1993 Duke Blue Devils football team

American college football season

1993 Duke Blue Devils football

Conference| Atlantic Coast Conference
Record| 3–8 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach|

* Barry Wilson (4th season)

Offensive coordinator| Buddy Geis (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Dale Strahm (4th season)
MVP| Matt Williams
Captain| Steve Alderfer, Robert Baldwin, Brad Sherrod, Scott Youmans
Home stadium| Wallace Wade Stadium

Seasons

<- 1992

1994 ->

1993 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
No. 1 Florida State $  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 1  |
No. 19 North Carolina |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 3  |
No. 23 Clemson |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
Virginia |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
NC State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
Georgia Tech |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Duke |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Maryland |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |
Wake Forest |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Barry Wilson, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, and finished seventh in the ACC. Duke played home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

## Schedule

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September 4| 7:00 p.m.| No. 1 Florida State|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC

| PPV| L 7–45| 26,800| [1]
September 11| | at Rutgers*|

* Giants Stadium
* East Rutherford, NJ

| BEN| L 38–39| 26,854| [2]
September 18| | Army*|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC

| | W 42–21| 21,300| [3]
September 25| | at No. 22 Virginia|

* Scott Stadium
* Charlottesville, VA

| | L 0–35| 37,700| [4]
October 2| 4:00 p.m.| at No. 11 Tennessee*|

* Neyland Stadium
* Knoxville, TN

| PPV| L 19–52| 96,173| [5]
October 9| 1:30 p.m.| Clemson|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC

| | L 10–13| 18,600| [6]
October 16| | at Maryland|

* Byrd Stadium
* College Park, MD

| | L 18–26| 31,487| [7]
October 23| 1:00 p.m.| at Wake Forest|

* Groves Stadium
* Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)

| | W 21–13| 20,123| [8]
October 30| | Georgia Tech|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC

| | L 14–47| 30,470| [9]
November 6| | No. 22 NC State|

* Wallace Wade Stadium
* Durham, NC (rivalry)

| | W 21–20| 15,200| [10]
November 26| | at No. 13 North Carolina|

* Kenan Memorial Stadium
* Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)

| | L 24–38| 50,000| [11]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## References

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1. ^ "FSU rises above the muck". St. Petersburg Times. September 5, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Rutgers Dukes out 39–38 victory". The Courier-News. September 12, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Duke pounds Cadets". The Herald Statesman. September 19, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Virginia whips Duke, 35–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 26, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Duke didn't volunteer for this". The News and Observer. October 3, 1993. Retrieved November 14, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Duke comes up short again in 13–10 loss". Winston-Salem Journal. October 10, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Terps can do; Maryland celebrates 26–18 win over Duke". The Daily Times. October 17, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Duke slams Wake Forest". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 24, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Davis enjoys homecoming as Jackets whip Devils". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 31, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Duke's Wilson gets point across". The Baltimore Sun. November 7, 1993. Retrieved February 5, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Heels' bag of tricks overwhelms Duke". The Charlotte Observer. November 27, 1993. Retrieved February 4, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "1993 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

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Duke Blue Devils football

Venues|

* Hanes Field (c. 1913–1928)
* Wallace Wade Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* North Carolina: Victory Bell
* Tobacco Road

Culture & lore|

* History
* Blue Devil
* "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!"
* Blue and White (Duke fight song)
* Marching band

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