American college football season
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.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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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 (rivalry)
| 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
Richmond
Week One: Richmond Spiders at Duke Blue Devils
Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
Spiders |
0 |
10 |
7 | 6 | 23 |
Blue Devils |
0 |
7 |
14 | 0 | 21 |
at Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
- Date: September 3, 2011
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 32,741
- TV: ESPN3
Game information
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- 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
- RICHMOND – Kendall Gaskins 8-yard TD run (Remington Hinshaw kick), 5:15
- DUKE – Anthony Boone 3-yard TD run (Will Snyderwine kick), 0:39
- Fourth quarter
- RICHMOND – Garrett Turner 1-yard TD run (PAT failed), 10:12
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- Top passers
- RICHMOND – Aaron Corp – 14/31, 193 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
- 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
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See also: 2011 Richmond Spiders football team
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
Week Two: #6 Stanford Cardinal at Duke Blue Devils
Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
#6 Cardinal |
7 |
10 |
13 | 14 | 44 |
Blue Devils |
0 |
7 |
0 | 7 | 14 |
at Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
- Date: September 10, 2011
- Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 24,785
- TV: ESPNU
Game information
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- 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
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- 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
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See also: 2011 Stanford Cardinal football team
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
Week Three: Duke Blue Devils at Boston College Eagles
Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Devils |
0 |
14 |
0 | 6 | 20 |
Eagles |
7 |
12 |
0 | 0 | 19 |
at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
- Date: September 17, 2011
- Game time: 12:30 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 35,812
- TV: ACC Network
Game information
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- 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
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- 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
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See also: 2011 Boston College Eagles football team
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
Week Four: Tulane Green Wave at Duke Blue Devils
Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
Green Wave |
7 |
3 |
3 | 14 | 27 |
Blue Devils |
21 |
10 |
14 | 3 | 48 |
at Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
- Date: September 24, 2011
- Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 20,138
- TV: ESPN3
Game information
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- First quarter
- DUKE – Juwan Thompson 1-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 11:25
- TULANE – Ryan Travis 23-yard interception return (Cairo Santos kick), 8:22
- 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
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- 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
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See also: 2011 Tulane Green Wave football team
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
Week Five: Duke Blue Devils at Florida International Golden Panthers
Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Devils |
17 |
0 |
0 | 14 | 31 |
Golden Panthers |
14 |
3 |
3 | 7 | 27 |
at FIU Stadium, Miami, Florida
- Date: October 1, 2011
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. EDT
- Game attendance: 22,682
- TV: ESPN3
Game information
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- First quarter
- DUKE – Will Snyderwine 27-yard field goal, 9:29
- FIU – T.Y. Hilton 63-yard pass from Wesley Carroll (Jack Griffin kick), 9:10
- DUKE – Conner Vernon 26-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Will Snyderwine kick), 6:46
- FIU – Jonathan Faucher 15-yard pass from Wesley Carroll (Jack Griffin kick), 3:13
- DUKE – Cooper Helfet 22-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Will Snyderwine kick), 0:53
- Second quarter
- FIU – Jack Griffin 36-yard field goal, 4:01
- Third quarter
- FIU – Jack Griffin 33-yard field goal, 0:12
- Fourth quarter
- FIU – Wayne Times 34-yard pass from Wesley Carroll (Jack Griffin kick), 13:30
- DUKE – Juwan Thompson 6-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 11:56
- DUKE – Juwan Thompson 9-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 6:52
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- Top passers
- DUKE – Sean Renfree – 28/43, 335 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT
- FIU – Wesley Carroll – 25/39, 348 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT
- Top rushers
- DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 30 yards, 2 TD
- FIU – Darriet Perry – 102 yards
- Top receivers
- DUKE – Conner Vernon – 117 yards, 1 TD
- FIU – T.Y. Hilton – 102 yards, 1 TD
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See also: 2011 FIU Golden Panthers football team
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
Week Six: Florida State Seminoles at Duke Blue Devils
Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
#23 Seminoles |
17 |
10 |
7 | 7 | 41 |
Blue Devils |
3 |
0 |
0 | 13 | 16 |
at Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
- Date: October 15, 2011
- Game time: 3:00 p.m. EDT
- TV: FSN
Game information
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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- Top passers
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- Top tacklers
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See also: 2011 Florida State Seminoles football team
Wake Forest
Week Seven: Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Duke Blue Devils
Quarter |
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
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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- Top passers
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- Top tacklers
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See also: 2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
Virginia Tech
Week Eight: Virginia Tech Hokies at Duke Blue Devils
Quarter |
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
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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- Top passers
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- Top tacklers
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See also: 2011 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
Miami (FL)
Week Nine: Duke Blue Devils at Miami Hurricanes
Quarter |
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
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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- Top passers
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- Top tacklers
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See also: 2011 Miami Hurricanes football team
Virginia
Week Ten: Duke Blue Devils at Virginia Cavaliers
Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Devils |
0 |
14 |
7 | 0 | 21 |
Cavaliers |
7 |
7 |
17 | 0 | 31 |
at Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia
Game information
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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- Top passers
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- Top tacklers
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See also: 2011 Virginia Cavaliers football team
Georgia Tech
Week Eleven: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Duke Blue Devils
Quarter |
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 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Game information
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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- Top passers
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- Top tacklers
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See also: 2011 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
North Carolina
Week Twelve: Duke Blue Devils at North Carolina Tar Heels
Quarter |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Devils |
7 |
7 |
7 | 0 | 21 |
Tar Heels |
10 |
10 |
10 | 7 | 37 |
at Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Date: November 26, 2011
- Game time: 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Game information
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- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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- Top passers
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- Top tacklers
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See also: 2011 North Carolina Tar Heels football team and Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)
Roster
Coaching staff
2011 Duke Blue Devils coaches
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- 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
- Derek jones – Assistant coach: defensive backs
- Rick Petri – Assistant coach: defensive line
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Source: 2011 Duke Coaches from GoDuke.com,
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References
- "Football - Schedule & Results - Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site". GoDuke.com. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
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