2015 Duke Blue Devils football team

Duke Blue Devils football
	2015 Duke Blue Devils football
Pinstripe Bowl champion
Pinstripe Bowl, W 44–41 OT vs. Indiana
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal Division
2015 record	8–5 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Scottie Montgomery (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (6th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium; (Capacity: 33,941)
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

Template:2015 ACC football standings 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*		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 (Battle for the 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

Schedule Source:^[1]

Personnel[]

Roster[]

2015 Duke Blue Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1`	Sirk, ThomasThomas Sirk	File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr
WR	`3`	Rahming, T. J.T. J. Rahming	1.0 !Fr
WR	`10`	Smith, RyanRyan Smith	5.0 !Jr
QB	`17`	Jones, DanielDaniel Jones	1.0 !Fr
C	`62`	Skura, MattMatt Skura	File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr
OG	`67`	Patrick, LucasLucas Patrick	File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr
OG	`79`	Stone, TannerTanner Stone	File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr
TE	`80`	Reeves, DavidDavid Reeves	File:Redshirt.svg 4.5 !Sr
TE	`81`	Koppenhaver, DavisDavis Koppenhaver	3.0 !So
WR	`82`	Taylor, ChrisChris Taylor	File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr
WR	`83`	Nash, AnthonyAnthony Nash	File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr
TE	`85`	Beilinson, DanDan Beilinson	File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr
WR	`87`	McCaffrey, MaxMax McCaffrey	7.0 !Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`20`	Kite, JakeJake Kite	File:Redshirt.svg 2.5 !So
LB	`24`	Carmichael, ZavierZavier Carmichael	3.0 !So
S	`26`	McCarthy, CorbinCorbin McCarthy	File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr
DT	`93`	Wolf, A. J.A. J. Wolf	File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`57`	Hennessy, ThomasThomas Hennessy	File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !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	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)
Reference:^[2]

Game summaries[]

at Tulane[]

	1	2	3	4	OT
Blue Devils	3	10	3	21	37
Green Wave	0	0	0	7	7

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

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

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

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

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

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 movements
**Legend:** ██ 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[]

↑ "2015 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule". Duke University Department of Athletics. http://www.goduke.com/main/Schedule.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
↑ "Football – 2015 Coaches". Duke University Department of Athletics. http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=4200&SPID=1843&SPSID=22665. Retrieved February 24, 2015.

[Schedule-1] "2015 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule". Duke University Department of Athletics. http://www.goduke.com/main/Schedule.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200. Retrieved February 13, 2014.

[Coaches-2] "Football – 2015 Coaches". Duke University Department of Athletics. http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=4200&SPID=1843&SPSID=22665. Retrieved February 24, 2015.

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