1985 Duke Blue Devils football team

1985 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–7 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan

1985 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Maryland $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Georgia Tech	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
Virginia	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Clemson	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
NC State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 7	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 40–17
September 14	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 18–20
September 21	Ohio*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 34–13
October 5	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 14–37
October 12	at South Carolina*	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–28
October 19	Clemson	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 9–21
October 26	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 10–40
November 2	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–9
November 9	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 7–27
November 16	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 31–19
November 23	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	W 23–21
*Non-conference game