DUKE FOOTBALL 2017 MEDIA GUIDE DIRECTORY QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION HISTORY 87 DUKE UNIVERSITY Duke Sports Information Department IFC Annual Ledger 88 Location Durham, N.C. Quick Facts 1 Coaching Ledger 88 Founded 1838 Credits 1 All-Time Results 89-96 Enrollment 6,485 Media Information 2 Series Ledgers 97-99 Nickname Blue Devils 2017 Team Analysis 3 Milestone Games & Wins 99 School Colors Duke Blue & White 2017 Schedule 3 Largest Crowds 99 Stadium Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium 2016 Results 3 Bowl Game Summaries 100-105 Capacity/Surface 40,004/Natural grass 2017 Roster 4-5 ACC Championship Game Summary 106 President Vincent Price 2017 Pronunciation Guide 5 Overtime Games 107 VP & Director of Athletics Dr. Kevin M. White 2017 Preseason Depth Chart 6 Duke in the Associated Press Poll 107 2017 Opponent SID Information IBC Homecoming Results 107 2017 ACC Composite Schedule BC Duke Vs. Nationally-Ranked Opponents 108 2017 DUKE FOOTBALL PREVIEW Duke When Nationally-Ranked 109 Offense Multiple PLAYERS 7 Largest Comebacks 110 Defense 4-2-5 Player Biographical Sketches 8-52 Wins in Final Minute 110 2016 Overall Record 4-8 Wins on Final Snap 110 2016 ACC Record (Finish) 1-7 (t6th/Coastal) STAFF 53 Fourth Quarter & OT Wins 111 Lettermen Returning 42 David Cutcliffe 54-58 Duke Vs. No. 1 112 (19 Offense; 20 Defense; 3 Special Teams) Zac Roper 59 Duke Vs. Reigning National Champions 112 Lettermen Lost 29 Jim Bridge 59 Duke in the Heisman Trophy Balloting 112 (13 Offense; 14 Defense; 1 Special Teams; 1 Undergratuate Asst.) Jim Knowles 60 Duke Vs. Heisman Trophy Winners 112 Starters Returning 14 Ben Albert 60 All-Time Lettermen 113-119 (7 Offense; 5 Defense; 2 Special Teams) Derek Jones 61 All-Time Captains 120 Starters Lost 10 Re’quan Boyette 62 All-Time Assistant Coaches 120 (4 Offense; 6 Defense) Jeffrey Faris 62 Honors & Awards 121-126 Matt Guerrieri 63 All-Star Game Participation 126 DUKE FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF Marcus Johnson 63 All-America Biographical Sketches 127-132 David Cutcliffe Head Coach Quality Control 64 College Football HOF Biographical Sketches 133 Alma Mater Alabama, 1976 Graduate Assistant Coaches 65 Pro Football HOF Biographical Sketches 134 Record at Duke/Years 52-61/9 Operations Assistants 66 Professional Draft Picks 135 Duke Football Administration 67 NFL Roster 136 Overall Record/Years 96-90/15 Sports Performance 67 NFL Honors 136 Zac Roper Sports Medicine 67 Super Bowl Participation 136 Baxter Family Associate Head Coach (QB) Academic Support 67 Duke Quarterbacks 137-163 Offensive Coordinator Equipment Staff 68 Duke Quarterback Debuts 164 Jim Bridge Assistant Head Coach (TE) Video Operations 68 Special Teams Coordinator Football Relations 68 RECORDS 165 Jim Knowles Defensive Coordinator (LB) Blue Devil IMG Sports Network 68 Passing 166-175 Ben Albert Associate Defensive Coordinator (DL) Athletic Facilities & Game Operations 68 Rushing 176-182 Derek Jones Assistant Coach (CB) Administrative Staff 68 Receiving 183-193 Assistant Special Teams Coordinator Undergraduate Football Staff 68 Miscellaneous Game Superlatives 194-195 Re’quan Boyette Assistant Coach (RB) Dr. Kevin White 69 All-Purpose & Total Offense 196 Jeffrey Faris Assistant Coach (WR) Duke Athletics Senior Administration 70 Scoring 197 Matt Guerrieri Assistant Coach (S) Placekicking 197-198 Marcus Johnson Assistant Coach (OL) 2016 IN REVIEW 71 Scoring Return & 150-Point Scorers 199 Mike Buscemi Quality Control (Defense) 2016 Notebook 72-73 Returns 200-202 Eli Keimach Quality Control (Offense) 2016 Honors 73 Punting 203 Corey Beck Graduate Assistant Coach (Offense) 2016 Game Summaries 74-79 Defensive 204-207 Kirk Benedict Graduate Assistant Coach (Off. & ST) 2016 Statistics 80-81 Freshman 208-212 Sam McGrath Graduate Assistant Coach (Defense) 2016 Starting Lineups 81 Team & Scoring Superlatives 213 Matt O’Donnell Graduate Assistant Coach (Defense) 2016 ACC Standings 82 Annual Leaders 214-219 Justin Manning Operations Assistant (Defense) 2016 ACC Awards 82 Annual Team & Opponent Statistics 220-221 Gerad Parker Operations Assistant (Offense) 2016 ACC Statistics 83-84 Bowl Game 222 Cody Robinson Operations Assistant (Offense) 2016 ACC & NCAA Statistical Rankings 84 Long Plays IBC 2016 Departed Lettermen 85-86 DUKE FOOTBALL HISTORY First Season 1888 2017 DUKE FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE All-Time Record/Seasons 496-511-31 (.493)/104 EDITOR EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRINTING All-Time Bowl Record 4-8 Art Chase CONTRIBUTORS Duke Photography, Telepathic Graphics Last Bowl Game/Year New Era Pinstripe/2015 Brad Amersbach, Jean O. Reagan Lunn Raleigh, N.C. Result [OT] 44-41 win vs. Indiana ASSISTANT EDITOR Brooks, Cory Foote, Leslie Grant Shorin Sarah Fetters Gaber, Julie Jurich, Tommy SPECIAL THANKS Kollias, Sarah Leggett, COVER DESIGN Adam Barnes RESEARCH ASSISTANCE Meredith Rieder, Ashley Grant Hawkins Mark Gauley Colin Small, John Roth Wolf Hawkins Design Bryan,Texas 1 DUKE FOOTBALL 2017 MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA INFORMATION DUKE SPORTS INFORMATION CONTACTS COLLEGEPRESSBOX.COM DUKE FOOTBALL