2011 Duke Blue Devils football team
American college football season
The 2011 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The Blue Devils were led by fourth-year head coach David Cutcliffe and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium . Duke finished the season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last in the Coastal Division.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 7:00 pm No. 16 (FCS ) Richmond * ESPN3 L 21–2332,741 September 10 3:30 pm No. 6 Stanford * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU L 14–4424,785 September 17 12:30 pm at Boston College ACCN W 20–1935,812 September 24 3:30 pm Tulane * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPN3 W 48–2720,138 October 1 7:00 pm at FIU * ESPNU W 31–2722,682 October 15 3:00 pm Florida State Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC FSN L 16–4124,687 October 22 12:30 pm Wake Forest Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry ) ACCN L 23–2422,258 October 29 12:30 pm No. 15 Virginia Tech Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN L 10–1427,392 November 5 3:00 pm at Miami (FL) FSN L 14–4962,053 November 12 3:00 pm at Virginia FSN L 21–3145,733 November 19 12:30 pm No. 23 Georgia Tech Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN L 31–3818,747 November 26 3:30 pm at North Carolina FSN L 21–3758,500
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Game summaries
Richmond
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First quarter Second quarter RICHMOND – Stephen Barnette 6-yard TD pass from Aaron Corp (Remington Hinshaw kick), 14:56
DUKE – Desmond Scott 29-yard TD run (Will Snyderwine kick), 12:57
RICHMOND – Remington Hinshaw 29-yard field goal, 4:18 Third quarter DUKE – Brandon Connette 6-yard TD run (Will Snyderwine kick), 8:23
RICHMOND – Kendall Gaskins 8-yard TD run (Remington Hinshaw kick), 5:15
DUKE – Anthony Boone 3-yard TD run (Will Snyderwine kick), 0:39 Fourth quarter RICHMOND – Garrett Turner 1-yard TD run (PAT failed), 10:12
Top passers RICHMOND – Aaron Corp – 14/31, 193 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 23/33, 201 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT Top rushers RICHMOND – Kendall Gaskins – 67 yards, 1 TD
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 86 yards Top receivers RICHMOND – Tre Gray – 129 yards
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 78 yards
Despite high expectations, Duke lost to FCS opponent Richmond for the third time in six seasons. Down by 2, the Blue Devils missed a 28-yard field goal to take the lead with less than 2 minutes left in the game.
Stanford
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First quarter STANFORD – Coby Fleener 3-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 10:01 Second quarter STANFORD – Jordan Williamson 40-yard field goal, 12:01
DUKE – Lee Butler 76-yard interception return (Will Snyderwine kick), 2:14
STANFORD – Chris Owusu 10-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 0:39 Third quarter STANFORD – Coby Fleener 60-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 6:41
STANFORD – Jeremy Stewart 30-yard run (Pat failed), 4:06 Fourth quarter STANFORD – Zach Ertz 3-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 14:56
STANFORD – Tyler Gaffney 1-yard run (Jordan Williamson kick), 8:00
DUKE – Anthony Boone 2-yard run (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 0:57
Top passers STANFORD – Andrew Luck – 20/28, 290 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 19/27, 179 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT Top rushers STANFORD – Stepfan Taylor – 75 yards
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 43 yards Top receivers STANFORD – Chris Owusu – 106 yards, 1 TD
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 98 yards
Although the Blue Devils kept the first half close, Stanford opened up the game in the second half. The last win for Duke against a top-10 nonconference game was against Stanford in 1971.
Boston College
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First quarter BC – Tahj Kimble 31-yard pass from Chase Rettig (Nate Freese kick), 5:57 Second quarter BC – Nate Freese 43-yard field goal, 10:44
DUKE – Conner Vernon 53-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 8:31
BC – Nate Freese 47-yard field goal, 4:03
BC – Andre Williams 7-yard run (Pat failed), 1:21
DUKE – Conner Vernon 21-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 0:30 Third quarter Fourth quarter DUKE – Sean Renfree 1-yard run (Two-Point conversion failed), 9:57
Top passers DUKE – Sean Renfree – 41/53, 368 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
BC – Chase Rettig – 17/33, 247 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT Top rushers DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 54 yards
BC – Andre Williams – 56 yards, 1 TD Top receivers DUKE – Conner Vernon – 116 yards, 2 TD
BC – Larmond – 87 yards
In its conference opener, Duke broke through for its first win of the season. Sean Renfree set a Duke record with 41 completions, and BC missed a go-ahead 23-yard field goal with 43 seconds left in the game.
