1986 Duke Blue Devils football team

1986 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1986 Duke Blue Devils football
1986 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1986 record	4–7 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Tommy Bowden (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Richard Bell (4th season)
MVP	Mike Junkin
Captain	Paul Constantino, Mike Junkin
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 17–6	21,514
September 13	at No. 19 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 7–31	80,420
September 20	Ohio*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 22–7	28,500
September 27	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 20–13	20,500
October 4	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 18–24	38,874
October 18	at No. 17 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 3–35	81,500
October 25	Maryland	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 19–27	18,600
November 1	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 6–34	37,102
November 8	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 38–36	36,200
November 15	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	L 15–29	41,800
November 22	North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 35–42	33,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1986 Duke Blue Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`22`	Jason Cooper	Jr
QB	`18`	Anthony Dilweg	So
WR	`5`	Doug Green	Jr
OL	`73`	Chris Port	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`48`	Mike Junkin	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Mike Junkin	Linebacker	1	5	Cleveland Browns

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v t Duke Blue Devils football
Venues	Hanes Field (c. 1913–1928) Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games North Carolina: (Victory Bell)
Culture & lore	History "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Blue and White (Duke fight song) Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1986 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 17 Clemson $	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	2	–	2
NC State	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Maryland	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Virginia	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll