2020 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2020 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Duke competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2020 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2020 record	2–9 (1–9 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zac Roper (5th season as coordinator, 13th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ben Albert (3rd season as coordinator, 5th overall season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Matt Guerrieri (3rd season as coordinator, 9th overall season)

2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Notre Dame y^		9	–	0					10	–	2
No. 3 Clemson y$^		8	–	1					10	–	2
No. 22 Miami (FL)		7	–	2					8	–	3
No. 18 North Carolina		7	–	3					8	–	4
NC State		7	–	3					8	–	4
Boston College		5	–	5					6	–	5
Pittsburgh		5	–	5					6	–	5
Virginia Tech		5	–	5					5	–	6
Virginia		4	–	5					5	–	5
Wake Forest		3	–	4					4	–	5
Georgia Tech		3	–	6					3	–	7
Louisville		3	–	7					4	–	7
Florida State		2	–	6					3	–	6
Duke		1	–	9					2	–	9
Syracuse		1	–	9					1	–	10
Championship: Clemson 34, Notre Dame 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll.

Previous season

The Blue Devils finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Coastal Division.

Schedule

Duke had games scheduled against Charlotte, Elon, Middle Tennessee, and Wake Forest, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	2:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 13–27	10,097
September 19	Noon	Boston College	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	L 6–26	0
September 26	4:00 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ACCN	L 20–38	0
October 3	4:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 31–38	0
October 10	12:30 p.m.	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ACCRSN	W 38–24	0
October 17	3:30 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCRSN	L 20–31	4,032
October 31	7:00 p.m.	Charlotte*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	W 53–19	0
November 7	Noon	North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN2	L 24–56	0
November 28	7:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	L 33–56	11,000
December 5	8:00 p.m.	No. 10 Miami	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 0–48	0
December 12	4:30 p.m.	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ACCN	L 35–56	14,872
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 24 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected at a later date.[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR
Coaches	RV		RV
CFP	Not released															Not released

Game summaries

at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	3	3	7	0	13
No. 10 Fighting Irish	0	10	7	10	27

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	0	16	3	26
Blue Devils	6	0	0	0	6

at Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	10	0	10	0	20
Cavaliers	0	17	0	21	38

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies	7	3	14	14	38
Blue Devils	7	0	7	17	31

at Syracuse

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	10	14	6	8	38
Orange	7	7	7	3	24

at NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	13	0	0	20
Wolfpack	0	14	7	10	31

Charlotte

	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	0	7	6	6	19
Blue Devils	17	7	13	16	53

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	21	21	7	7	56
Blue Devils	0	10	7	7	24

References

1. "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.