American college football season
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 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.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 9:30 p.m. at Tulane * CBSSN W 37–725,470
September 12 6:00 p.m. North Carolina Central * ESPN3 W 55–033,941
September 19 12:30 p.m. No. 23 Northwestern * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN L 10–1924,127
September 26 12:00 p.m. No. 20 Georgia Tech Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPN2 W 34–2020,101
October 3 3:30 p.m. Boston College Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCRSN W 9–720,009
October 10 12:00 p.m. at Army * CBSSN W 44–339,712
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 27–3030,143
November 7 12:00 p.m. at No. 21 North Carolina ESPN2 L 31–6660,500
November 14 12:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNews L 13–3130,241
November 21 3:30 p.m. at Virginia ESPN3 L 34–4235,178
November 28 12:30 p.m. at Wake Forest ACCN W 27–2126,435
December 26 3:30 p.m. vs. Indiana * ABC W 44–41 OT 37,218
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Personnel [ ]
Roster [ ]
Coaching staff [ ]
Game summaries [ ]
at Tulane [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
3
10
3
21
37
Green Wave
0
0
0
7
7
North Carolina Central [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
0
0
0
0
Blue Devils
7
17
17
14
55
No. 23 Northwestern [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Wildcats
0
3
9
7
19
Blue Devils
7
0
0
3
10
No. 20 Georgia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Yellow Jackets
3
7
3
7
20
Blue Devils
19
0
7
8
34
Boston College [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
0
7
0
7
Blue Devils
3
6
0
0
9
at Army [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
10
17
3
14
44
Black Knights
0
0
3
0
3
at Virginia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT
Total
No. 23 Blue Devils
14
0
7
3 3 7 3 8
45
Hokies
7
3
6
8 3 7 3 6
43
Miami (FL) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hurricanes
0
14
0
16
30
No. 22 Blue Devils
0
3
9
15
27
at No. 21 North Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
3
7
14
7
31
No. 21 Tar Heels
21
17
21
7
66
Pittsburgh [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
3
14
7
31
Blue Devils
7
3
3
0
13
at Virginia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
7
6
7
14
34
Cavaliers
21
7
14
0
42
at Wake Forest [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
7
10
7
3
27
Demon Deacons
7
0
0
14
21
vs. Indiana (Pinstripe Bowl) [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Hoosiers
0
17
14
10 0
41
Blue Devils
10
7
10
14 3
44
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
Final
AP
NR
NR
RV
NR
RV
RV
25
23
22
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
Coaches
RV
RV
RV
NR
RV
RV
24
21
18
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
CFP
Not released
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Not released
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