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The 2015 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . 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 . Duke competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. They finished the season 8–5, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they defeated Indiana .
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
Schedule Source: [1]
Personnel [ ]
Roster [ ]
2015 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
1
Sirk, Thomas Thomas Sirk
File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 ! Jr
WR
3
Rahming, T. J. T. J. Rahming
1.0 ! Fr
WR
10
Smith, Ryan Ryan Smith
5.0 ! Jr
QB
17
Jones, Daniel Daniel Jones
1.0 ! Fr
C
62
Skura, Matt Matt Skura
File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 ! Sr
OG
67
Patrick, Lucas Lucas Patrick
File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 ! Sr
OG
79
Stone, Tanner Tanner Stone
File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 ! Jr
TE
80
Reeves, David David Reeves
File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 ! Sr
TE
81
Koppenhaver, Davis Davis Koppenhaver
3.0 ! So
WR
82
Taylor, Chris Chris Taylor
File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 ! Fr
WR
83
Nash, Anthony Anthony Nash
File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 ! Jr
TE
85
Beilinson, Dan Dan Beilinson
File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 ! Jr
WR
87
McCaffrey, Max Max McCaffrey
7.0 ! Sr
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Coaching staff [ ]
Game summaries [ ]
at Tulane [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Blue Devils
3
10
3
21
37
Green Wave
0
0
0
7
7
See also: 2015 Tulane Green Wave football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–2
2014
DUKE, 47–13
North Carolina Central [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Eagles
0
0
0
0
0
Blue Devils
7
17
17
14
55
See also: 2015 North Carolina Central Eagles football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–0
2013
DUKE, 45–0
No. 23 Northwestern [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
No. 23 Wildcats
0
3
9
7
19
Blue Devils
7
0
0
3
10
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
8–8
2008
NW, 24–20
No. 20 Georgia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
No. 20 Yellow Jackets
3
7
3
7
20
Blue Devils
19
0
7
8
34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
31–50–1
2014
DUKE, 31–25
Boston College [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Eagles
0
0
7
0
7
Blue Devils
3
6
0
0
9
See also: 2015 Boston College Eagles football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–4
2011
DUKE, 20–19
at Army [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Blue Devils
10
17
3
14
44
Black Knights
0
0
3
0
3
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
11–10
2010
ARMY, 35–21
at Virginia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
No. 23 Blue Devils
14
0
7
3
45
Hokies
7
3
6
8
43
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
8–14
2014
VT, 17–16
Miami (FL) [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Hurricanes
0
14
0
16
30
No. 22 Blue Devils
0
3
9
15
27
See also: 2015 Miami Hurricanes football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–10
2014
MIAMI, 22–10
at No. 21 North Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Blue Devils
3
7
14
7
31
No. 21 Tar Heels
21
17
21
7
66
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
37–59–5
2014
UNC, 45–20
Pittsburgh [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Panthers
7
3
14
7
31
Blue Devils
7
3
3
0
13
See also: 2015 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–10
2014
DUKE, 51–48
at Virginia [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Blue Devils
7
6
7
14
34
Cavaliers
21
7
14
0
42
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
33–33
2014
DUKE, 20–13
at Wake Forest [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Blue Devils
7
10
7
3
27
Demon Deacons
7
0
0
14
21
See also: 2015 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team and Tobacco Road rivalry
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
56–37–2
2014
DUKE, 41–21
vs. Indiana (Pinstripe Bowl) [ ]
1
2
3
4
OT
Hoosiers
0
17
14
10
41
Blue Devils
10
7
10
14
44
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–2
1984
DUKE, 31–24
Rankings [ ]
Template:Further information
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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
References [ ]