# 2025 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2025 Duke Blue Devils football team will represent Duke University during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Blue Devils are led by head coach Manny Diaz, coaching his second year as the Blue Devils head coach, and will play their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium located in Durham, North Carolina.

## Transfers

Outgoing
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Hometown | New School |
| Maalik Murphy | QB | 6'5" | 232 lbs | Inglewood, CA | Oregon State |
| Grayson Loftis | QB | 6'2" | 205 lbs | Gaffney, SC | Charlotte |
| Carter Wyatt | LB | 6'1" | 233 lbs | Wilmington, NC | TBA |
| Casey Donahue | LS | 6'4" | 210 lbs | Durham, NC | TBA |
| Montreze Smith | LB | 5'11" | 195 lbs | Carrollton, GA | Western Kentucky |
| Star Thomas | RB | 6'0'' | 210 lbs | Homer, LA | Tennessee |
| Rent Montie | QB | 6'3'' | 210 lbs | Palm Harbor, FL | TBA |
Incoming
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Hometown | Previous School |
| Darian Mensah | QB | 6'3" | 215 lbs | New Orleans, LA | Tulane |
| Anderson Castle | RB | 6'0'' | 220 lbs | Boone, NC | Appalachian State |
| Jaiden Francois | CB | 5'10'' | 195 lbs | Homestead, FL | Utah State |
| Cooper Barkate | WR | 6'1" | 195 lbs | Santa Ana, CA | Harvard |
| Andrel Anthony | WR | 6'2" | 185 lbs | East Lansing, MI | Oklahoma |
| Josiah Green | DL | 6'1" | 280 lbs | Indianapolis, IN | Dartmouth |
| Caleb Weaver | S | 5'9" | 170 lbs | Charlotte, NC | Sam Houston State |

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site |
| August 30 | Elon* | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC |
| September 6 | Illinois* | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC |
| September 13 | at Tulane* | Yulman StadiumNew Orleans, LA |
| September 20 | NC State | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC (rivalry) |
| September 27 | at Syracuse | JMA Wireless DomeSyracuse, NY |
| October 4 | at California | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA |
| October 18 | Georgia Tech | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC |
| November 1 | at Clemson | Memorial StadiumClemson, SC |
| November 8 | at UConn* | Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT |
| November 15 | Virginia | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC |
| November 22 | at North Carolina | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell) |
| November 29 | Wake Forest | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC (rivalry) |
| *Non-conference game ||||

## Game summaries
### vs Elon

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Phoenix | | | 0 |
| Blue Devils | | | 0 |
at Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina
* Date: August 30
* Statistics
* First downs
* Plays–yards
* Rushes–yards
* Passing yards
* Passing: comp–att–int
* Turnovers
* Time of possession
| Team | Category |
| Elon | Passing |
| Elon | Rushing |
| Elon | Receiving |
| Duke | Passing |
| Duke | Rushing |
| Duke | Receiving |

### vs Illinois

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Fighting Illini | | | 0 |
| Blue Devils | | | 0 |
at Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina
* Date: September 6
* Statistics
* First downs
* Plays–yards
* Rushes–yards
* Passing yards
* Passing: comp–att–int
* Turnovers
* Time of possession
| Team | Category |
| Illinois | Passing |
| Illinois | Rushing |
| Illinois | Receiving |
| Duke | Passing |
| Duke | Rushing |
| Duke | Receiving |

### at Tulane

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Blue Devils | | | 0 |
| Green Wave | | | 0 |
at Yulman Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana
* Date: September 13
* Statistics
* First downs
* Plays–yards
* Rushes–yards
* Passing yards
* Passing: comp–att–int
* Turnovers
* Time of possession
| Team | Category |
| Duke | Passing |
| Duke | Rushing |
| Duke | Receiving |
| Tulane | Passing |
| Tulane | Rushing |
| Tulane | Receiving |

### at UConn

| Pregame line | Over/under |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Blue Devils | | | 0 |
| Huskies | | | 0 |
at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut
* Date: November 8
* Statistics
* First downs
* Plays–yards
* Rushes–yards
* Passing yards
* Passing: comp–att–int
* Turnovers
* Time of possession
| Team | Category |
| Duke | Passing |
| Duke | Rushing |
| Duke | Receiving |
| UConn | Passing |
| UConn | Rushing |
| UConn | Receiving |