1978 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1978 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1978 record4–7 (2–4 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDick Kemp (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Gutekunst (2nd season)
MVPCarl McGee
CaptainDan Brooks, Mike Dunn, Carl McGee
Home stadiumWallace Wade Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Clemson $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 20 Maryland 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 18 NC State 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
North Carolina 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Duke 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wake Forest 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Virginia 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 9Georgia Tech*
W 28–1027,865
September 23South Carolina*
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 16–1233,895
September 30at No. 4 Michigan*
L 0–52104,832
October 7Virginia
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 20–1320,375
October 14at Navy*
L 8–3121,431
October 21at Clemson
L 8–2851,109
October 28No. 5 Marylanddagger
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 0–2723,600
November 4at Tennessee*
L 0–3483,098
November 11Wake Forest
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 3–019,825
November 18at NC State
L 10–2443,300
November 25at North Carolina
L 15–1645,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1978 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 10 Jeff Comer Sr
QB 8 Mike Dunn Sr
FB 48 Ned Gonet Jr
T 73 Scott Hamilton Jr
C 59 Kevin Kelly Jr
WR 84 Derrick Lewis Jr
T 60 Tom Luongo Sr
TE 87 Joel Patten Jr
G 66 Jay Pelosky So
RB 47 Greg Rhett Jr
G 69 Bob Riordan Jr
TE 82 Glen Small Sr
T 79 Ken Staudinger Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 42 Dan Brooks Sr
DT 94 Tim Cadigan Jr
DT 99 Grant Cunningham Jr
DE 80 Greg Dallas Jr
DT 50 Eric Drescher Jr
LB 17 Gary Garstkiewicz So
LB 31 Bill King Sr
DE 44 Derrick Mashore Sr
LB 58 Carl McGee Sr
DB 14 Rick Sommers Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "1978 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
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