American college football season
The 2017 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2017 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 tenth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. They finished the season 7–6 overall and 3–5 in ACC play to place in a three-way tie for fourth in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl, where they defeated Northern Illinois.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central* | | ACCN Extra | W 60–7 | 30,477 |
September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | Northwestern* | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPNU | W 41–17 | 20,241 |
September 16 | 12:30 p.m. | Baylor* | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ACCRSN | W 34–20 | 26,714 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at North Carolina | | ESPNU | W 27–17 | 59,000 |
| 7:00 p.m. | No. 14 Miami (FL) | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPN | L 6–31 | 36,314 |
October 7 | 12:20 p.m. | at Virginia | | ACCN | L 21–28 | 38,638 |
October 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Florida State | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPN2 | L 10–17 | 31,073 |
October 21 | 12:20 p.m. | Pittsburgh | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ACCN | L 17–24 | 22,621 |
October 28 | 7:20 p.m. | at No. 13 Virginia Tech | | ACCN | L 3–24 | 60,914 |
November 11 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army* | | CBSSN | L 16–21 | 38,851 |
November 18 | 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ACCRSN | W 43–20 | 20,141 |
November 25 | 12:30 p.m. | at Wake Forest | | ACCRSN | W 31–23 | 27,016 |
December 26 | 5:15 p.m. | vs. Northern Illinois* | | ESPN | W 36–14 | 20,211 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
North Carolina Central
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Blue Devils
|
21
|
26
|
6
|
7 |
60 |
Northwestern
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Wildcats
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
17 |
Blue Devils
|
7
|
14
|
10
|
10 |
41 |
Baylor
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bears
|
7
|
0
|
13
|
0 |
20 |
Blue Devils
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
10 |
34 |
At North Carolina
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
14 |
27 |
Tar Heels
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
Miami (FL)
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 14 Hurricanes
|
14
|
3
|
0
|
14 |
31 |
Blue Devils
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
At Virginia
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
Cavaliers
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
Florida State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Seminoles
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
7 |
17 |
Blue Devils
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Pittsburgh
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
10 |
24 |
Blue Devils
|
0
|
3
|
14
|
0 |
17 |
At Virginia Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
No. 13 Hokies
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
At Army
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
16 |
Black Knights
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
21 |
Georgia Tech
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Yellow Jackets
|
7
|
13
|
0
|
0 |
20 |
Blue Devils
|
3
|
17
|
10
|
13 |
43 |
At Wake Forest
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
31 |
Demon Deacons
|
10
|
7
|
6
|
0 |
23 |
Vs. Northern Illinois–Quick Lane Bowl
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Blue Devils
|
14
|
12
|
7
|
3 |
36 |
Huskies
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
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