2016 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his ninth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Duke competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the Coastal Division.

2016 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal Division
2016 record	4–8 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zac Roper (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (7th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium (Capacity: 40,000)

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson xy$#		7	–	1					14	–	1
No. 21 Louisville x		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 8 Florida State		5	–	3					10	–	3
NC State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					7	–	6
Boston College		2	–	6					7	–	6
Syracuse		2	–	6					4	–	8
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech xy		6	–	2					10	–	4
North Carolina		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 20 Miami		5	–	3					9	–	4
Pittsburgh		5	–	3					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4					9	–	4
Duke		1	–	7					4	–	8
Virginia		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
– College Football Playoff champion $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	North Carolina Central*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN+	W 49–6	35,049
September 10	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 14–24	21,077
September 17	8:00 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 13–24	34,464
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	W 38–35	80,795
October 1	12:30 p.m.	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 20–34	25,201
October 8	3:30 p.m.	Army*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	W 13–6	20,613
October 14	7:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 14–24	55,121
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	L 35–38	43,886
November 5	3:30 p.m.	No. 23 Virginia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 21–24	38,217
November 10	7:30 p.m.	No. 15 North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ESPN	W 28–27	39,212
November 19	3:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ACCRSN	L 14–56	35,425
November 26	3:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	L 21–40	57,396
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:[1]

Personnel

Roster

2016 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Thomas Sirk  Sr WR 3 T. J. Rahming So WR 10 Ryan Smith Sr QB 17 Daniel Jones  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 20 Jake Kite  Jr LB 24 Zavier Carmichael Jr S 26 Corbin McCarthy  Sr S 40 Jacob Morgenstern Fr DT 93 A. J. Wolf  Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 57 Thomas Hennessy  Sr	Head coach David Cutcliffe Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Duke	Alma Mater
David Cutcliffe	Head Coach	9th	Alabama (1976)
Zac Roper	Offensive Coordinator/The Baxter Family Associate Head Coach	9th	Ole Miss (2001)
Derek Jones	Assistant Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs	9th	Ole Miss (1996)
Jim Knowles	Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers	6th	Cornell (1987)
Ben Albert	Associate Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line	1st	Massachusetts (1995)
Jim Bridge	Special Teams Coordinator	1st	Wittenberg (1992)
Jim Collins	Defensive Ends	8th	Elon (1974)
Marcus Johnson	Offensive Line Coach	5th	Ole Miss (2004)
Matt Guerrieri	Safeties	5th	Davidson (2011)
Re'quan Boyette	Running Backs	4th	Duke (2009)
Jeffrey Faris	Wide Receivers	1st	Duke (2012)
Josh Grizzard	Offensive Graduate Assistant	4th	Yale (2012)
Eli Keimach	Offensive Graduate Assistant	3rd	Massachusetts (2014)
Clayton McGrath	Defensive Tackles/Graduate Assistant	4th	Brown University (2011)
Sam McGrath	Defensive Graduate Assistant	2nd	Brown University (2012)
Patrick O'Connor	Defensive Quality Control	4th	Dickinson College (2010)
Reference:[2]

Game summaries

North Carolina Central

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	3	3	6
Blue Devils	21	28	0	0	49

Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demon Deacons	0	7	14	3	24
Blue Devils	7	0	7	0	14

at Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	0	6	13
Wildcats	7	0	10	7	24

at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	14	14	0	10	38
Fighting Irish	14	7	7	7	35

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	6	14	7	7	34
Blue Devils	7	3	3	7	20

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	6	0	0	6
Blue Devils	7	6	0	0	13

at Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	0	0	7	14
#7 Cardinals	7	3	7	7	24

at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	21	7	35
Yellow Jackets	14	14	3	7	38

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Hokies	7	14	0	3	24
Blue Devils	7	0	7	7	21

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Tar Heels	14	7	6	0	27
Blue Devils	0	21	7	0	28

at Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	0	0	14
Panthers	14	14	14	14	56

at Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	0	7	21
Hurricanes	10	6	17	7	40

Team players in the NFL

No Duke players were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.

References

1. "2016 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
2. "Football – 2016 Coaches". Duke University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 6, 2016.