The 2011 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The Blue Devils were led by fourth-year head coach David Cutcliffe and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium. Duke finished the season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last in the Coastal Division.
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Schedule[edit]
Date
Time
Opponent
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 3
7:00 pm
No. 16 (FCS) Richmond*
ESPN3
L 21–23
32,741
September 10
3:30 pm
No. 6 Stanford*
Wallace Wade Stadium
Durham, NC
ESPNU
L 14–44
24,785
September 17
12:30 pm
at Boston College
ACCN
W 20–19
35,812
September 24
3:30 pm
Tulane*
Wallace Wade Stadium
Durham, NC
ESPN3
W 48–27
20,138
October 1
7:00 pm
at FIU*
ESPNU
W 31–27
22,682
October 15
3:00 pm
Florida State
Wallace Wade Stadium
Durham, NC
FSN
L 16–41
24,687
October 22
12:30 pm
Wake Forest
Wallace Wade Stadium
Durham, NC
ACCN
L 23–24
22,258
October 29
12:30 pm
No. 15 Virginia Tech
Wallace Wade Stadium
Durham, NC
ACCN
L 10–14
27,392
November 5
3:00 pm
at Miami (FL)
FSN
L 14–49
62,053
November 12
3:00 pm
at Virginia
FSN
L 21–31
45,733
November 19
12:30 pm
No. 23 Georgia Tech
Wallace Wade Stadium
Durham, NC
ACCN
L 31–38
18,747
November 26
3:30 pm
at North Carolina
FSN
L 21–37
58,500
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Game summaries[edit]
Richmond[edit]
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
RICHMOND – Stephen Barnette 6-yard TD pass from Aaron Corp (Remington Hinshaw kick), 14:56
DUKE – Desmond Scott 29-yard TD run (Will Snyderwine kick), 12:57
RICHMOND – Remington Hinshaw 29-yard field goal, 4:18
Third quarter
DUKE – Brandon Connette 6-yard TD run (Will Snyderwine kick), 8:23
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 23/33, 201 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT
Top rushers
RICHMOND – Kendall Gaskins – 67 yards, 1 TD
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 86 yards
Top receivers
RICHMOND – Tre Gray – 129 yards
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 78 yards
Despite high expectations, Duke lost to FCS opponent Richmond for the third time in six seasons. Down by 2, the Blue Devils missed a 28-yard field goal to take the lead with less than 2 minutes left in the game.
Stanford[edit]
Game information
First quarter
STANFORD – Coby Fleener 3-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 10:01
Second quarter
STANFORD – Jordan Williamson 40-yard field goal, 12:01
DUKE – Lee Butler 76-yard interception return (Will Snyderwine kick), 2:14
STANFORD – Chris Owusu 10-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 0:39
Third quarter
STANFORD – Coby Fleener 60-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 6:41
STANFORD – Jeremy Stewart 30-yard run (Pat failed), 4:06
Fourth quarter
STANFORD – Zach Ertz 3-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 14:56
STANFORD – Tyler Gaffney 1-yard run (Jordan Williamson kick), 8:00
DUKE – Anthony Boone 2-yard run (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 0:57
Top passers
STANFORD – Andrew Luck – 20/28, 290 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 19/27, 179 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT
Top rushers
STANFORD – Stepfan Taylor – 75 yards
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 43 yards
Top receivers
STANFORD – Chris Owusu – 106 yards, 1 TD
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 98 yards
Although the Blue Devils kept the first half close, Stanford opened up the game in the second half. The last win for Duke against a top-10 nonconference game was against Stanford in 1971.
