| Duke Blue Devils football | |||
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| First season | 1888 | ||
| Athletic director | Nina King | ||
| Head coach | Manny Diaz 1st season, 0–0 (–) | ||
| Stadium | Wallace Wade Stadium (capacity: 40,000) | ||
| Field surface | Grass | ||
| Location | Durham, North Carolina | ||
| Conference | ACC | ||
| Division | Coastal | ||
| Past conferences | SoCon | ||
| All-time record | 538–556–31 [1] (.492) | ||
| Bowl record | 8–8 (.500) | ||
| Unclaimed national titles | 2 (1936, 1941) | ||
| Conference titles | 17 (7 ACC, 10 SoCon) | ||
| Division titles | 1 (2013) | ||
| Rivalries | North Carolina (rivalry) Wake Forest (rivalry) NC State (rivalry) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 6 | ||
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| Colors | Duke blue and white[2] | ||
| Fight song | "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" "Blue and White" | ||
| Mascot | Blue Devil | ||
| Marching band | Duke University Marching Band | ||
| Website | goduke.com | ||
The Duke Blue Devils football team represents Duke University in the sport of American football. The Blue Devils compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The program has 17 conference championships (7 ACC championships and 10 Southern Conference titles), 53 All-Americans, 10 ACC Players of the Year, and have had three Pro Football Hall of Famers come through the program.[3] The team is coached by Manny Diaz and play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
After struggling for most of the time since the mid-1960s, the Blue Devils underwent a renaissance under David Cutcliffe (2008–2021). Duke secured their first Coastal division title on November 30, 2013 with a win over arch-rival North Carolina. Additionally, the Blue Devils cracked the top 25 of the BCS standings, the AP Poll, and the Coaches' Poll during the 2013 season and very nearly scored an upset over a potent Texas A&M team in the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl, losing by only four points after jumping out to a 38–17 lead at halftime. In 2014, Duke followed up with a nine win season, including a victory over eventual Orange Bowl winner Georgia Tech, and another close bowl loss to 15th-ranked Arizona State in the Sun Bowl. In 2015, the Blue Devils broke through for a 44–41 overtime win over Indiana in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium, and followed up with a win over Northern Illinois in the 2017 Quick Lane Bowl.
- ^ NCAA Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/history?utf8=✓&org_id=193&sport_code=MFB&commit=Search
- ^ "Duke Athletics Quick Facts". GoDuke.com. September 5, 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Hall of Famers by College - Hall of Famers | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site". www.profootballhof.com.