1988 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1988 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Steve Spurrier, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 7–3–1 with a mark of 3–3–1 in conference play, and finished sixth in the ACC. Duke played home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	7:00 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	SV	W 31–21	24,713	[1]
September 10		at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 31–26	93,144	[2]
September 17		The Citadel*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 41–17	12,400	[3]
September 24		Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 38–34	20,200	[4]
October 1		at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 17–15	39,372	[5]
October 15	4:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN	L 17–49	83,356	[6]
October 22		Maryland	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 24–34	23,800	[7]
October 29		at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 31–21	40,393	[8]
November 5		Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)		L 16–35	35,500	[9]
November 12		at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		T 43–43	52,000	[10]
November 19		North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)		W 35–29	28,400	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

• Anthony Dilweg, ACC Offensive Player of Year
• Steve Spurrier, ACC Coach of Year

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