Duke Blue Devils

ACC · Durham, NC · Wallace Wade Stadium · Head coach Manny Diaz

Rival

Wake Forest · also North Carolina

Heated rivalry

60-40-2 all time (102 meetings since 1921)

Duke leads

Last: won 49-32 (2025) · Duke has won 4 straight

Holds it

program traits are earned from history

0national titles

0Heisman

5AP top-10

4All-Americans

40NFL picks

48.5%win pct

History since 1936 · football since 1890. Every season →

Chemistry

64Foundation

66Gel

gel counts 40% so far

▲ Above its norm +6

early · #32 of 138

HC year3

Ret. starters32%

QB yrs w/ OC1

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Season by season · since 1890rating = how far above its own season's teams, on the all-time scale

Season	Record	Conference	AP final	Season rank	Rating	Head coach
2026in progress	4-1	ACC	—	#49	69	Manny Diaz
2025	9-5	ACC	—	#48	71	Manny Diaz
2024	9-4	ACC	—	#61	66	Manny Diaz
2023	8-5	ACC	—	#22	76	Mike Elko; Trooper Taylor
2022	9-4	ACC	—	#33	74	Mike Elko
2021	3-9	ACC	—	#118	45	David Cutcliffe
2020	2-9	ACC	—	—	—	David Cutcliffe
2019	5-7	ACC	—	#72	62	David Cutcliffe
2018	8-5	ACC	—	#42	71	David Cutcliffe
2017	7-6	ACC	—	#36	73	David Cutcliffe
2016	4-8	ACC	—	#70	63	David Cutcliffe
2015	8-5	ACC	—	#56	68	David Cutcliffe
2014	9-4	ACC	—	#39	73	David Cutcliffe
2013	10-4	ACC	#23	#40	71	David Cutcliffe
2012	6-7	ACC	—	#76	59	David Cutcliffe
2011	3-9	ACC	—	#90	56	David Cutcliffe
2010	3-9	ACC	—	#81	59	David Cutcliffe
2009	5-7	ACC	—	#63	64	David Cutcliffe
2008	4-8	ACC	—	#65	64	David Cutcliffe
2007	1-11	ACC	—	#93	53	Ted Roof
2006	0-12	ACC	—	#105	51	Ted Roof
2005	1-10	ACC	—	#103	50	Ted Roof
2004	2-9	ACC	—	#86	57	Ted Roof
2003	4-8	ACC	—	#76	59	Carl Franks; Ted Roof
2002	2-10	ACC	—	#79	57	Carl Franks
2001	0-11	ACC	—	#109	40	Carl Franks
2000	0-11	ACC	—	#104	48	Carl Franks
1999	3-8	ACC	—	#78	59	Carl Franks
1998	4-7	ACC	—	#77	58	Fred Goldsmith
1997	2-9	ACC	—	#72	60	Fred Goldsmith
1996	0-11	ACC	—	#93	52	Fred Goldsmith
1995	3-8	ACC	—	#74	59	Fred Goldsmith
1994	8-4	ACC	—	#28	72	Fred Goldsmith
1993	3-8	ACC	—	#79	56	Barry Wilson
1992	2-9	ACC	—	#62	62	Barry Wilson
1991	4-6-1	ACC	—	#71	58	Barry Wilson
1990	4-7	ACC	—	#46	65	Barry Wilson
1989	8-4	ACC	—	#34	70	Steve Spurrier
1988	7-3-1	ACC	—	#57	63	Steve Spurrier
1987	5-6	ACC	—	#41	68	Steve Spurrier
1986	4-7	ACC	—	#73	57	Steve Sloan
1985	4-7	ACC	—	#68	58	Steve Sloan
1984	2-9	ACC	—	#81	53	Steve Sloan
1983	3-8	ACC	—	#66	59	Steve Sloan
1982	6-5	ACC	—	#39	69	Red Wilson
1981	6-5	ACC	—	#49	68	Red Wilson
