American college football season
The 2013 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division.. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe , in his sixth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina .
The 2013 season was one of the best for Duke in its 125-year history. The Blue Devils finished the regular season with a 10–2 record and the most wins in team history.[1] They also won their first ACC Coastal Division title and a berth in the 2013 ACC Championship Game against Florida State . Duke lost to Florida State, 45–7, and earned a bid to the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl against Texas A&M , where they were defeated 52–48.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 4:00 pm North Carolina Central * ESPN3 W 45–022,521 September 7 4:30 pm at Memphis * ESPN3 W 28–1444,237 September 14 3:30 pm Georgia Tech Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU L 14–3821,267 September 21 12:30 pm Pittsburgh Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN L 55–5822,714 September 28 3:00 pm Troy * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPN3 W 38–3130,126 October 12 12:30 pm Navy * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN W 35–723,749 October 19 3:30 pm at Virginia ACCRSN W 35–2239,071 October 26 3:30 pm at No. 16 Virginia Tech ESPNU W 13–1063,326 November 9 4:00 pm NC State Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry ) ESPNU W 38–2032,010 November 16 3:30 pm No. 24 Miami (FL) Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU W 48–3030,044 November 23 12:00 pm at Wake Forest No. 25 ESPN2 W 28–2128,463 November 30 12:00 pm at North Carolina No. 24 ESPN2 W 27–2562,000 December 7 8:00 pm vs. No. 1 Florida State No. 20 ABC L 7–4567,694 December 31 8:00 pm vs. No. 20 Texas A&M * No. 22 ESPN L 48–5267,946 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Personnel [ edit ] Coaching staff [ edit ] Game summaries [ edit ] North Carolina Central [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 Blue Devils 14 14 14 3 45
At Memphis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 7 0 7 14 28 Tigers 0 7 0 7 14
Georgia Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Yellow Jackets 10 14 7 7 38 Blue Devils 7 0 0 7 14
Pittsburgh [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Panthers 20 17 14 7 58 Blue Devils 7 21 7 20 55
1 2 3 4 Total Trojans 7 14 7 3 31 Blue Devils 14 14 7 3 38
1 2 3 4 Total Midshipmen 0 7 0 0 7 Blue Devils 0 14 14 7 35
At Virginia [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 0 7 10 18 35 Cavaliers 14 8 0 0 22
At No. 16 Virginia Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 0 6 7 0 13 No. 16 Hokies 0 0 7 3 10
NC State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wolfpack 0 0 13 7 20 Blue Devils 7 3 7 21 38
No. 24 Miami (FL) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Hurricanes 17 3 10 0 30 Blue Devils 7 14 10 17 48
At Wake Forest [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 25 Blue Devils 0 14 14 0 28 Demon Deacons 7 7 7 0 21
At North Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Blue Devils 7 10 7 3 27 Tar Heels 7 8 7 3 25
Vs. No. 1 Florida State (2013 ACC Championship game) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 20 Blue Devils 0 0 0 7 7 No. 1 Seminoles 0 17 21 7 45
Vs. No. 20 Texas A&M (Chick-fil-A Bowl) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 22 Blue Devils 14 24 3 7 48 No. 20 Aggies 3 14 14 21 52
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP — — — — — — — — — RV RV RV 25 24 20 22 23 Coaches — — — — — — — — — RV RV RV 24 24 20 21 22 Harris Not released — — RV RV RV 24 24 20 24 Not released BCS Not released — — — — — 24 20 24 Not released
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