The 1985 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Steve Sloan, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the ACC. Duke played home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 40–17	21,000	[1]
September 14	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 18–20	61,191	[2]
September 21	Ohio*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 34–13	18,150	[3]
October 5	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 14–37	41,500	[4]
October 12	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–28	71,150	[5]
October 19	Clemson	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 9–21	31,800	[6]
October 26	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 10–40	46,175	[7]
November 2	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–9	14,400	[8]
November 9	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 7–27	19,800	[9]
November 16	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 31–19	16,200	[10]
November 23	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	W 23–21	48,500	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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