1980	2-9	ACC	—	#70	62	Red Wilson
1979	2-8-1	ACC	—	#86	58	Red Wilson
1978	4-7	ACC	—	#81	59	Mike McGee
1977	5-6	ACC	—	#35	72	Mike McGee
1976	5-5-1	ACC	—	#36	70	Mike McGee
1975	4-5-2	ACC	—	#64	63	Mike McGee
1974	6-5	ACC	—	#46	68	Mike McGee
1973	2-8-1	ACC	—	#76	58	Mike McGee
1972	5-6	ACC	—	#49	66	Mike McGee
1971	6-5	ACC	—	#35	66	Mike McGee
1970	6-5	ACC	—	#61	61	Tom Harp
1969	3-6-1	ACC	—	#89	53	Tom Harp
1968	4-6	ACC	—	#69	60	Tom Harp
1967	4-6	ACC	—	#57	63	Tom Harp
1966	5-5	ACC	—	#58	62	Tom Harp
1965	6-4	ACC	—	#29	73	Bill Murray
1964	4-5-1	ACC	—	#56	65	Bill Murray
1963	5-4-1	ACC	—	#50	68	Bill Murray
1962	8-2	ACC	—	#20	76	Bill Murray
1961	7-3	ACC	#20	#18	76	Bill Murray
1960	8-3	ACC	#10	#32	73	Bill Murray
1959	4-6	ACC	—	#57	64	Bill Murray
1958	5-5	ACC	—	#35	69	Bill Murray
1957	6-3-2	ACC	#16	#17	76	Bill Murray
1956	5-4-1	ACC	—	#15	77	Bill Murray
1955	7-2-1	ACC	—	#17	76	Bill Murray
1954	8-2-1	ACC	#14	#27	74	Bill Murray
1953	7-2-1	ACC	#18	#22	75	Bill Murray
1952	8-2	Southern	#16	#15	77	Bill Murray
1951	5-4-1	Southern	—	#40	69	Bill Murray
1950	7-3	Southern	—	#50	66	Wallace Wade
1949	6-3	Southern	—	#34	70	Wallace Wade
1948	4-3-2	Southern	—	#38	71	Wallace Wade
1947	4-3-2	Southern	#19	#37	70	Wallace Wade
1946	4-5	Southern	—	#14	77	Wallace Wade
1945	6-2	Southern	#13	—	—
1944	6-4	Southern	#11	—	—
1943	8-1	Southern	#7	—	—
1942	5-4-1	Southern	—	—	—
1941	9-1	Southern	#2	#9	79	Wallace Wade
1940	7-2	Southern	#18	#13	79	Wallace Wade
1939	8-1	Southern	#8	#3	86	Wallace Wade
1938	9-1	Southern	#3	#11	79	Wallace Wade
1937	7-2-1	Southern	#20	#21	76	Wallace Wade
1936	9-1	Southern	#11	#7	80	Wallace Wade
1935	8-2	Southern	—	#25	74 early	Wallace Wade
1934	7-2	Southern	—	#15	76 early	Wallace Wade
1933	9-1	Southern	—	#32	71 early	Wallace Wade
1932	7-3	Southern	—	#40	68 early	Wallace Wade
1931	5-3-2	Southern	—	#56	61 early	Wallace Wade
1930	8-1-2	Southern	—	#53	59 early	Jimmy DeHart
1929	4-6	Southern	—	#65	54 early	Jimmy DeHart
1928	5-5	FBS Independents	—	#51	60 early	Jimmy DeHart
1927	4-5	FBS Independents	—	#57	58 early	Jimmy DeHart
1926	3-6	FBS Independents	—	#69	44 early	Jimmy DeHart
1925	4-5	FBS Independents	—	#77	31 early	James Herron
1924	4-5	FBS Independents	—	#74	21 early	Howard Jones
1923	5-4	FBS Independents	—	#79	28 early	S.M. Alexander
1922	7-2-1	FBS Independents	—	#69	54 early	Herman Steiner
1921	2-0	FBS Independents	—	—	—
1920	0-0-1	FBS Independents	—	—	—
1890	0-1	FBS Independents	—	—	—

★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.