The 2018 Duke Blue Devils football team represented
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
in the
2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2018.
The regular season began on August 25, 2018, and ended ...
as a member of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
(ACC) in the Coastal Division. The team was led by head coach
David Cutcliffe
David Nelson Cutcliffe (born September 16, 1954) is the Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Football Relations at the Southeastern Conference and former college football coach, most recently head coach of the Duke University Blue Devils. ...
, in his 11th year, and play ed its home games at
Wallace Wade Stadium
Wallace Wade Stadium, in full Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium, is a 40,004-seat outdoor stadium in the southeastern United States, located on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Primarily used for American football, it is ...
in
Durham, North Carolina
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. The Blue Devils finished the regular season with an 8–5 overall record. They went 3–5 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the
Independence Bowl
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, where they defeated
Temple
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.
Previous season
The Blue Devils finished the
2017 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
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where they defeated
Northern Illinois
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Economics
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.
Recruiting
Position key
Recruits
The Blue Devils signed a total of 16 recruits.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
ACC media poll
The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.
Schedule
Roster
Game summaries
Army
at Northwestern
at Baylor
North Carolina Central
Virginia Tech
at Georgia Tech
Virginia
at Pittsburgh
at Miami (FL)
North Carolina
at Clemson
Wake Forest
vs. Temple (Independence Bowl)
Rankings
2019 NFL Draft
References
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Duke
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Duke Blue Devils football seasons
Duke Blue Devils football
The Duke Blue Devils football team represents Duke University in the sport of American football. The Blue Devils compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of th ...