1980 Duke Blue Devils football team
American college football season
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The 1980 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Shirley Wilson, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 2–9, with a conference record of 1–5, and finished seventh in the ACC.
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record2–9 (1–5 ACC)
Headcoach
- Shirley Wilson (2nd season)
OffensivecoordinatorSteve Spurrier (1st season)
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 2–9 (1–5 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Steve Spurrier (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Air Ball |
| Defensive coordinator | Cliff Yoshida (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| MVP | John Brinkman |
| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Wallace Wade Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 North Carolina $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | East Carolina* | L 10–35 | 27,400 | [1] | |
| September 20 | at No. 19 Auburn* | L 28–35 | 57,742 | [2] | |
| September 27 | Virginia |
| L 17–20 | 14,144 | [3] |
| October 4 | at Indiana* | L 21–31 | 43,120 | [4] | |
| October 11 | at No. 17 South Carolina* | L 7–20 | 56,451 | [5] | |
| October 18 | at Clemson | W 34–17 | 59,873 | [6][7] | |
| October 25 | Maryland |
| L 14–17 | 17,400 | [8] |
| November 1 | Georgia Tech* |
| W 17–12 | 18,200 | [9] |
| November 8 | Wake Forest |
| L 24–27 | 23,000 | [10] |
| November 15 | at NC State | L 21–38 | 42,800 | [11] | |
| November 22 | at No. 15 North Carolina | L 21–44 | 51,389 | [12] | |
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Personnel
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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