1987 Duke Blue Devils football team

1987 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–6 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Richard Bell (5th season)
MVP	Steve Slayden
Captain	Jason Cooper, Dave Demore, Dewayne Terry
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 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	Attendance	Source
September 5	Colgate*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 41–6	18,300
September 12	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 31–16	19,600
September 19	Vanderbilt*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 35–31	23,100
September 26	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 17–42	35,500
October 3	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 0–7	13,247
October 17	at No. 7 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 10–17	72,000
October 24	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 22–23	37,400
October 31	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 48–14	30,800
November 7	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 27–30	23,500
November 14	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 45–47	24,700
November 21	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 25–10	46,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1987 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Steve Slayden Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Steve Spurrier Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Georgia Tech

Steve Slayden threw 6 TD passes