The 2015 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2015 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 eighth year, and played its home games at the newly renovated Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. They finished the season 8–5 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl, where they defeated Indiana, 44–41, in overtime.
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 9:30 p.m. | at Tulane* | | | CBSSN | W 37–7 | 25,470 |
September 12 | 6:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central* | | | ESPN3 | W 55–0 | 33,941 |
September 19 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 23 Northwestern* | | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ACCN | L 10–19 | 24,127 |
September 26 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 20 Georgia Tech | | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPN2 | W 34–20 | 20,101 |
October 3 | 3:30 p.m. | Boston College | | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ACCRSN | W 9–7 | 20,009 |
October 10 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army* | | | CBSSN | W 44–3 | 39,712 |
October 24 | 3:30 p.m. | at Virginia Tech | No. 23 | | ESPNU | W 45–43 4OT | 63,257 |
October 31 | 7:00 p.m. | Miami (FL) | No. 22 | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPNU | L 27–30 | 30,143 |
November 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 21 North Carolina | | | ESPN2 | L 31–66 | 60,500 |
November 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh | | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPNews | L 13–31 | 30,241 |
November 21 | 3:30 p.m. | at Virginia | | | ESPN3 | L 34–42 | 35,178 |
November 28 | 12:30 p.m. | at Wake Forest | | | ACCN | W 27–21 | 26,435 |
December 26 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. Indiana* | | | ABC | W 44–41 OT | 37,218 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Roster
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At Tulane
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils |
3 |
10 |
3 |
21 |
37 |
Green Wave |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
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North Carolina Central
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Eagles |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Blue Devils |
7 |
17 |
17 |
14 |
55 |
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No. 23 Northwestern
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 23 Wildcats |
0 |
3 |
9 |
7 |
19 |
Blue Devils |
7 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
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No. 20 Georgia Tech
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 20 Yellow Jackets |
3 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
20 |
Blue Devils |
19 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
34 |
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Boston College
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Eagles |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
Blue Devils |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
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At Army
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils |
10 |
17 |
3 |
14 |
44 |
Black Knights |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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At Virginia Tech
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2 |
3 |
4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT |
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No. 23 Blue Devils |
14 |
0 |
7 |
3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
45 |
Hokies |
7 |
3 |
6 |
8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
43 |
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Miami (FL)
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Hurricanes |
0 |
14 |
0 |
16 |
30 |
No. 22 Blue Devils |
0 |
3 |
9 |
15 |
27 |
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This game is best remembered for the finish, in which Miami used eight laterals to return the kickoff with no time left and get the win. However, photographic evidence later proved that one of the laterals was still in the Miami player's hand as his knee was down, which if caught by the referees would have ended the play and kept Duke the winners. The ACC apologized to Duke and suspended the officials from this game.
At No. 21 North Carolina
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Blue Devils |
3 |
7 |
14 |
7 |
31 |
No. 21 Tar Heels |
21 |
17 |
21 |
7 |
66 |
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Pittsburgh
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Panthers |
7 |
3 |
14 |
7 |
31 |
Blue Devils |
7 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
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At Virginia
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Blue Devils |
7 |
6 |
7 |
14 |
34 |
Cavaliers |
21 |
7 |
14 |
0 |
42 |
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At Wake Forest
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Blue Devils |
7 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
27 |
Demon Deacons |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
21 |
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Vs. Indiana (Pinstripe Bowl)
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2 |
3 |
4 | OT |
Total |
Hoosiers |
0 |
17 |
14 |
10 | 0 |
41 |
Blue Devils |
10 |
7 |
10 |
14 | 3 |
44 |
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More information Week, Poll ...
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | — | — | RV | — | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 22 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV |
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Coaches | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | 24 | 21 | 18 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV |
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CFP | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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