2016 Duke Blue Devils football team

2016 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal Division
Record4–8 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorZac Roper (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJim Knowles (7th season)
Base defense4–2–5
MVPDaniel Jones
Captains
  • Jela Duncan
  • DeVon Edwards
  • Thomas Sirk
  • A. J. Wolf
Home stadiumWallace 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  
  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

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 p.m.North Carolina Central*
ACCN+W 49–635,049
September 103:30 p.m.Wake Forest
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC (rivalry)
ESPNUL 14–2421,077
September 178:00 p.m.at Northwestern*
BTNL 13–2434,464
September 243:30 p.m.at Notre Dame*
NBCW 38–3580,795
October 112:30 p.m.Virginia
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ACCNL 20–3425,201
October 83:30 p.m.Army*
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ACCRSNW 13–620,613
October 147:00 p.m.at No. 7 Louisville
ESPNL 14–2455,121
October 2912:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech
ACCRSNL 35–3843,886
November 53:30 p.m.No. 23 Virginia Tech
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
ESPNUL 21–2438,217
November 107:30 p.m.No. 15 North Carolina
ESPNW 28–2739,212
November 193:00 p.m.at Pittsburgh
ACCRSNL 14–5635,425
November 263:30 p.m.at Miami (FL)
ESPN2L 21–4057,396
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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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
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.

References

  1. ^ "2016 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Football – 2016 Coaches". Duke University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
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