| 1981 Duke Blue Devils football | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (3–3 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Steve Spurrier (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Dick Hopkins (1st season) |
| MVP | Cedric Jones |
| Captain | Greg Bamberger, Cedric Jones, Dennis Tabron, Dan Yellott |
| Home stadium | Wallace Wade Stadium |
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| No. 1 Clemson $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 North Carolina | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] Duke's offense became the first in ACC history to average over 300 yards a game passing.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 12 | at No. 11 Ohio State* | L 13–34 | 86,266 | |||
| September 19 | at South Carolina* | L 3–17 | 56,321 | |||
| September 26 | at Virginia | W 29–24 | 27,523 | |||
| October 3 | East Carolina* | W 24–14 | 18,250 | [3] | ||
| October 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech* |
| W 14–7 | 32,000 | [4] |
| October 17 | No. 6 Clemson |
| L 10–38 | 26,000 | ||
| October 24 | at Maryland | L 21–24 | 31,800 | |||
| October 31 | at Georgia Tech* | W 38–24 | 30,232 | |||
| November 19 | at Wake Forest | W 31–10 | 22,000 | |||
| November 14 | NC State |
| W 17–7 | 26,750 | ||
| November 21 | No. 12 North Carolina |
| L 10–31 | 38,525 | ||
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Personnel
| 1981 Duke Blue Devils football team roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Players | Coaches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Defense
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Special teams
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Awards and honors
- Chris Castor, ACC Offensive Player of the Year
References
- ↑ "1981 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- ↑ WRAL.com. Retrieved 2020-Apr-22.
- ↑ "Late Pack spurt zaps pesky Bucs". The News and Observer. September 20, 1981. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tabron steals one for Blue Devils". The News and Observer. October 11, 1981. Retrieved December 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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