2016 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2016 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 ninth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. They finished the season 4–8 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to tie for sixth place in the Coastal Division.

2016 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Record	4–8 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zac Roper (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (7th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
MVP	Daniel Jones
Captain	Jela Duncan, DeVon Edwards, Thomas Sirk, A. J. Wolf
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson xy$#		7	–	1					14	–	1
No. 21 Louisville x		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 8 Florida State		5	–	3					10	–	3
NC State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					7	–	6
Boston College		2	–	6					7	–	6
Syracuse		2	–	6					4	–	8
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech xy		6	–	2					10	–	4
North Carolina		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 20 Miami (FL)		5	–	3					9	–	4
Pittsburgh		5	–	3					8	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4					9	–	4
Duke		1	–	7					4	–	8
Virginia		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
# – College Football Playoff champion $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	North Carolina Central*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN+	W 49–6	35,049
September 10	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 14–24	21,077
September 17	8:00 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 13–24	34,464
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	W 38–35	80,795
October 1	12:30 p.m.	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 20–34	25,201
October 8	3:30 p.m.	Army*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	W 13–6	20,613
October 14	7:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 14–24	55,121
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	L 35–38	43,886
November 5	3:30 p.m.	No. 23 Virginia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 21–24	38,217
November 10	7:30 p.m.	No. 15 North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN	W 28–27	39,212
November 19	3:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ACCRSN	L 14–56	35,425
November 26	3:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	L 21–40	57,396
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Roster

