1987 Duke Blue Devils football team

1987 Duke Blue Devils football
1987 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–6 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (1st season);
Offensive scheme	Fun and gun
Defensive coordinator	Richard Bell (5th season)
Base defense	3–4
MVP	Steve Slayden
Captains	Jason Cooper; Dave Demore; Dewayne Terry;
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Steve Spurrier, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, and finished seventh in the ACC. Duke played home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Record5–6 (2–5 ACC)

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OffensiveschemeFun and gun

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1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Clemson $	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Virginia	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Colgate*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 41–6	18,300	^[1]
September 12	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 31–16	19,600	^[2]
September 19	Vanderbilt*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 35–31	23,100	^[3]
September 26	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 17–42	35,500	^[4]
October 3	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 0–7	13,247	^[5]
October 17	at No. 7 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 10–17	70,294	^[6]
October 24	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 22–23	37,400	^[7]
October 31	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 48–14	30,800	^[8]
November 7	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 27–30	23,500	^[9]
November 14	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 45–47	24,700	^[10]
November 21	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	W 25–10	46,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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