2016 Duke Blue Devils football team

2016 Duke Blue Devils football
2016 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal Division
Record	4–8 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	Zac Roper (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (7th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
MVP	Daniel Jones
Captains	Jela Duncan; DeVon Edwards; Thomas Sirk; A. J. Wolf;
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

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.

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Record4–8 (1–7 ACC)

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2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson xy$#	7	–	1	14	–	1
No. 21 Louisville x	7	–	1	9	–	4
No. 8 Florida State	5	–	3	10	–	3
NC State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Wake Forest	3	–	5	7	–	6
Boston College	2	–	6	7	–	6
Syracuse	2	–	6	4	–	8
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech xy	6	–	2	10	–	4
North Carolina	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 20 Miami (FL)	5	–	3	9	–	4
Pittsburgh	5	–	3	8	–	5
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	9	–	4
Duke	1	–	7	4	–	8
Virginia	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
# – College Football Playoff champion $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	North Carolina Central*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN+	W 49–6	35,049
September 10	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 14–24	21,077
September 17	8:00 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 13–24	34,464
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	W 38–35	80,795
October 1	12:30 p.m.	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 20–34	25,201
October 8	3:30 p.m.	Army*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	W 13–6	20,613
October 14	7:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 14–24	55,121
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	L 35–38	43,886
November 5	3:30 p.m.	No. 23 Virginia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 21–24	38,217
November 10	7:30 p.m.	No. 15 North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN	W 28–27	39,212
November 19	3:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ACCRSN	L 14–56	35,425
November 26	3:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	L 21–40	57,396
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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

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

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

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2016 Duke Blue Devils football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Record	4–8 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zac Roper (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (7th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
MVP	Daniel Jones
Captains	Jela Duncan DeVon Edwards Thomas Sirk A. J. Wolf
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

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