1983 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1983 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.[2]

1983 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1983 record	3–8 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Steve Sloan

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maryland $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
NC State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
No. 11 Clemson *	0	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
$ – Conference champion * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 3	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 30–38
September 18	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 10–15
September 17	South Carolina*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 24–31
October 1	No. 15 Miami (FL)*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 17–56
October 8	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 14–27
October 15	Clemson*^A	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 31–38
October 22	at No. 15 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 3–38
October 29	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 32–26
November 5	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 31–21
November 10	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 27–26
November 19	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 27–34
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, therefore this game did not count in the league standings.[1]

References

1. Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.
2. "1983 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.