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American college football season
The 2017 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his tenth year, and played its home games at 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 7–6, 3–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl where they defeated Northern Illinois.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central* | | ACCN Extra | W 60–7 | 30,477 |
September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | Northwestern* | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPNU | W 41–17 | 20,241 |
September 16 | 12:30 p.m. | Baylor*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ACCRSN | W 34–20 | 26,714 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at North Carolina | | ESPNU | W 27–17 | 59,000 |
| 7:00 p.m. | No. 14 Miami (FL) | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPN | L 6–31 | 36,314 |
October 7 | 12:20 p.m. | at Virginia | | ACCN | L 21–28 | 38,638 |
October 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Florida State | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPN2 | L 10–17 | 31,073 |
October 21 | 12:20 p.m. | Pittsburgh | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ACCN | L 17–24 | 22,621 |
October 28 | 7:20 p.m. | at No. 13 Virginia Tech | | ACCN | L 3–24 | 60,914 |
November 11 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army* | | CBSSN | L 16–21 | 38,851 |
November 18 | 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ACCRSN | W 43–20 | 20,141 |
November 25 | 12:30 p.m. | at Wake Forest | | ACCRSN | W 31–23 | 27,016 |
December 26 | 5:15 p.m. | vs. Northern Illinois | | ESPN | W 36–14 | 20,211 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
North Carolina Central
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Blue Devils
|
21
|
26
|
6
|
7 |
60 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
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5–0
|
2016
|
W, 49–6
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Northwestern
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
Blue Devils
|
7
|
14
|
10
|
10 |
41 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
8–10
|
2016
|
L, 13–24
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Baylor
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
7
|
0
|
13
|
0 |
20 |
Blue Devils
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
10 |
34 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
1–0
|
1958
|
W, 12–7
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at North Carolina
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
14 |
27 |
Tar Heels
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
38–58–4
|
2016
|
W, 28–27
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Miami (FL)
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 14 Hurricanes
|
14
|
3
|
0
|
14 |
31 |
Blue Devils
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
2–12
|
2016
|
L, 21–40
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at Virginia
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
Cavaliers
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
33–35
|
2016
|
L, 20–34
|
Florida State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Seminoles
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
7 |
17 |
Blue Devils
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
0–17
|
2013
|
L, 7–45
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Pittsburgh
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
10 |
24 |
Blue Devils
|
0
|
3
|
14
|
0 |
17 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
9–12
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2016
|
L, 14–56
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at Virginia Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
No. 13 Hokies
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
9–15
|
2016
|
L, 21–24
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at Army
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
16 |
Black Knights
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
21 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
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Result
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13–10–1
|
2016
|
W, 13–6
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Georgia Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Yellow Jackets
|
7
|
13
|
0
|
0 |
20 |
Blue Devils
|
3
|
17
|
10
|
13 |
43 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
|
Result
|
32–51–1
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2016
|
L, 35–38
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at Wake Forest
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
31 |
Demon Deacons
|
10
|
7
|
6
|
0 |
23 |
Overall record
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Last meeting
|
Result
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57–38–2
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2016
|
L, 14–24
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vs. Northern Illinois–Quick Lane Bowl
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
14
|
12
|
7
|
3 |
36 |
Huskies
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
Overall record
|
Last meeting
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Result
|
First meeting
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