American college football season
The 2013 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2013 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 sixth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina .
The 2013 season was one of the best for Duke in its 125-year history. The Blue Devils finished the regular season with a 10–2 record and the most wins in team history.[1] They also won their first ACC Coastal Division title and a berth in the 2013 ACC Championship Game against Florida State . Duke lost to Florida State, 45–7, and earned a bid to the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl against Texas A&M , where they were defeated 52–48.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 4:00 pm North Carolina Central * ESPN3 W 45–022,521
September 7 4:30 pm at Memphis * ESPN3 W 28–1444,237
September 14 3:30 pm Georgia Tech Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU L 14–3821,267
September 21 12:30 pm Pittsburgh Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN L 55–5822,714
September 28 3:00 pm Troy * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPN3 W 38–3130,126
October 12 12:30 pm Navy * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN W 35–723,749
October 19 3:30 pm at Virginia ACCRSN W 35–2239,071
October 26 3:30 pm at No. 16 Virginia Tech ESPNU W 13–1063,326
November 9 4:00 pm NC State Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU W 38–2032,010
November 16 3:30 pm No. 24 Miami (FL) Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU W 48–3030,044
November 23 12:00 pm at Wake Forest No. 25 ESPN2 W 28–2128,463
November 30 12:00 pm at North Carolina No. 24 ESPN2 W 27–2562,000
December 7 8:00 pm vs. No. 1 Florida State No. 20 ABC L 7–4567,694
December 31 8:00 pm vs. No. 20 Texas A&M * No. 22 ESPN L 48–5267,946
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Personnel [ ]
Coaching staff [ ]
Roster [ ]
Game summaries [ ]
North Carolina Central [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
0
0
0
0
Blue Devils
14
14
14
3
45
at Memphis [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
7
0
7
14
28
Tigers
0
7
0
7
14
Georgia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Yellow Jackets
10
14
7
7
38
Blue Devils
7
0
0
7
14
Pittsburgh [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
20
17
14
7
58
Blue Devils
7
21
7
20
55
Troy [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Trojans
7
14
7
3
31
Blue Devils
14
14
7
3
38
Navy [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Midshipmen
0
7
0
0
7
Blue Devils
0
14
14
7
35
at Virginia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
0
7
10
18
35
Cavaliers
14
8
0
0
22
at No. 16 Virginia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
0
6
7
0
13
No. 16 Hokies
0
0
7
3
10
NC State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wolfpack
0
0
13
7
20
Blue Devils
7
3
7
21
38
No. 24 Miami (FL) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Hurricanes
17
3
10
0
30
Blue Devils
7
14
10
17
48
at Wake Forest [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Blue Devils
0
14
14
0
28
Demon Deacons
7
7
7
0
21
at North Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Blue Devils
7
10
7
3
27
Tar Heels
7
8
7
3
25
vs. No. 1 Florida State (2013 ACC Championship Game) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Blue Devils
0
0
0
7
7
No. 1 Seminoles
0
17
21
7
45
vs. No. 20 Texas A&M (Chick-fil-A Bowl) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Blue Devils
14
24
3
7
48
No. 20 Aggies
3
14
14
21
52
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
AP
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
25
24
20
22
23
Coaches
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
24
24
20
21
22
Harris
Not released
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
24
24
20
24
Not released
BCS
Not released
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
24
20
24
Not released
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