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2008 Duke Blue Devils football
2008 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal Division
Record	4–8 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (1st season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Kurt Roper (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Matt Luke (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Mike MacIntyre (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Marion Hobby (1st season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	Michael Tauiliili
Captain	Greg Akinbiyi, Re'quan Boyette, Cameron Goldberg, Eron Riley, Vincent Rey, Tielor Robinson, Michael Tauiliili, Glenn Williams
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
Boston College xy	5	–	3	9	–	5
No. 21 Florida State x	5	–	3	9	–	4
Maryland	4	–	4	8	–	5
Wake Forest	4	–	4	8	–	5
Clemson	4	–	4	7	–	6
NC State	4	–	4	6	–	7
Coastal Division
No. 15 Virginia Tech xy$	5	–	3	10	–	4
No. 22 Georgia Tech x	5	–	3	9	–	4
North Carolina	0	–	4	0	–	5
Miami (FL)	4	–	4	7	–	6
Virginia	3	–	5	5	–	7
Duke	1	–	7	4	–	8
Championship: Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 12
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant North Carolina vacated 8 wins, including 4 ACC wins Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 pm	No. 3 (FCS) James Madison*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCS	W 31–7	32,571
September 6	7:00 pm	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCS	L 20–24	23,614
September 13	12:00 pm	Navy*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	W 41–31	25,082
September 27	12:00 pm	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	W 31–3	25,527
October 4	12:00 pm	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPNU	L 0–27	46,104
October 18	3:30 pm	Miami (FL)	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 31–49	32,011
October 25	3:00 pm	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 10–7	38,270
November 1	3:30 pm	at Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	ESPN360	L 30–33 ^OT	32,336
November 8	3:30 pm	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	ESPN360	L 17–27	31,964
November 15	12:00 pm	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	Raycom	L 7–31	76,217
November 22	5:30 pm	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ESPNU	L 3–14	66,233
November 29	3:30 pm	North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPNU	L 20–28	30,322
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Name	Position	Seasons at Duke	Alma mater
David Cutcliffe	Head Coach	1st	Alabama (1976)
Kurt Roper	Co-offensive coordinator/Associate head coach/quarterbacks	1st	Rice (1995)
Matt Luke	Co-offensive coordinator/Offensive line	1st	Ole Miss (1999)
Mike MacIntyre	Co-defensive coordinator	1st	Georgia Tech (1989)
Marion Hobby	Co-defensive coordinator/Defensive line	1st	Tennessee (1995)
Reference:

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 (FCS) Dukes	7	0	0	0	7
Blue Devils	7	7	17	0	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	10	0	7	24
Blue Devils	7	3	3	7	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen	14	10	7	0	31
Blue Devils	10	10	14	7	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	3	0	0	0	3
Blue Devils	0	3	14	14	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	0	0	0	0
Yellow Jackets	0	3	7	17	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	7	7	21	14	49
Blue Devils	0	17	7	7	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	3	0	10
Commodores	0	0	0	7	7

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Blue Devils	7	0	13	10	0	30
Demon Deacons	9	3	10	8	3	33

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolfpack	10	14	3	0	27
Blue Devils	3	7	0	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	0	0	7	7
Tigers	7	10	14	0	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	3	0	0	3
Hokies	0	7	0	7	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	14	7	7	0	28
Blue Devils	14	3	3	0	20

Duke's four wins equaled the team's win total from the previous four seasons combined^[1]
According to the Sagarin rankings, Duke faced the second toughest schedule in the country^[1]
Of the 11 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision teams the Blue Devils played against, 10 became bowl-eligible (Virginia fell just short at 5-7). The 12th team, James Madison, went 12-1 in the Championship Subdivision.
Duke place-kickers went 13-for-18 in field goal attempts, a 72.2 percent clip that was a team's best since 1998
Punter Kevin Jones ranked third in the ACC with a 40.8-yard average per kick
For the first time in history, attendance was over 30,000 for four home games
Duke has finished last or tied for last in the ACC for five consecutive seasons and six out of the last seven