Tulane
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First quarter DUKE – Juwan Thompson 1-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 11:25
TULANE – Ryan Travis 23-yard interception return (Cairo Santos kick), 8:22
DUKE – Juwan Thompson 20-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 7:27
DUKE – Conner Vernon recovered fumble in end zone (Will Snyderwine kick), 2:45 Second quarter TULANE – Cairo Santos 20-yard field goal, 14:24
DUKE – Will Snyderwine 40-yard field goal, 11:23
DUKE – Sean Renfree 2-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 1:33 Third quarter DUKE – Jay Hollingsworth 3-yard run (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 10:22
TULANE – Cairo Santos 49-yard field goal, 8:17
DUKE – Sean Renfree 7-yard run (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 1:57 Fourth quarter DUKE – Jeffrey Ijjas 26-yard field goal, 13:19
TULANE – Brock Sanders 2-yard pass from Ryan Griffin (Cairo Santos kick), 10:37
TULANE – Robert Kelley 7-yard run (Cairo Santos kick), 2:09
Top passers TULANE – Ryan Griffin – 14/29, 188 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 21/30, 278 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT Top rushers TULANE – Brandon LeBeau – 26 yards
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 69 yards, 2 TD Top receivers TULANE – Justyn Shackleford – 59 yards
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 96 yards, 1 TD
Following up on a win at BC, Duke scored 5 rushing touchdowns to defeat Tulane by 21 points. Duke's offense was not forced to punt until the fourth quarter.
FIU
Week Five: Duke Blue Devils at Florida International Golden Panthers
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1
2
3 4 Total
Blue Devils 17
0
0 14 31
Golden Panthers
14
3
3 7 27
at FIU Stadium , Miami, Florida
Date : October 1, 2011Game time : 6:00 p.m. EDT Game attendance : 22,682TV : ESPN3
Game information
First quarter DUKE – Will Snyderwine 27-yard field goal, 9:29
FIU – T.Y. Hilton 63-yard pass from Wesley Carroll (Jack Griffin kick), 9:10
DUKE – Conner Vernon 26-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Will Snyderwine kick), 6:46
FIU – Jonathan Faucher 15-yard pass from Wesley Carroll (Jack Griffin kick), 3:13
DUKE – Cooper Helfet 22-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Will Snyderwine kick), 0:53 Second quarter FIU – Jack Griffin 36-yard field goal, 4:01 Third quarter FIU – Jack Griffin 33-yard field goal, 0:12 Fourth quarter FIU – Wayne Times 34-yard pass from Wesley Carroll (Jack Griffin kick), 13:30
DUKE – Juwan Thompson 6-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 11:56
DUKE – Juwan Thompson 9-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 6:52
Top passers DUKE – Sean Renfree – 28/43, 335 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT
FIU – Wesley Carroll – 25/39, 348 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT Top rushers DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 30 yards, 2 TD
FIU – Darriet Perry – 102 yards Top receivers DUKE – Conner Vernon – 117 yards, 1 TD
FIU – T.Y. Hilton – 102 yards, 1 TD
Duke won its 3rd game in a row by overcoming a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and not committing any turnovers. Conner Vernon and Donovan Varner both had over 100 yards receiving.
Florida State
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Wake Forest
Week Seven: Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Duke Blue Devils
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1
2
3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 7
10
0 7 24
Blue Devils
0
3
10 10 23
at Wallace Wade Stadium , Durham, North Carolina
Date : October 22, 2011Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game attendance : 22,258TV : ACC Network
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Virginia Tech
Week Eight: Virginia Tech Hokies at Duke Blue Devils
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2
3 4 Total
#15 Hokies 7
7
0 0 14
Blue Devils
0
7
3 0 10
at Wallace Wade Stadium , Durham, North Carolina
Date : October 29, 2011Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game attendance : 27,392TV : ACC Network
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Week Nine: Duke Blue Devils at Miami Hurricanes
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2
3 4 Total
Blue Devils
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7
7 0 14
Hurricanes 14
14
7 14 49
at Sun Life Stadium , Miami Gardens, Florida
Date : November 5, 2011Game time : 3:00 p.m.TV : FSN Affiliates
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Virginia
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Georgia Tech
Week Eleven: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Duke Blue Devils
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1
2
3 4 Total
Yellow Jackets 14
14
3 7 38
Blue Devils
7
7
3 14 31
at Wallace Wade Stadium , Durham, North Carolina
Date : November 19, 2011Game time : 12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
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North Carolina
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Roster
Coaching staff
2011 Duke Blue Devils coaches
David Cutcliffe – Head coach Ron Middleton – Associate head coach, Special Teams, Tight Ends Marion Hobby – Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator, defensive line Kurt Roper – Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks Matt Luke – Offensive coordinator, running backs, offensive line Jim Knowles – Defensive coordinator Matt Lubick – Passing game coordinator, recruiting coordinator, wide receivers Jim collins – Assistant defensive coordinator, linebackers
Zac Roper – Assistant coach: running backs, special teams Derek jones – Assistant coach: defensive backs
Rick Petri – Assistant coach: defensive line
Source: 2011 Duke Coaches from GoDuke.com ,
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