^[2]	2–5	0–4	Fired
Ted Roof (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2003–2007)
2003	Duke	2-3	2–2	8th
2004	Duke	2–9	1–7	T–10th
2005	Duke	1–10	0–8	6th (Coastal)
2006	Duke	0–12	0–8	6th (Coastal)
2007	Duke	1–11	0–8	6th (Coastal)
David Cutcliffe (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2008–2021)
2008	Duke	4–8	1–7	6th (Coastal)
2009	Duke	5–7	3–5	5th (Coastal)
2010	Duke	3–9	1–7	T–5th (Coastal)
2011	Duke	3–9	1–7	6th (Coastal)
2012	Duke	6–7	3–5	T–5th (Coastal)	L Belk
2013	Duke	10–4	6–2	1st (Coastal)	L Chick-fil-A	22	23
2014	Duke	9–4	5–3	2nd (Coastal)	L Sun
2015	Duke	8–5	4–4	T–4th (Coastal)	W Pinstripe
2016	Duke	4–8	1–7	T–6th (Coastal)
2017	Duke	7–6	3–5	T–4th (Coastal)	W Quick Lane
2018	Duke	8–5	3–5	6th (Coastal)	W Independence
2019	Duke	5–7	3–5	6th (Coastal)
2020	Duke	2–9	1–9	T–14th
2021	Duke	3–9	0–8	7th (Coastal)
Mike Elko (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2022–2023)
2022	Duke	9–4	5–3	T–2nd (Coastal)	W Military
2023	Duke	8–5	4–4	T–6th	W Birmingham
Manny Diaz (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2024–Present)
2024	Duke
Total:		538–556–31 ^[3]
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Notes

^ Duke also won a share of the 1965 ACC Championship on the field, finishing tied for first with South Carolina (who they defeated) at 4–2. However, the Gamecocks were stripped of all of their league wins after it emerged they had used two ineligible players. This elevated NC State and Clemson (both of whom had lost to South Carolina) to 5–2 in the standings, ahead of 4–2 Duke. While Duke still claims the 1965 conference title, the ACC does not recognize it.

References

^ https://goduke.com/documents/2022/7/21/2022_Duke_Football_Media_Guide.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Carl Franks was fired after a 2-5 start to the season and replaced by interim head coach Ted Roof.
^ NCAA Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/history?utf8=✓&org_id=193&sport_code=MFB&commit=Search

[1965season-2] Duke also won a share of the 1965 ACC Championship on the field, finishing tied for first with South Carolina (who they defeated) at 4–2. However, the Gamecocks were stripped of all of their league wins after it emerged they had used two ineligible players. This elevated NC State and Clemson (both of whom had lost to South Carolina) to 5–2 in the standings, ahead of 4–2 Duke. While Duke still claims the 1965 conference title, the ACC does not recognize it.

[1] ttps://goduke.com/documents/2022/7/21/2022_Duke_Football_Media_Guide.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2003season-3] Carl Franks was fired after a 2-5 start to the season and replaced by interim head coach Ted Roof.

[4] NCAA Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/history?utf8=✓&org_id=193&sport_code=MFB&commit=Search

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v t e Duke Blue Devils football
Venues	Hanes Field (c. 1913–1928) Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games North Carolina: Victory Bell Tobacco Road
Culture & lore	History Blue Devil "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Blue and White (Duke fight song) Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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