WEATHER Durham, North Carolina ZIP: 27708 DUKE BLUE DEVILS Enrollment: 6,682 (#13/#122) CAREER PASSING LEADERS CAREER RUSHING LEADERS CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS Phil’s Homefield Edge - 3.25 T L FINAL W 2020 Schedule Difficulty - #47 U I 1. Thaddeus Lewis 10,065 ‘06-’09 1. Chris Douglas 3,122 ‘00-’03 1. Conner Vernon 3,749 ‘09-’12 R N SCORE 2. Ben Bennett 9,614 ‘80-’83 2. Steve Jones 2,951 ‘70-’72 2. Jamison Crowder 3,641 ‘11-’14 DATE OPPONENT F E DUKE OPP L 3. Sean Renfree 9,465 ‘09-’12 3. Randy Cuthbert 2,790 ‘88-’92 3. Clarkston Hines 3,318 ‘86-’89 The visitor is 1-5 all-time in the series. Duke won LTH in 2016 at South Bend. Notre Dame Sep. 12 at Notre Dame A led 14-0. Duke got a GW fg with 1:24 left. Duke has won 5 of their last 6 road openers. BC leads all-time series 4-3 but Duke has won the last 2 meetings by just 3 combined points. Sep. 19 Boston College G The Blue Devils have won 7 straight home openers, although 5 of those came vs FCS foes. Bonus: The Blue Devils are 19-3 vs Group of 5 programs under HC Cutcliffe. Duke is 26-7 in Sep. 26 non-conference action since 2013. VIRGINIA TECH IS OFF BYE Blue Devils are 3-16 since 1982 and lost three straight until LY’s win in Blacksburg. The home team Oct. 3 Virginia Tech G is just 1-6 and there have been 5 upsets in L/7 mtgs. ‘18 Duke was favored (-3’), but lost 31-14. SYRACUSE IS OFF BYE Duke is 3-1 all-time vs Syracuse including 2-0 on the road. LTH was in ‘14. Duke was 7-1 and #22 Oct. 10 at Syracuse A while Cuse entered 3-6. Game was tied after 3Q then Duke scored 17 unanswered in the 4Q. LTH was in 2009, Duke was a 2 td dog & upset NCST 49-28. The gm was tied 21-21 at half. Blue Devils Oct. 17 at NC State G exploded in 2H, outscoring the Wolf Pack 28-7 for 49-28 win. L/3 mtgs Duke has given up 220.7 passing ypg. Bonus: Duke has won 9 of the last 12 when playing 2nd of B2B road games. Oct. 24 Bonus: Duke is 2-9 vs ranked foes since 2015. First meeting. These schools are 135 miles apart. Duke is 8-1 all-time vs current CUSA Oct. 31 Charlotte G foes and beat Middle Tennessee 41-18 last season. Duke has won 3 of the last 4 over rival Tar Heels having 3 gm win streak snapped LY in Chapel Hill. Nov. 7 North Carolina G ‘18 Duke was 8.5 point home favorite and tallied 629 yds incl 268 rushing yds and beat NC 42-35. Duke won 3 straight from ‘12-’14, but have now lost 5 straight incl all 4 mtgs vs HC Mendenhall. Nov. 14 at Virginia G Duke was a td fav in ‘18. Blue Devils held UVA QB Perkins to 198 pass yds, but would fall 28-14. The Blue Devils are 5-3 s/’12 and 2 of the 3 losses have come in Durham. In ‘18 Duke was off a 35-6 loss Nov. 21 Wake Forest G at #2 Clemson. QB Jones struggled, only throwing for 145 yds and Duke was blown out in finale 59-7. HC Cutcliffe is 12-24 in ACC Coastal road gms. Four of L/5 mtgs have resulted in outright upsets incl LTH. Nov. 28 at Georgia Tech G Tied 7-7, Duke turned 3 fumbles into 21 pts to take control & won 28-14 despite being outg’d 354-304. Duke has won 5 of their last 7 on Senior Day including 4 outright upsets. The Blue Devils are 0-20 Dec. 5 Florida St G all time vs Florida St and only once have they stayed within single digits (avg MOV 33.4 ppg).