1971 Duke Blue Devils football team

1971 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1971 record	6–5 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mike McGee
Seasons

1971 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Carolina †		6	–	0					8	–	4
Clemson		5	–	2					5	–	6
South Carolina		4	–	2					6	–	5
Duke		3	–	3					6	–	5
Wake Forest		2	–	4					6	–	5
Virginia		2	–	4					3	–	8
NC State		2	–	5					3	–	8
Maryland		1	–	5					2	–	9
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Location	Result
09/11/1971	at Florida		Tampa, FL	W 12-6
09/18/1971	No. 19 South Carolina		Durham, NC	W 28-12
09/25/1971	at Virginia	No. 20	Charlottesville, VA	W 28-0
10/02/1971	at No. 10 Stanford	No. 19	Stanford, CA	W 9-3
10/09/1971	Clemson	No. 14	Durham, NC	L 0-3
10/16/1971	NC State		Durham, NC	W 41-13
10/23/1971	at Navy	No. 19	Annapolis, MD	L 14-15
10/30/1971	at Georgia Tech		Atlanta, GA	L 0-21
11/06/1971	West Virginia		Durham, NC	W 31-15
11/13/1971	at Wake Forest		Winston-Salem, NC	L 7-23
11/20/1971	North Carolina		Durham, NC	L 0-38