1978 Duke Blue Devils football team

1978 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–7 (2–4 ACC)
Head coach	Mike McGee

1978 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Clemson $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Maryland	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 NC State	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/09/1978	Georgia Tech	Durham, NC	W 28-10
09/23/1978	South Carolina	Durham, NC	W 16-12
09/30/1978	at No. 4 Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	L 0-52
10/07/1978	Virginia	Durham, NC	W 20-13
10/14/1978	at Navy	Annapolis, MD	L 8-31
10/21/1978	at Clemson	Clemson, SC	L 8-28
10/28/1978	No. 5 Maryland	Durham, NC	L 0-27
11/04/1978	at Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	L 0-34
11/11/1978	Wake Forest	Durham, NC	W 3-0
11/18/1978	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	L 10-24
11/25/1978	at North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	L 15-16

Roster

1978 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 10 Jeff Comer Sr QB 8 Mike Dunn Sr FB 48 Ned Gonet Jr OT 73 Scott Hamilton Jr C 59 Kevin Kelly Jr WR 84 Derrick Lewis Jr OT 60 Tom Luongo Sr TE 87 Joel Patten Jr G 66 Jay Pelosky So RB 47 Greg Rhett Jr G 69 Bob Riordan Jr TE 82 Glen Small Sr OT 79 Ken Staudinger Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 42 Dan Brooks Sr DT 94 Tim Cadigan Jr DT 99 Grant Cunningham Jr DE 80 Greg Dallas Jr DT 50 Eric Drescher Jr LB 17 Gary Garstkiewicz So LB 31 Bill King Sr DE 44 Derrick Mashore Sr LB 58 Carl McGee Sr DB 14 Rick Sommers Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mike McGee Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt