2019 Duke Blue Devils football team

2019 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
2019 record	0-0 (0-0 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zac Roper (4th season as coordinator, 12th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ben Albert (2nd season as coordinator, 4th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Matt Guerrieri (2nd season as coordinator, 8th overall season)
Seasons

Template:2019 ACC football standings The 2019 Duke Blue Devils football team will represent Duke University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team will be led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his twelfth year, and will play its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Duke will compete as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, Duke was predicted to finish in fifth in the Coastal Division.

Media poll (Coastal Division)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Virginia	1003 (82)
2	Miami (FL)	992 (55)
3	Virginia Tech	827 (20)
4	Pittsburgh	691 (8)
5	Duke	566 (6)
6	North Carolina	463 (1)
7	Georgia Tech	302 (1)

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
August 31	3:30 p.m.	vs. Alabama*	Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff)	ABC
September 7	6:00 p.m.	North Carolina A&T*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN Extra
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at Middle Tennessee*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	Stadium Facebook
September 27	7:00 p.m.	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPN
October 5		Pittsburgh	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC
October 12		Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC
October 19		at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA
October 26		at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)
November 9		Notre Dame*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN
November 16		Syracuse	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC
November 23		at Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC
November 30		Miami	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

vs. Alabama

	1	2	3	4	OT
Blue Devils					0
Crimson Tide					0

See also: 2019 Alabama Crimson Tide football team and Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	Sept. 18, 2010	L, 13–62

North Carolina A&T

	1	2	3	4	OT
Aggies					0
Blue Devils					0

See also: 2019 North Carolina A&T Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Middle Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	OT
Blue Devils					0
Blue Raiders					0

See also: 2019 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	OT
Blue Devils					0
Hokies					0

See also: 2019 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–17	Sept. 29, 2018	L, 14–31

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	OT
Panthers					0
Blue Devils					0

See also: 2019 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–14	Oct. 27, 2018	L, 45–54

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	OT
Yellow Jackets					0
Blue Devils					0

See also: 2019 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–51–1	Oct. 13, 2018	W, 28–14

at Virginia

	1	2	3	4	OT
Blue Devils					0
Cavaliers					0

See also: 2019 Virginia Cavaliers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–37	Oct. 20, 2018	L, 14–28

at North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	OT
Blue Devils					0
Tar Heels					0

See also: 2019 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–59–4	Nov. 10, 2018	W, 42–35

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	OT
Blue Devils					0
Fighting Irish					0

See also: 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	Sept. 24, 2016	W, 38–35

Syracuse

	1	2	3	4	OT
Blue Devils					0
Orange					0

See also: 2019 Syracuse Orange football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	Nov. 8, 2014	W, 27–10

at Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	OT
Blue Devils					0
Demon Deacons					0

See also: 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
58–39–2	Nov. 24, 2018	L, 7–59

Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	OT
Hurricanes					0
Blue Devils					0

See also: 2019 Miami Hurricanes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–13	Nov. 3, 2018	W, 20–12

Rankings

Further information: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

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
Coaches	RV
CFP	Not released															Not released