2020 Duke Blue Devils football team

2020 Duke Blue Devils football
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Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	2–9 (1–9 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zac Roper (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ben Albert (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Matt Guerrieri (3rd season)
Captain	Michael Carter II, Noah Gray, Deon Jackson, Chris Rumph II, Jack Wohlabaugh
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium (capacity: 40,000)
Uniform
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2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Notre Dame y^		9	–	0					10	–	2
No. 3 Clemson y$^		8	–	1					10	–	2
No. 22 Miami (FL)		7	–	2					8	–	3
No. 18 North Carolina		7	–	3					8	–	4
NC State		7	–	3					8	–	4
Boston College		5	–	5					6	–	5
Pittsburgh		5	–	5					6	–	5
Virginia Tech		5	–	5					5	–	6
Virginia		4	–	5					5	–	5
Wake Forest		3	–	4					4	–	5
Georgia Tech		3	–	6					3	–	7
Louisville		3	–	7					4	–	7
Florida State		2	–	6					3	–	6
Duke		1	–	9					2	–	9
Syracuse		1	–	9					1	–	10
Championship: Clemson 34, Notre Dame 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Blue Devils were led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Duke had games scheduled against Charlotte, Elon, Middle Tennessee, and Wake Forest, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected at a later date.

Rankings

Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR
Coaches'	RV		RV
CFP	Not released															Not released

Game summaries

At Notre Dame

See also: 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	3	3	7	0	13
No. 10 Fighting Irish	0	10	7	10	27

Boston College

See also: 2020 Boston College Eagles football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	0	16	3	26
Blue Devils	6	0	0	0	6

At Virginia

See also: 2020 Virginia Cavaliers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	10	0	10	0	20
Cavaliers	0	17	0	21	38

Virginia Tech

See also: 2020 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies	7	3	14	14	38
Blue Devils	7	0	7	17	31

At Syracuse

See also: 2020 Syracuse Orange football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	10	14	6	8	38
Orange	7	7	7	3	24

At NC State

See also: 2020 NC State Wolfpack football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	13	0	0	20
Wolfpack	0	14	7	10	31

Charlotte

See also: 2020 Charlotte 49ers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	0	7	6	6	19
Blue Devils	17	7	13	16	53

North Carolina

See also: 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	21	21	7	7	56
Blue Devils	0	10	7	7	24

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2021 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
4	118	Chris Rumph II	OLB	Los Angeles Chargers
5	154	Michael Carter II	S	New York Jets
5	162	Noah Gray	TE	Kansas City Chiefs
6	210	Victor Dimukeje	DE	Arizona Cardinals