2023 Duke Blue Devils football team


The 2023 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Blue Devils were led by head coach Mike Elko, in his second year, and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The Duke Blue Devils football team drew an average home attendance of 25,111 in 2023.

Schedule

Duke and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023. The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004, that its scheduling format just includes one division. The new format sets Duke with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice in a four–year cycle. The Blue Devils three set conference opponents for the next four years are: NC State, North Carolina, and Wake Forest. As such, this is the first season since 1932 that the Blue Devils didn't play rival Georgia Tech.

Game summaries

vs. NC State

StatisticsNCSUDUKE
First downs1812
Total yards305301
Rushing yards112194
Passing yards193107
Turnovers11
Time of possession36:5623:04

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
NC StatePassingMJ Morris24–40, 193 yards, 1 INT
NC StateRushingMJ Morris14 rushes, 38 yards
NC StateReceivingKC Concepcion6 receptions, 63 yards
DukePassingHenry Belin IV4–12, 107 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
DukeRushingJordan Waters13 rushes, 123 yards, 1 TD
DukeReceivingJalon Calhoun1 reception, 69 yards, 1 TD

Players drafted into the NFL

126Graham BartonCTampa Bay Buccaneers
395DeWayne CarterDTBuffalo Bills
5163Jacob MonkCGreen Bay Packers