1980 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1980 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1]

1980 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record2–9 (1–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Spurrier (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorCliff Yoshida (1st season)
MVPJohn Brinkman
CaptainEd Brown, Dennis Tabron
Home stadiumWallace Wade Stadium
1980 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 North Carolina $ 6 0 011 1 0
Maryland 5 1 08 4 0
NC State 3 3 06 5 0
Clemson 2 4 06 5 0
Wake Forest 2 4 05 6 0
Virginia 2 4 04 7 0
Duke 1 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6East Carolina*L 10–3527,400[2]
September 20at No. 19 Auburn*L 28–3557,742
September 27Virginia
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 17–2014,144
October 4at Indiana*L 21–3143,120
October 11at No. 17 South Carolina*L 7–2056,451
October 18at ClemsonW 34–1760,300
October 25Maryland
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 14–1717,400
November 1Georgia Tech*daggerW 17–1218,200
November 8Wake Forest
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 24–2723,000
November 15at NC StateL 21–3842,800
November 22at No. 15 North CarolinaL 21–4451,389
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1980 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 55 Brian Baldinger Jr
QB 14 Ben Bennett Fr
RB 21 Greg Boone
WR 86 Chris Castor Jr
C 52 Zac Price
TE 81 Stuart Schnellenberger
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "1980 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. "East Carolina routs Duke". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 7, 1980. Retrieved March 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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