Boston College[edit]
Game information
First quarter
BC – Tahj Kimble 31-yard pass from Chase Rettig (Nate Freese kick), 5:57
Second quarter
BC – Nate Freese 43-yard field goal, 10:44
DUKE – Conner Vernon 53-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 8:31
BC – Nate Freese 47-yard field goal, 4:03
BC – Andre Williams 7-yard run (Pat failed), 1:21
DUKE – Conner Vernon 21-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 0:30
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
DUKE – Sean Renfree 1-yard run (Two-Point conversion failed), 9:57
Top passers
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 41/53, 368 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
BC – Chase Rettig – 17/33, 247 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT
Top rushers
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 54 yards
BC – Andre Williams – 56 yards, 1 TD
Top receivers
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 116 yards, 2 TD
BC – Larmond – 87 yards
In its conference opener, Duke broke through for its first win of the season. Sean Renfree set a Duke record with 41 completions, and BC missed a go-ahead 23-yard field goal with 43 seconds left in the game.
Tulane[edit]
Game information
First quarter
DUKE – Juwan Thompson 1-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 11:25
DUKE – Juwan Thompson 20-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 7:27
DUKE – Conner Vernon recovered fumble in end zone (Will Snyderwine kick), 2:45
Second quarter
TULANE – Cairo Santos 20-yard field goal, 14:24
DUKE – Will Snyderwine 40-yard field goal, 11:23
DUKE – Sean Renfree 2-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 1:33
Third quarter
DUKE – Jay Hollingsworth 3-yard run (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 10:22
TULANE – Cairo Santos 49-yard field goal, 8:17
DUKE – Sean Renfree 7-yard run (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 1:57
Fourth quarter
DUKE – Jeffrey Ijjas 26-yard field goal, 13:19
TULANE – Brock Sanders 2-yard pass from Ryan Griffin (Cairo Santos kick), 10:37
TULANE – Robert Kelley 7-yard run (Cairo Santos kick), 2:09
Top passers
TULANE – Ryan Griffin – 14/29, 188 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 21/30, 278 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Top rushers
TULANE – Brandon LeBeau – 26 yards
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 69 yards, 2 TD
Top receivers
TULANE – Justyn Shackleford – 59 yards
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 96 yards, 1 TD
Following up on a win at BC, Duke scored 5 rushing touchdowns to defeat Tulane by 21 points. Duke’s offense was not forced to punt until the fourth quarter.
FIU[edit]
Week Five: Duke Blue Devils at Florida International Golden Panthers
Duke won its 3rd game in a row by overcoming a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and not committing any turnovers. Conner Vernon and Donovan Varner both had over 100 yards receiving.
Florida State[edit]
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Top tacklers
Wake Forest[edit]
Week Seven: Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Duke Blue Devils
Period
1
2
3
4
Total
Demon Deacons
7
10
0
7
24
Blue Devils
0
3
10
10
23
at Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Date: October 22, 2011
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Game attendance: 22,258
TV: ACC Network
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Top tacklers
Virginia Tech[edit]
Week Eight: Virginia Tech Hokies at Duke Blue Devils
Period
1
2
3
4
Total
#15 Hokies
7
7
0
0
14
Blue Devils
0
7
3
0
10
at Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Date: October 29, 2011
Game time: 12:30 p.m.
Game attendance: 27,392
TV: ACC Network
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Top tacklers
Miami (FL)[edit]
Week Nine: Duke Blue Devils at Miami Hurricanes
Period
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
0
7
7
0
14
Hurricanes
14
14
7
14
49
at Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Date: November 5, 2011
Game time: 3:00 p.m.
TV: FSN Affiliates
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Top tacklers
Virginia[edit]
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Top tacklers
Georgia Tech[edit]
Week Eleven: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Duke Blue Devils
Period
1
2
3
4
Total
Yellow Jackets
14
14
3
7
38
Blue Devils
7
7
3
14
31
at Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
Date: November 19, 2011
Game time: 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Top tacklers
North Carolina[edit]
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
Top tacklers
Coaching staff[edit]
2011 Duke Blue Devils coaches
David Cutcliffe– Head coach
Ron Middleton – Associate head coach, Special Teams, Tight Ends
Marion Hobby – Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator, defensive line
Kurt Roper – Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks
Matt Luke – Offensive coordinator, running backs, offensive line
Jim Knowles – Defensive coordinator
Matt Lubick– Passing game coordinator, recruiting coordinator, wide receivers
Jim collins – Assistant defensive coordinator, linebackers
Zac Roper – Assistant coach: running backs, special teams
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