RADIO SHOW Art Chase, Associate AD/External Affairs • CollegePressBox.com is the official media website for WITH DAVID CUTCLIFFE • 919-684-2614 (office) • 919-599-9820 (cell) ACC football ... Access and download weekly game notes, • On Tuesday nights during the season, beginning August • [email protected] (email) quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos and 29, Art Chase and David Cutcliffe will host the Duke Sarah Fetters, Assoc. Sports Information Director more for the conference and each of its 14 member schools Football Radio Show with David Cutcliffe at the Washington • 919-684-8708 (office) • 984-209-9104 (cell) • Login information will be distributed to accredited media Duke Inn & Golf Club ... The show, which is produced by • [email protected] (email) members, who may apply for a password by sending an Blue Devil IMG Sports Marketing, runs from 7-8 p.m., airs e-mail to [email protected] live on Buzz Sports Radio (620AM, 96.5 FM in Durham & DUKE FOOTBALL ON TWITTER 99.3 FM in Raleigh) and on the TuneIn App • The official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts INTERVIEW PROCEDURES of the Duke football program are @DukeFOOTBALL • Student-Athletes: All interviews with Duke student- COACH DAVID CUTCLIFFE’S DUKE FOOTBALL SHOW • The official Twitter account of head coach David Cutcliffe athletes must be arranged through the Sports Information • Coach David Cutcliffe’s Duke Football Show is produced is @DavidCutcliffe Office by contacting Art Chase or Sarah Fetters ... Players by Blue Devil IMG Sports Marketing will be available for interviews Tuesday and Wednesday • The 30-minute program includes head coach David GODUKE.COM during a traditional game week Cutcliffe’s analysis of every Duke football game, along • Game notes, statistics, feature stories and other per- • Coaching Staff: For interviews with head coach David with features on the team and players hosted by Dave tinent information regarding Duke football can be found Cutcliffe and the remainder of the coaching staff, please Harding and Rebecca Fiorentino on GoDuke.com, the official website of Duke Athletics contact Art Chase • The show airs Sundays at 12 noon on ABC-11 WTVD in • Each Tuesday of Duke’s traditional game week, head the Raleigh-Durham market, on Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. coach David Cutcliffe’s press conference will be streamed CUTCLIFFE SUNDAY TELECONFERENCE on Fox Sports South and is archived on GoDuke.com live on GoDuke.com at 12:30 p.m. • Beginning September 3, head coach David Cutcliffe will BLUE DEVIL IMG SPORTS NETWORK hold a teleconference each Sunday at 5 p.m. • David Shumate is in his first year as the play-by-play • Media members should contact Art Chase for access GLENN E. (TED) MANN PRESS BOX broadcaster for Duke football and men’s basketball ... information • Named after former Sports Information Director Ted Named the Director of Broadcasting for the Blue Devil Mann, the Duke press box is located on the fourth floor IMG Sports Network on June 12, 2017, Shumate replaced DUKE FOOTBALL MEDIA LUNCHEON of Blue Devil Tower at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Hall of Fame announcer Bob Harris, who retired in 2017 • On Tuesdays during the season, the Duke Sports Infor- Stadium ... Admittance is by credential only after 41 years as the Voice of the Blue Devils ... A 2006 mation Department will host a weekly media luncheon ... • Cheering in the press box will not be tolerated ...Violators graduate of Appalachian State University, Shumate’s prior of this policy will be asked to leave There will be no October 31 luncheon due to the open week broadcasting experience includes play-by-play duties for • A meal is provided approximately two hours before • Held in Blue Devil Tower, the weekly event begins at 11:30 the Mid-American Conference championship football game kickoff with refreshments available throughout the game a.m. with a meal, followed by player interview availability (2010-16), SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament (2011-17) • The press box will close three hours after the conclu- from 12-12:30 p.m. and head coach David Cutcliffe’s and SEC Baseball Tournament (2013-17) sion of the game press conference from 12:30-1 p.m. • The 2017 season marks Dave Harding’s first as the lead • A charter inductee of the CoSIDA Hall of Fame, Mann analyst for Duke football broadcasts ... Harding replaced served the Duke athletic department for nearly 47 years ACC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE Wes Chesson, who retired after serving 36 seasons as before retiring in 1973 • The ACC will conduct a weekly teleconference for all the analyst alongside Harris ... Harding, who started 41 14 conference head coaches beginning on Wednesday, games along the offensive line at Duke and was a team MEDIA CREDENTIALS August 30 and running through Tuesday, November 21 captain in 2013 when the Blue Devils captured the ACC • Media representatives should direct requests to Art • Media members can listen and ask questions beginning Coastal Division championship, served the 2016 season Chase, Associate Director of Athletics/External Affairs at 10:30 a.m.