American college football season
The 1996 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Fred Goldsmith, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 0–11 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, and finished ninth in the ACC. Duke played home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 7 | 3:30 pm | at No. 3 Florida State | | ABC | L 7–44 | 70,181 | [1] |
September 14 | 3:30 pm | Northwestern* | | ABC | L 13–38 | 29,321 | [2] |
September 21 | 12:00 pm | at Army* | | HTS | L 17–35 | 36,049 | [3] |
September 26 | 8:00 pm | at Georgia Tech | | ESPN | L 22–48 | 44,145 | [4] |
October 5 | 12:00 pm | at Navy* | | HTS | L 27–64 | 31,365 | [5] |
October 12 | 12:00 pm | Clemson | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| JPS | L 6–13 | 23,586 | [6] |
October 26 | 12:00 pm | Maryland | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| JPS | L 19–22 | 18,751 | [7] |
November 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 16 Virginia | - Wallace Wade Stadium
- Durham, NC
| | L 3–27 | 28,276 | [8] |
November 9 | 12:00 pm | at NC State | | JPS | L 22–44 | 47,200 | [9] |
November 16 | 1:30 pm | at Wake Forest | | | L 16–17 | 17,842 | [10] |
November 23 | 12:00 pm | No. 13 North Carolina | | JPS | L 10–27 | 30,264 | [11] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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1996 Duke Blue Devils football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | LB | 60 | Mike Alberto | Fr | LB | 31 | Randy Ament | Fr | DT | 70 | Troy Austin | Fr | DE | 82 | Joey Bachstein | Fr | SS | 13 | Darius Clark | Fr | DE | 93 | Chris Combs | Fr | CB | 37 | Lamar Grant | Fr | LB | 52 | Billy Granville | Sr | CB | 20 | Kenan Holley | So | CB | 10 | Jason Jenkins | Fr | LB | 50 | Ryan Jenkins | Fr | FS | 23 | Eric Jones | Fr | LB | 58 | Kendral Knight | Fr | LB | 45 | Jim Kovach | So | SS | 40 | Brian Krenzel | So | LB | 99 | Brian McCormack | So | LB | 1 | LeVance McQueen | Jr | CB | 2 | Brandon Pollock | Sr | SS | 30 | Luke Roush | Fr | DE | 96 | Chris Ruzic | So | OLB | 83 | Jim Sitter | Sr | ILB | 47 | Jared Smith | Fr | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | P | 19 | John Krueger | Jr | K | 12 | Sims Lenhardt | Fr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
Roster Last update: 1997-01-27 |
- ^ "FSU defense dukes it out". St. Petersburg Times. September 8, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sweet return trip; With something to prove, NU delivers". Chicago Tribune. September 15, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Army QB carries Cadets past Duke". Poughkeepsie Journal. September 22, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Tech routs Duke 48–22". The Courier-Journal. September 27, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Navy routs Duke 64–27 on turnovers, runbacks". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. October 6, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke loses 13–6 to Clemson, but gets 'self-respect back'". Winston-Salem Journal. October 13, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke goes down to 9th straight loss". Greensboro News & Record. October 27, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cavs punch out Duke 27–3". Bristol Herald Courier. November 3, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke finds Pack has King for day". The Charlotte Observer. November 10, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wake Forest's rally keeps Duke winless". The State. November 17, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Johnson goes out with a bang; Tar Heels put end to Devils' misery". The Herald-Sun. November 24, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1996 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
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