American college football season
The 2015 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe , in his eighth year, and played its home games at the newly renovated Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina . They finished the season 8–5 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl , where they defeated Indiana , 44–41, in overtime.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 9:30 p.m. at Tulane * CBSSN W 37–725,470 September 12 6:00 p.m. North Carolina Central * ESPN3 W 55–033,941 September 19 12:30 p.m. No. 23 Northwestern * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN L 10–1924,127 September 26 12:00 p.m. No. 20 Georgia Tech Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPN2 W 34–2020,101 October 3 3:30 p.m. Boston College Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCRSN W 9–720,009 October 10 12:00 p.m. at Army * CBSSN W 44–339,712 October 24 3:30 p.m. at Virginia Tech No. 23 ESPNU W 45–43 4OT 63,257 October 31 7:00 p.m. Miami (FL) No. 22 Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU L 27–3030,143 November 7 12:00 p.m. at No. 21 North Carolina ESPN2 L 31–6660,500 November 14 12:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNews L 13–3130,241 November 21 3:30 p.m. at Virginia ESPN3 L 34–4235,178 November 28 12:30 p.m. at Wake Forest ACCN W 27–2126,435 December 26 3:30 p.m. vs. Indiana * ABC W 44–41 OT 37,218 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 3 10 3 21 37 Green Wave 0 0 0 7 7
North Carolina Central [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 Blue Devils 7 17 17 14 55
No. 23 Northwestern [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 23 Wildcats 0 3 9 7 19 Blue Devils 7 0 0 3 10
No. 20 Georgia Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 20 Yellow Jackets 3 7 3 7 20 Blue Devils 19 0 7 8 34
1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 0 7 0 7 Blue Devils 3 6 0 0 9
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 10 17 3 14 44 Black Knights 0 0 3 0 3
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT 4OT Total No. 23 Blue Devils 14 0 7 3 3 7 3 8 45 Hokies 7 3 6 8 3 7 3 6 43
1 2 3 4 Total Hurricanes 0 14 0 16 30 No. 22 Blue Devils 0 3 9 15 27
This game is best remembered for the finish, in which Miami used eight laterals to return the kickoff with no time left and get the win. However, photographic evidence later proved that one of the laterals was still in the Miami player's hand as his knee was down, which if caught by the referees would have ended the play and kept Duke the winners. The ACC apologized to Duke and suspended the officials from this game.
At No. 21 North Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 3 7 14 7 31 No. 21 Tar Heels 21 17 21 7 66
1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 7 3 14 7 31 Blue Devils 7 3 3 0 13
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 7 6 7 14 34 Cavaliers 21 7 14 0 42
1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 7 10 7 3 27 Demon Deacons 7 0 0 14 21
Vs. Indiana (Pinstripe Bowl)[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Hoosiers 0 17 14 10 0 41 Blue Devils 10 7 10 14 3 44
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