# 2013 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2013 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division.. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his sixth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
The 2013 season was one of the best for Duke in its 125-year history. The Blue Devils finished the regular season with a 10–2 record and the most wins in team history. They also won their first ACC Coastal Division title and a berth in the 2013 ACC Championship Game against Florida State. Duke lost to Florida State, 45–7, and earned a bid to the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl against Texas A&M, where they were defeated 52–48.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 4:00 pm | North Carolina Central* | | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ESPN3 | W 45–0 | 22,521 |
| September 7 | 4:30 pm | at Memphis* | | Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN | ESPN3 | W 28–14 | 44,237 |
| September 14 | 3:30 pm | Georgia Tech | | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ESPNU | L 14–38 | 21,267 |
| September 21 | 12:30 pm | Pittsburgh | | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ACCN | L 55–58 | 22,714 |
| September 28 | 3:00 pm | Troy* | | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ESPN3 | W 38–31 | 30,126 |
| October 12 | 12:30 pm | Navy* | | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ACCN | W 35–7 | 23,749 |
| October 19 | 3:30 pm | at Virginia | | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA | ACCRSN | W 35–22 | 39,071 |
| October 26 | 3:30 pm | at No. 16 Virginia Tech | | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | ESPNU | W 13–10 | 63,326 |
| November 9 | 4:00 pm | NC State | | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC (rivalry) | ESPNU | W 38–20 | 32,010 |
| November 16 | 3:30 pm | No. 24 Miami (FL) | | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ESPNU | W 48–30 | 30,044 |
| November 23 | 12:00 pm | at Wake Forest | No. 25 | BB&T FieldWinston-Salem, NC (rivalry) | ESPN2 | W 28–21 | 28,463 |
| November 30 | 12:00 pm | at North Carolina | No. 24 | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell) | ESPN2 | W 27–25 | 62,000 |
| December 7 | 8:00 pm | vs. No. 1 Florida State | No. 20 | Bank of America StadiumCharlotte, NC (ACC Championship Game) | ABC | L 7–45 | 67,694 |
| December 31 | 8:00 pm | vs. No. 20 Texas A&M* | No. 22 | Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Bowl) | ESPN | L 48–52 | 67,946 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at Duke | Alma mater |
| David Cutcliffe | Head coach | 5 | Alabama (1976) |
| Scottie Montgomery | Co-offensive Coordinator/Assistant head coach/Wide receivers | 0 | Duke (1999) |
| Kurt Roper | Co-offensive coordinator/Associate head coach/quarterbacks | 5 | Rice (1995) |
| John Latina | Offensive line/Assistant head coach/Running game coordinator | 0 | Virginia Tech (1981) |
| Re'quan Boyette | Running backs | 1 | Duke (2009) |
| Marcus Johnson | Offensive quality control | 2 | Ole Miss (2004) |
| Jim Knowles | Defensive coordinator | 3 | Cornell (1987) |
| Jim Collins | Assistant Defensive coordinator/linebackers | 5 | Elon (1974) |
| Rick Petri | Defensive line | 2 | Missouri–Rolla (1976) |
| Patrick O'Connor | Defensive quality control | 1 | Dickinson College (2010) |
| Zac Roper | Special teams coordinator/Tight ends/recruiting coordinator | 5 | Ole Miss (2001) |
| Derek Jones | Assistant special teams coordinator/Defensive backs | 2 | Ole Miss (1996) |
| Matt Guerrieri | Defensive Graduate Assistant/Safeties | 1 | Davidson College (2011) |
| Clayton McGrath | Defensive Graduate Assistant | 0 | Brown University (2012) |
| Jeff Faris | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 1 | Duke University (2012) |
| Matthew Symmes | Offensive Graduate Assistant/special teams Quality Control | 0 | Duke University (2013) |
| Josh Grizzard | Offensive Football Operations Assistant | 0 | Yale University (2012) |
| Jackson Korman | Safeties Manager | 0 | Germantown Academy (2013) |
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### Roster
## Game summaries
### North Carolina Central

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Devils | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 45 |

### At Memphis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Tigers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Georgia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yellow Jackets | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Pittsburgh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 20 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 58 |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 21 | 7 | 20 | 55 |

### Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Trojans | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Blue Devils | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 |

### Navy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Midshipmen | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Blue Devils | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |

### At Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 35 |
| Cavaliers | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 |

### At No. 16 Virginia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| No. 16 Hokies | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |

### NC State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wolfpack | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 38 |

### No. 24 Miami (FL)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 24 Hurricanes | 17 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 48 |

### At Wake Forest

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 25 Blue Devils | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Demon Deacons | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### At North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 24 Blue Devils | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Tar Heels | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 25 |

### Vs. No. 1 Florida State (2013 ACC Championship game)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 20 Blue Devils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| No. 1 Seminoles | 0 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 45 |

### Vs. No. 20 Texas A&M (Chick-fil-A Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 22 Blue Devils | 14 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 48 |
| No. 20 Aggies | 3 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 52 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 23 |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 24 | 20 | 24 | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 20 | 24 | Not released |