1981 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1981 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] Duke's offense became the first in ACC history to average over 300 yards a game passing. [2]

1981 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1981 record6–5 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
1981 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Clemson $ 6 0 0  12 0 0
No. 9 North Carolina 5 1 0  10 2 0
Maryland 4 2 0  4 6 1
Duke 3 3 0  6 5 0
NC State 2 4 0  4 7 0
Wake Forest 1 5 0  4 7 0
Virginia 0 6 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 12at No. 11 Ohio State*L 13–34
September 19at South Carolina*L 3–17
September 26at VirginiaW 29–24
October 3East Carolina*W 24–14
October 10Virginia Tech*
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 14–7
October 17No. 6 Clemson
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 10–38
October 24at MarylandL 21–24
October 31at Georgia Tech*W 38–24
November 19at Wake ForestW 31–10
November 14NC State
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 17–7
November 21No. 12 North Carolina
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 10–31
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1981 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Ben Bennett So
WR Chris Castor
TE Carl Franks
WR Mark Militello
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Awards/honors

  • Chris Castor, ACC Offensive Player of the Year

References

  1. "1981 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. WRAL.com. Retrieved 2020-Apr-22.


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