1979 Duke Blue Devils football team

1979 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1979 record	2–8–1 (0–6 ACC)
Head coach	Shirley "Red" Wilson
Seasons

1979 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NC State †	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
#15 North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
Virginia	1	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Duke	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/15/1979	East Carolina	Durham, NC	W 28-14
09/22/1979	at South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 0-35
09/29/1979	at Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	L 12-30
10/06/1979	at Army	West Point, NY	T 17-17
10/13/1979	at Richmond	Richmond, VA	W 34-7
10/20/1979	Clemson	Durham, NC	L 10-28
10/27/1979	Maryland	Durham, NC	L 0-27
11/03/1979	at Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	L 14-24
11/10/1979	at No. 20 Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, NC	L 14-17
11/17/1979	NC State	Durham, NC	L 7-28
11/24/1979	North Carolina	Durham, NC	L 16-37