The 1977 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their seventh year under head coach Mike McGee, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 5–6, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished fifth in the ACC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	East Carolina*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 16–17	38,200	[1]
September 17	at No. 1 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 9–21	104,072	[2]
September 24	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 31–7	26,000	[3]
October 1	Navy*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 28–16	24,800	[4]
October 8	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	W 25–21	49,385	[5]
October 15	Clemson	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 11–17	26,500	[6]
October 22	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 13–31	44,867	[7]
October 29	at Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 25–24	47,131	[8]
November 5	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	W 38–14	15,100	[9]
November 12	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 32–37	28,350	[10]
November 19	No. 18 North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 3–16	40,078	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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