2015 Duke Blue Devils football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 2015 Duke Blue Devils football Duke Athletics logo.svg 125 Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division ACC 8–5 4–4 David Cutcliffe 8th Scottie Montgomery 2nd Multiple Jim Knowles 6th 4–2–5 Jeremy Cash Jeremy Cash Matt Skura Wallace Wade Stadium Pinstripe Bowl champion Pinstripe Bowl W 44–41 OT vs. Indiana The 2015 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2015 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 eighth year, and played its home games at the newly renovated Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. They finished the season 8–5 overall and 4–4 in ACC play to tie for fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl, where they defeated Indiana, 44–41, in overtime. Schedule 2015 AP Eastern September 3 9:30 p.m. w y y Tulane Yulman Stadium New Orleans, LA CBSSN 37–7 25,470 September 12 6:00 p.m. w y North Carolina Central Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPN3 55–0 33,941 September 19 12:30 p.m. l y Northwestern 23 Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN 10–19 24,127 September 26 12:00 p.m. w Georgia Tech 20 Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPN2 34–20 20,101 October 3 3:30 p.m. w y Boston College Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCRSN 9–7 20,009 October 10 12:00 p.m. w y y Army Michie Stadium West Point, NY CBSSN 44–3 39,712 October 24 3:30 p.m. w y 23 Virginia Tech Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA ESPNU 45–43 4OT 63,257 October 31 7:00 p.m. l 22 Miami (FL) Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU 27–30 30,143 November 7 12:00 p.m. l y North Carolina 21 Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPN2 Victory Bell 31–66 60,500 November 14 12:00 p.m. l Pittsburgh Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPNews 13–31 30,241 November 21 3:30 p.m. l y Virginia Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ESPN3 34–42 35,178 November 28 12:30 p.m. w y Wake Forest BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC rivalry ACCN 27–21 26,435 December 26 3:30 p.m. w y y Indiana Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY Pinstripe Bowl ABC 44–41 OT 37,218 2015 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule http://www.goduke.com/main/Schedule.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200 Duke University Department of Athletics February 13, 2014 Personnel Roster 2015 Duke Blue Devils f 1 Jr Thomas Sirk QB yes y 3 Fr T. J. Rahming WR 10 Jr Ryan Smith WR 17 Fr Daniel Jones Daniel Jones (American football) QB y y 62 Sr Matt Skura C yes y 67 Sr Lucas Patrick OG yes y 79 Jr Tanner Stone OG yes 80 Sr David Reeves TE yes 81 So Davis Koppenhaver TE 82 Fr Chris Taylor WR yes 83 Jr Anthony Nash WR yes 85 Jr Dan Beilinson TE yes 87 Sr Max McCaffrey WR y 11 FR Gio Holmes-Garrido S y 20 So Jake Kite S yes 24 So Zavier Carmichael LB 26 Jr Corbin McCarthy S yes 93 Jr A. J. Wolf DT yes 57 Jr Thomas Hennessy Thomas Hennessy (American football) LS yes y http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&SPID=1843&SPSID=22667&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2015 *David Cutcliffe Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atDuke Alma mater David Cutcliffe Head Coach 8th Alabama (1976) Scottie Montgomery Offensive coordinator/The Baxter Family Associate head coach/quarterbacks 3rd Duke (1999) John Latina Offensive line/Assistant head coach/Running game coordinator 4th Virginia Tech (1981) Jim Knowles Defensive coordinator 5th Cornell (1987) Jim Collins Defensive ends 8th Elon (1974) Jeff Faris Wide receivers 4th Duke (2011) Matt Guerrieri Safeties 4th Davidson College (2011) Zac Roper Special teams coordinator/Tight ends/recruiting coordinator 8th Ole Miss (2001) Derek Jones Assistant Special Teams coordinator/Defensive Backs 8th Ole Miss (1996) Re'quan Boyette Running backs 4th Duke (2009) Marcus Johnson Offensive Quality Control 5th Ole Miss (2004) Patrick O'Connor Defensive Quality Control 4th Dickinson College (2010) Josh Grizzard Offensive Graduate Assistant 3rd Yale University (2012) Eli Keimach Offensive Graduate Assistant 2nd Massachusetts (2014) Clayton McGrath Defensive tackles/Graduate Assistant 3rd Brown University (2011) Sam McGrath Defensive Graduate Assistant 1st Brown University (2012)Reference:Football – 2015 Coaches http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=4200&SPID=1843&SPSID=22665 Duke University Department of Athletics February 24, 2015 Game summaries At Tulane Blue Devils 3 10 3 21 Green Wave 0 0 0 7 2015 Tulane Green Wave football team North Carolina Central Eagles 0 0 0 0 Blue Devils 7 17 17 14 2015 North Carolina Central Eagles football team No. 23 Northwestern No. 23 Wildcats 0 3 9 7 Blue Devils 7 0 0 3 2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team No. 20 Georgia Tech No. 20 Yellow Jackets 3 7 3 7 Blue Devils 19 0 7 8 2015 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team Boston College Eagles 0 0 7 0 Blue Devils 3 6 0 0 2015 Boston College Eagles football team At Army Blue Devils 10 17 3 14 Black Knights 0 0 3 0 2015 Army Black Knights football team At Virginia Tech No. 23 Blue Devils 14 0 7 3 3 7 3 8 Hokies 7 3 6 8 3 7 3 6 2015 Virginia Tech Hokies football team Miami (FL) Hurricanes 0 14 0 16 No. 22 Blue Devils 0 3 9 15 2015 Miami Hurricanes football team This game is best remembered for the finish, in which Miami used eight laterals to return the kickoff with no time left and get the win. However, photographic evidence later proved that one of the laterals was still in the Miami player's hand as his knee was down, which if caught by the referees would have ended the play and kept Duke the winners. The ACC apologized to Duke and suspended the officials from this game. At No. 21 North Carolina Blue Devils 3 7 14 7 No. 21 Tar Heels 21 17 21 7 2015 North Carolina Tar Heels football team Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina) Pittsburgh Panthers 7 3 14 7 Blue Devils 7 3 3 0 2015 Pittsburgh Panthers football team At Virginia Blue Devils 7 6 7 14 Cavaliers 21 7 14 0 2015 Virginia Cavaliers football team At Wake Forest Blue Devils 7 10 7 3 Demon Deacons 7 0 0 14 2015 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team Tobacco Road rivalry Vs. Indiana (Pinstripe Bowl) Hoosiers 0 17 14 10 0 Blue Devils 10 7 10 14 3 2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team 2015 Pinstripe Bowl Rankings 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 9 NR RV NR RV RV RV NR NR RV RV RV RV 25 24 23 21 22 18 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV References Duke Category:Duke Blue Devils football seasons Category:Pinstripe Bowl champion seasons Duke Blue Devils football