2001 Duke Blue Devils football team

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2001 Duke Blue Devils football
Duke Athletics logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record0–11 (0–8 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Fun and gun
Defensive coordinator Bob Trott (6th season)
Base defense 4–3
MVPMike Hart
CaptainBen Erdeljac, Ronnie Hamilton, Mike Hart, Nate Krill
Home stadium Wallace Wade Stadium
Seasons
  2000
2002  
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Maryland $  7 1   10 2  
No. 15 Florida State  6 2   8 4  
North Carolina  5 3   8 5  
Clemson  4 4   7 5  
No. 24 Georgia Tech  4 4   8 5  
NC State  4 4   7 5  
Wake Forest  3 5   6 5  
Virginia  3 5   5 7  
Duke  0 8   0 11  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Carl Franks.

This season was notable for being one of the only time a team has gone winless in two straight seasons, with Duke also going winless in 2000.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pmNo. 6 Florida State PPV L 13–5523,312
September 88:00 pmat Rice *L 13–1517,745
September 226:00 pmNo. 16 Northwestern *
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–4418,427
September 291:00 pmat Virginia L 10–3154,653
October 61:00 pmNo. 17 Georgia Tech Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 10–3710,431
October 131:00 pm Wake Forest
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC (rivalry)
L 35–4210,835
October 201:00 pmat No. 12 Maryland JPS L 17–5943,528
October 271:00 pm Vanderbilt *
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 28–4218,332
November 31:00 pm NC State
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC (rivalry)
L 31–5535,206
November 171:30 pmat North Carolina L 17–5252,000
December 11:00 pmat Clemson L 31–5972,577
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. "2001 Schedule". goduke.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2001. Retrieved December 4, 2012.