1987 Duke Blue Devils football team

1987 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1987 record	5–6 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier
Seasons

1987 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#12 Clemson †	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Virginia	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 5	Colgate*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 41–6
September 12	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 31–16
September 19	Vanderbilt*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 35–31
September 26	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 17–42
October 3	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium East Rutherford, NJ	L 0–7
October 17	at No. 7 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 10–17
October 24	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 22–23
October 31	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 48–14
November 7	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 27–30
November 14	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 45–47
November 21	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 25–10
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game