2015 Duke Blue Devils football team

2015 Duke Blue Devils football
Pinstripe Bowl champion
Pinstripe Bowl, W 44–41 OT vs. Indiana
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal
2015 record	8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Scottie Montgomery (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (6th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
MVP	Jeremy Cash
Captain	Jeremy Cash, Matt Skura
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium (capacity: 33,941)
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 2 Clemson x$^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 14 Florida State		6	–	2					10	–	3
Louisville		5	–	3					8	–	5
NC State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Syracuse		2	–	6					4	–	8
Wake Forest		1	–	7					3	–	9
Boston College		0	–	8					3	–	9
Coastal Division
No. 15 North Carolina x		8	–	0					11	–	3
Pittsburgh		6	–	2					8	–	5
Miami		5	–	3					8	–	5
Duke		4	–	4					8	–	5
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Virginia		3	–	5					4	–	8
Georgia Tech		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Clemson 45, North Carolina 37
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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*		Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA	CBSSN	W 37–7	25,470
September 12	6:00 p.m.	North Carolina Central*		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	W 55–0	33,941
September 19	12:30 p.m.	No. 23 Northwestern*		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 10–19	24,127
September 26	12:00 p.m.	No. 20 Georgia Tech		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN2	W 34–20	20,101
October 3	3:30 p.m.	Boston College		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	W 9–7	20,009
October 10	12:00 p.m.	at Army*		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 44–3	39,712
October 24	3:30 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	No. 23	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPNU	W 45–43 4OT	63,257
October 31	7:00 p.m.	Miami (FL)	No. 22	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 27–30	30,143
November 7	12:00 p.m.	at No. 21 North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN2	L 31–66	60,500
November 14	12:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNews	L 13–31	30,241
November 21	3:30 p.m.	at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN3	L 34–42	35,178
November 28	12:30 p.m.	at Wake Forest		BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	W 27–21	26,435
December 26	3:30 p.m.	vs. Indiana*		Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (Pinstripe Bowl)	ABC	W 44–41 OT	37,218
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel[]

Roster[]

2015 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Thomas Sirk  Jr WR 3 T. J. Rahming Fr WR 10 Ryan Smith Jr QB 17 Daniel Jones  Fr C 62 Matt Skura  Sr OG 67 Lucas Patrick  Sr OG 79 Tanner Stone  Jr TE 80 David Reeves  Sr TE 81 Davis Koppenhaver So WR 82 Chris Taylor  Fr WR 83 Anthony Nash  Jr TE 85 Dan Beilinson  Jr WR 87 Max McCaffrey Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 20 Jake Kite  So LB 24 Zavier Carmichael So S 26 Corbin McCarthy  Jr DT 93 A. J. Wolf  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 57 Thomas Hennessy  Jr	Head coach David Cutcliffe Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Coaching staff[]

Name	Position	Seasons at Duke	Alma Mater
David Cutcliffe	Head Coach	8th	Alabama (1976)
Scottie Montgomery	Offensive Coordinator/The Baxter Family Associate Head Coach/Quarterbacks	3rd	Duke (1999)
John Latina	Offensive Line/Assistant Head Coach/Running Game Coordinator	4th	Virginia Tech (1981)
Jim Knowles	Defensive Coordinator	5th	Cornell (1987)
Jim Collins[disambiguation needed]	Defensive Ends	8th	Elon (1974)
Matt Guerrieri	Safeties	4th	Davidson College (2011)
Zac Roper	Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator	8th	Ole Miss (2001)
Derek Jones	Assistant Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs	8th	Ole Miss (1996)
Re'quan Boyette	Running Backs	4th	Duke (2009)
Marcus Johnson	Offensive Quality Control	5th	Ole Miss (2004)
Patrick O'Connor	Defensive Quality Control	4th	Dickinson College (2010)
Josh Grizzard	Offensive Graduate Assistant	3rd	Yale University (2012)
Eli Keimach	Offensive Graduate Assistant	2nd	Massachusetts (2014)
Clayton McGrath	Defensive Tackles/Graduate Assistant	3rd	Brown University (2011)
Sam McGrath	Defensive Graduate Assistant	1st	Brown University (2012)
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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 movements
Legend: ██ 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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