# 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2016 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 ninth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. They finished the season 4–8 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to tie for sixth place in the Coastal Division.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 6:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central* | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ACCN+ | W 49–6 | 35,049 |
| September 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Wake Forest | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC (rivalry) | ESPNU | L 14–24 | 21,077 |
| September 17 | 8:00 p.m. | at Northwestern* | Ryan FieldEvanston, IL | BTN | L 13–24 | 34,464 |
| September 24 | 3:30 p.m. | at Notre Dame* | Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN | NBC | W 38–35 | 80,795 |
| October 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Virginia | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ACCN | L 20–34 | 25,201 |
| October 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Army* | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ACCRSN | W 13–6 | 20,613 |
| October 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Louisville | Papa John's Cardinal StadiumLouisville, KY | ESPN | L 14–24 | 55,121 |
| October 29 | 12:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA | ACCRSN | L 35–38 | 43,886 |
| November 5 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 23 Virginia Tech | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ESPNU | L 21–24 | 38,217 |
| November 10 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 15 North Carolina | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC (Victory Bell) | ESPN | W 28–27 | 39,212 |
| November 19 | 3:00 p.m. | at Pittsburgh | Heinz FieldPittsburgh, PA | ACCRSN | L 14–56 | 35,425 |
| November 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at Miami (FL) | Hard Rock StadiumMiami Gardens, FL | ESPN2 | L 21–40 | 57,396 |
| *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 | 9th | Alabama (1976) |
| Zac Roper | Offensive Coordinator/The Baxter Family Associate head coach | 9th | Ole Miss (2001) |
| Derek Jones | Assistant Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs | 9th | Ole Miss (1996) |
| Jim Knowles | Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers | 6th | Cornell (1987) |
| Ben Albert | Associate Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line | 1st | Massachusetts (1995) |
| Jim Bridge | Special Teams Coordinator | 1st | Wittenberg (1992) |
| Jim Collins | Defensive ends | 8th | Elon (1974) |
| Marcus Johnson | Offensive line coach | 5th | Ole Miss (2004) |
| Matt Guerrieri | Safeties | 5th | Davidson (2011) |
| Re'quan Boyette | Running backs | 4th | Duke (2009) |
| Jeffrey Faris | Wide Receivers | 5th | Duke (2011) |
| Josh Grizzard | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 4th | Yale (2012) |
| Eli Keimach Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 3rd | Massachusetts (2014) |
| Clayton McGrath | Defensive tackles/Graduate Assistant | 4th | Brown University (2011) |
| Sam McGrath | Defensive Graduate Assistant | 2nd | Brown University (2012) |
| Patrick O'Connor | Defensive Quality Control | 4th | Dickinson College (2010) |
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## Game summaries
### North Carolina Central

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Blue Devils | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 49 |

### Wake Forest

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Demon Deacons | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At Northwestern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |

### At Notre Dame

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 38 |
| Fighting Irish | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cavaliers | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |

### Army

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Knights | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |

### At Louisville

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| #7 Cardinals | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### At Georgia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 35 |
| Yellow Jackets | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 38 |

### Virginia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #23 Hokies | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #15 Tar Heels | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| Blue Devils | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 |

### At Pittsburgh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Panthers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### At Miami (FL)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Hurricanes | 10 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 40 |

## Team players in the NFL

No Duke players were selected in the 2017 NFL draft.