1971 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–5 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
MVPErnie Jackson
CaptainRich Searl, Lanny Murdock, Dennis Satyshur
Home stadiumWallace Wade Stadium
1971 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Carolina $ 6 0 09 3 0
Clemson 4 2 05 6 0
Duke 2 3 06 5 0
Wake Forest 2 3 06 5 0
Virginia 2 3 03 8 0
NC State 2 4 03 8 0
Maryland 1 4 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1971 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11vs. Florida*W 12–651,677
September 18No. 19 South CarolinaW 28–1235,113
September 25at VirginiaNo. 20W 28–018,500
October 2at No. 10 Stanford*No. 19W 9–361,000
October 9vs. ClemsonNo. 14L 0–320,000
October 16NC Statedagger
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC (rivalry)
W 41–1328,174
October 23at Navy*No. 19L 14–1524,844
October 30at Georgia Tech*L 0–2149,886
November 6West Virginia*
  • Wallace Wade Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 31–1530,150
November 13at Wake ForestL 7–2332,000
November 20North Carolina
L 0–3851,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1971 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 46 Steve Jones Jr
OT 64 Ed Newman Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 13 Ernie Jackson Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "1971 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. "1971 Duke Blue Devils". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.


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