2016 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Thomas Sirk  Sr WR 3 T. J. Rahming So WR 5 Johnathan Lloyd  So RB 6 Nicodem Pierre  So WR 7 Keyston Fuller  Fr WR 8 Aaron Young  Fr WR 10 Ryan Smith Sr WR 11 Scott Bracey Fr QB 12 Parker Boehme  Jr WR 13 Sayvon Sampson So JR 15 Quay Mann  Jr QB 17 Daniel Jones  Fr QB 18 Quentin Harris  Fr WR 19 Quay Chambers  Jr RB 22 Brittain Brown Fr RB 23 Joseph Ajeigbe  Jr RB 25 Jela Duncan  Sr RB 29 Shaun Wilson Jr RB 36 Elijah Deveaux Fr RB 38 Zach Boden  Sr RB 45 Griffin Carter So RB 47 Ryan Wolitzer Fr C 50 Austin Davis  Jr C 62 Alex Gourley Fr C 63 Zach Harmon  So C 64 Jake Brodner Sr G 65 Julian Santos Fr G 66 Jaylen Miller Fr G 67 Clark Bulleit So G 69 Zach Baker  Fr OT 70 Christian Miller  So OT 71 Casey Blaser  Sr OT 73 Reno Rosene  Fr G 74 Franklin McNeill III  So OT 75 Liam Smith Fr OT 76 Gabe Bradner  Jr OT 77 Robert Kraeling Fr G 78 Sterling Korona  Jr G 79 Tanner Stone  Sr TE 80 Daniel Helm  So TE 81 Davis Koppenhaver  So WR 82 Chris Taylor  So WR 83 Anthony Nash  Sr WR 84 Trevon Lee  So TE 85 Dan Beilinson  Sr WR 87 Kane Banner Sr TE 88 Erich Schneider  Sr TE 89 Mark Birmingham Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 2 Javon Jackson Fr CB 4 Myles Hudzick Fr CB 9 Jeremy McDuffie So S 11 Gio Holmes-Garrido  So S 13 Jordan Hayes  Fr CB 14 Bryon Fields Jr.  Jr S 16 Dylan Singleton Fr S 20 Jake Kite  Jr S 21 Alonzo Saxton II Jr LB 24 Zavier Carmichael Jr S 26 Corbin McCarthy  Sr S/CB 27 DeVon Edwards  Sr CB 28 Mark Gilbert Fr S 30 Brandon Feamster  Fr CB 31 Breon Borders Fr LB 32 Brandon Hill Fr S 33 Deondre Singleton Sr LB 34 Ben Humphreys So CB 35 Antone Williams Fr S 37 Phillip Carter  Jr CB 39 Zach Muniz Jr S 40 Jacob Morgenstern Fr LB 41 Xander Gagnon Fr LB 43 Tinashe Bere  So LB 44 Joe Giles-Harris  Fr S 45 Kyle Wellner Sr S 46 Grant Hall Sr LB 49 Koby Quansah Fr LB 50 Wyatt Smith Sr DE 51 Dominic McDonald  Jr DT 52 Zach Morris  Fr DE 53 Scott Jones Fr LB 54 Kevin Gehsmann So DT 55 Brandon Boyce So DE 56 Danny Doyle  So DE 59 Tre Hornbuckle Fr DE 60 Noah Waddell Fr DE 90 Terrell Lucas Fr DE 91 Marquies Price So DT 92 Edgar Cerenord  So DT 93 A. J. Wolf  Sr DE 94 Twazanga Mugala  Fr DT 95 Trevon McSwain  Fr DE 96 Allen Jackson  Sr DT 97 Quaven Ferguson  So DE 98 Chidi Okonya Fr DT 99 Mike Ramsey  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 42 Austin Parker  Fr K/P 43 Danny Stirt Sr LS 46 Bronson Bruneau Jr K/P 47 Will Kline Jr K 48 A. J. Reed Fr LS 57 Thomas Hennessy  Sr LS 58 Ben Wyatt Fr LS 61 Colin Duffy Jr K 94 Collin Wareham Jr	Head coach David Cutcliffe Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Duke	Alma Mater
David Cutcliffe	Head Coach	9th	Alabama (1976)
Zac Roper	Offensive Coordinator/The Baxter Family Associate head coach	9th	Ole Miss (2001)
Derek Jones	Assistant Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs	9th	Ole Miss (1996)
Jim Knowles	Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers	6th	Cornell (1987)
Ben Albert	Associate Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line	1st	Massachusetts (1995)
Jim Bridge	Special Teams Coordinator	1st	Wittenberg (1992)
Jim Collins	Defensive ends	8th	Elon (1974)
Marcus Johnson	Offensive line coach	5th	Ole Miss (2004)
Matt Guerrieri	Safeties	5th	Davidson (2011)
Re'quan Boyette	Running backs	4th	Duke (2009)
Jeffrey Faris	Wide Receivers	5th	Duke (2011)
Josh Grizzard	Offensive Graduate Assistant	4th	Yale (2012)
Eli Keimach Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine	Offensive Graduate Assistant	3rd	Massachusetts (2014)
Clayton McGrath	Defensive tackles/Graduate Assistant	4th	Brown University (2011)
Sam McGrath	Defensive Graduate Assistant	2nd	Brown University (2012)
Patrick O'Connor	Defensive Quality Control	4th	Dickinson College (2010)
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Game summaries

North Carolina Central

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	3	3	6
Blue Devils	21	28	0	0	49

See also: 2016 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demon Deacons	0	7	14	3	24
Blue Devils	7	0	7	0	14

See also: 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

At Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	0	6	13
Wildcats	7	0	10	7	24

See also: 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team

At Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	14	14	0	10	38
Fighting Irish	14	7	7	7	35

See also: 2016 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	6	14	7	7	34
Blue Devils	7	3	3	7	20

See also: 2016 Virginia Cavaliers football team

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	6	0	0	6
Blue Devils	7	6	0	0	13

See also: 2016 Army Black Knights football team

At Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	0	0	7	14
#7 Cardinals	7	3	7	7	24

See also: 2016 Louisville Cardinals football team

At Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	21	7	35
Yellow Jackets	14	14	3	7	38

See also: 2016 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Hokies	7	14	0	3	24
Blue Devils	7	0	7	7	21

See also: 2016 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Tar Heels	14	7	6	0	27
Blue Devils	0	21	7	0	28

See also: 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team and Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)

At Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	0	0	14
Panthers	14	14	14	14	56

See also: 2016 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

At Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	0	7	21
Hurricanes	10	6	17	7	40

See also: 2016 Miami Hurricanes football team

Team players in the NFL

No Duke players were selected in the 2017 NFL draft.