2020 Duke Blue Devils football team

2020 Duke Blue Devils football
2020 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	2–9 (1–9 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (13th season);
Offensive coordinator	Zac Roper (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Ben Albert (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Matt Guerrieri (3rd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Captain	Michael Carter II, Noah Gray, Deon Jackson, Chris Rumph II, Jack Wohlabaugh
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

Last updated March 22, 2024

2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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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.

The 2020 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). 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.

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	12:00 p.m.	Boston College	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	L 6–26	0 (Behind closed doors)
September 26	4:00 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ACCN	L 20–38	0 (Behind closed doors)
October 3	4:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 31–38	0 (Behind closed doors)
October 10	12:30 p.m.	at Syracuse	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ACCRSN	W 38–24	0 (Behind closed doors)
October 17	3:30 p.m.	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	ACCRSN	L 20–31	4,032
October 31	7:00 p.m.	Charlotte *	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	W 53–19	0 (Behind closed doors)
November 7	12:00 p.m.	North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN2	L 24–56	0 (Behind closed doors)
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 (FL)	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 0–48	0 (Behind closed doors)
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:** — = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—
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

Players drafted into the NFL

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
4	118	Chris Rumph II	OLB	Los Angeles Chargers
5	154	Michael Carter II	S	New York Jets
5	162	Noah Gray	TE	Kansas City Chiefs
6	210	Victor Dimukeje	DE	Arizona Cardinals

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References

1 2 "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

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