1989 Duke Blue Devils football team

1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1989 Duke Blue Devils football
1989 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC co-champion
All-American Bowl, L 21–49 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1989 record	8–4 (6–1 ACC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (3rd season);
Co-defensive coordinator	Jim Collins (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bob Sanders (1st season)
MVP	Clarkston Hines
Captain	Carey Metts, John Howell
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at South Carolina*		Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		L 21–27	74,232
September 9		Northwestern*		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 41–31	15,220
September 16		at No. 17 Tennessee*		Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		L 6–28	93,659
September 23		at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 28–49	37,800
September 30	12:00 p.m.	No. 7 Clemson		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 21–17	22,600
October 7		Army*		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 35–29	25,200
October 21		at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 46–25	38,617
October 28		Georgia Tech		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 30–19	38,621
November 4		at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 52–35	18,600
November 11		NC State		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 35–26	41,200
November 18		at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)		W 41–0	46,000
December 28	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 24 Texas Tech*	No. 20	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (All-American Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–49	47,750	^[2]^[3]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1989 Duke Blue Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB		Randy Cuthbert
WR		Clarkston Hines
OL		Walter Perez

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "1989 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
^ Chandler, Charles (December 29, 1989). "Red Raiders Get Jump On Duke Early In Bowl". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 1E. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Chandler, Charles (December 29, 1989). "Red Raiders Knock Off Blue Devils (continued)". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 3E. Retrieved June 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games North Carolina: (Victory Bell)
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People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 18 Virginia +	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Duke +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Clemson	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll