2010 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2010 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Devils were led by 3rd year head coach David Cutcliffe and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium. They are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Coastal Division. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in ACC play.

2010 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal
2010 record	3–9 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Kurt Roper Matt Luke
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Marion Hobby Jim Knowles
Base defense	Multiple
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium (Capacity: 33,941)

2010 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 17 Florida State x		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 23 Maryland		5	–	3					9	–	4
No. 25 NC State		5	–	3					9	–	4
Boston College		4	–	4					7	–	6
Clemson		4	–	4					6	–	7
Wake Forest		1	–	7					3	–	9
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech x$		8	–	0					11	–	3
Miami		5	–	3					7	–	6
Georgia Tech		4	–	4					6	–	7
North Carolina		4	–	4					8	–	5
Duke		1	–	7					3	–	9
Virginia		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Virginia Tech 44, Florida State 33
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 pm	No. 7 (FCS) Elon*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	W 41–27	33,941
September 11	12:00 pm	at Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC (Tobacco Road)	ACCN	L 48–54	31,673
September 18	3:30 pm	No. 1 Alabama*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ABC	L 13–62	39,042
September 25	3:00 pm	Army*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	L 21–35	27,289
October 2	6:00 pm	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 16–21	39,106
October 16	1:00 pm	Miami (FL)	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	L 13–28	25,911
October 23	12:00 pm	at No. 23 Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	L 7–44	66,233
October 30	3:30 pm	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSCS	W 34–31	34,117
November 6	12:00 pm	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	W 55–48	22,741
November 13	12:00 pm	Boston College	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	L 16–21	21,420
November 20	1:30 pm	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	L 20–30	42,110
November 27	3:30 pm	North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell Game)	ESPNU	L 19–24	30,904
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Game summaries

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	3	10	0	14	27
Blue Devils	14	13	0	14	41

at Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	14	21	3	10	48
Demon Deacons	7	28	6	13	54

No. 1 Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Crimson Tide	28	17	10	7	62
Blue Devils	3	10	0	0	13

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	14	7	14	0	35
Blue Devils	7	0	0	14	21

at Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	3	6	0	7	16
Terrapins	0	7	7	7	21

Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	0	14	14	0	28
Blue Devils	3	0	7	3	13

at No. 23 Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	0	7	0	7
No. 23 Hokies	14	13	17	0	44

at Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	3	21	7	3	34
Midshipmen	0	0	7	24	31

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	7	14	7	20	48
Blue Devils	21	3	10	21	55

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	14	0	21
Blue Devils	3	3	3	7	16

at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	3	10	0	7	20
Yellow Jackets	3	3	17	7	30

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	7	3	7	7	24
Blue Devils	7	0	3	9	19

References