The 1980 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 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Shirley Wilson, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 2–9, with a conference record of 1–5, and finished seventh in the ACC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	East Carolina*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 10–35	27,400	[1]
September 20	at No. 19 Auburn*	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 28–35	57,742	[2]
September 27	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 17–20	14,144	[3]
October 4	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 21–31	43,120	[4]
October 11	at No. 17 South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–20	56,451	[5]
October 18	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 34–17	59,873	[6][7]
October 25	Maryland	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 14–17	17,400	[8]
November 1	Georgia Tech*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 17–12	18,200	[9]
November 8	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 24–27	23,000	[10]
November 15	at NC State	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 21–38	42,800	[11]
November 22	at No. 15 North Carolina	Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	L 21–44	51,389	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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