2016 Duke Blue Devils football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Record	4–8 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Zac Roper (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (7th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
MVP	Daniel Jones
Captain	Jela Duncan, DeVon Edwards, Thomas Sirk, A. J. Wolf
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 1 Clemson xy$#	7	–	1	14	–	1
No. 21 Louisville x	7	–	1	9	–	4
No. 8 Florida State	5	–	3	10	–	3
NC State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Wake Forest	3	–	5	7	–	6
Boston College	2	–	6	7	–	6
Syracuse	2	–	6	4	–	8
Coastal Division
No. 16 Virginia Tech xy	6	–	2	10	–	4
North Carolina	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 20 Miami (FL)	5	–	3	9	–	4
Pittsburgh	5	–	3	8	–	5
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	9	–	4
Duke	1	–	7	4	–	8
Virginia	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
# – College Football Playoff champion $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his ninth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. They finished the season 4–8 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to tie for sixth place in the Coastal Division.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	North Carolina Central*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN+	W 49–6	35,049
September 10	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 14–24	21,077
September 17	8:00 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 13–24	34,464
September 24	3:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	W 38–35	80,795
October 1	12:30 p.m.	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 20–34	25,201
October 8	3:30 p.m.	Army*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRSN	W 13–6	20,613
October 14	7:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 14–24	55,121
October 29	12:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ACCRSN	L 35–38	43,886
November 5	3:30 p.m.	No. 23 Virginia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 21–24	38,217
November 10	7:30 p.m.	No. 15 North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPN	W 28–27	39,212
November 19	3:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ACCRSN	L 14–56	35,425
November 26	3:30 p.m.	at Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	L 21–40	57,396
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel

Roster

2016 Duke Blue Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1`	Thomas Sirk	Sr
WR	`3`	T. J. Rahming	So
WR	`5`	Johnathan Lloyd	So
RB	`6`	Nicodem Pierre	So
WR	`7`	Keyston Fuller	Fr
WR	`8`	Aaron Young	Fr
WR	`10`	Ryan Smith	Sr
WR	`11`	Scott Bracey	Fr
QB	`12`	Parker Boehme	Jr
WR	`13`	Sayvon Sampson	So
JR	`15`	Quay Mann	Jr
QB	`17`	Daniel Jones	Fr
QB	`18`	Quentin Harris	Fr
WR	`19`	Quay Chambers	Jr
RB	`22`	Brittain Brown	Fr
RB	`23`	Joseph Ajeigbe	Jr
RB	`25`	Jela Duncan	Sr
RB	`29`	Shaun Wilson	Jr
RB	`36`	Elijah Deveaux	Fr
RB	`38`	Zach Boden	Sr
RB	`45`	Griffin Carter	So
RB	`47`	Ryan Wolitzer	Fr
C	`50`	Austin Davis	Jr
C	`62`	Alex Gourley	Fr
C	`63`	Zach Harmon	So
C	`64`	Jake Brodner	Sr
G	`65`	Julian Santos	Fr
G	`66`	Jaylen Miller	Fr
G	`67`	Clark Bulleit	So
G	`69`	Zach Baker	Fr
OT	`70`	Christian Miller	So
OT	`71`	Casey Blaser	Sr
OT	`73`	Reno Rosene	Fr
G	`74`	Franklin McNeill III	So
OT	`75`	Liam Smith	Fr
OT	`76`	Gabe Bradner	Jr
OT	`77`	Robert Kraeling	Fr
G	`78`	Sterling Korona	Jr
G	`79`	Tanner Stone	Sr
TE	`80`	Daniel Helm	So
TE	`81`	Davis Koppenhaver	So
WR	`82`	Chris Taylor	So
WR	`83`	Anthony Nash	Sr
WR	`84`	Trevon Lee	So
TE	`85`	Dan Beilinson	Sr
WR	`87`	Kane Banner	Sr
TE	`88`	Erich Schneider	Sr
TE	`89`	Mark Birmingham	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`2`	Javon Jackson	Fr
CB	`4`	Myles Hudzick	Fr
CB	`9`	Jeremy McDuffie	So
S	`11`	Gio Holmes-Garrido	So
S	`13`	Jordan Hayes	Fr
CB	`14`	Bryon Fields Jr.	Jr
S	`16`	Dylan Singleton	Fr
S	`20`	Jake Kite	Jr
S	`21`	Alonzo Saxton II	Jr
LB	`24`	Zavier Carmichael	Jr
S	`26`	Corbin McCarthy	Sr
S/CB	`27`	DeVon Edwards	Sr
CB	`28`	Mark Gilbert	Fr
S	`30`	Brandon Feamster	Fr
CB	`31`	Breon Borders	Fr
LB	`32`	Brandon Hill	Fr
S	`33`	Deondre Singleton	Sr
LB	`34`	Ben Humphreys	So
CB	`35`	Antone Williams	Fr
S	`37`	Phillip Carter	Jr
CB	`39`	Zach Muniz	Jr
S	`40`	Jacob Morgenstern	Fr
LB	`41`	Xander Gagnon	Fr
LB	`43`	Tinashe Bere	So
LB	`44`	Joe Giles-Harris	Fr
S	`45`	Kyle Wellner	Sr
S	`46`	Grant Hall	Sr
LB	`49`	Koby Quansah	Fr
LB	`50`	Wyatt Smith	Sr
DE	`51`	Dominic McDonald	Jr
DT	`52`	Zach Morris	Fr
DE	`53`	Scott Jones	Fr
LB	`54`	Kevin Gehsmann	So
DT	`55`	Brandon Boyce	So
DE	`56`	Danny Doyle	So
DE	`59`	Tre Hornbuckle	Fr
DE	`60`	Noah Waddell	Fr
DE	`90`	Terrell Lucas	Fr
DE	`91`	Marquies Price	So
DT	`92`	Edgar Cerenord	So
DT	`93`	A. J. Wolf	Sr
DE	`94`	Twazanga Mugala	Fr
DT	`95`	Trevon McSwain	Fr
DE	`96`	Allen Jackson	Sr
DT	`97`	Quaven Ferguson	So
DE	`98`	Chidi Okonya	Fr
DT	`99`	Mike Ramsey	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`42`	Austin Parker	Fr
K/P	`43`	Danny Stirt	Sr
LS	`46`	Bronson Bruneau	Jr
K/P	`47`	Will Kline	Jr
K	`48`	A. J. Reed	Fr
LS	`57`	Thomas Hennessy	Sr
LS	`58`	Ben Wyatt	Fr
LS	`61`	Colin Duffy	Jr
K	`94`	Collin Wareham	Jr

Head coach

David Cutcliffe

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Duke	Alma Mater
David Cutcliffe	Head Coach	9th	Alabama (1976)
Zac Roper	Offensive Coordinator/The Baxter Family Associate head coach	9th	Ole Miss (2001)
Derek Jones	Assistant Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs	9th	Ole Miss (1996)
Jim Knowles	Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers	6th	Cornell (1987)
Ben Albert	Associate Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line	1st	Massachusetts (1995)
Jim Bridge	Special Teams Coordinator	1st	Wittenberg (1992)
Jim Collins	Defensive ends	8th	Elon (1974)
Marcus Johnson	Offensive line coach	5th	Ole Miss (2004)
Matt Guerrieri	Safeties	5th	Davidson (2011)
Re'quan Boyette	Running backs	4th	Duke (2009)
Jeffrey Faris	Wide Receivers	5th	Duke (2011)
Josh Grizzard	Offensive Graduate Assistant	4th	Yale (2012)
Eli Keimach Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine	Offensive Graduate Assistant	3rd	Massachusetts (2014)
Clayton McGrath	Defensive tackles/Graduate Assistant	4th	Brown University (2011)
Sam McGrath	Defensive Graduate Assistant	2nd	Brown University (2012)
Patrick O'Connor	Defensive Quality Control	4th	Dickinson College (2010)
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Game summaries

North Carolina Central

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	3	3	6
Blue Devils	21	28	0	0	49

Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demon Deacons	0	7	14	3	24
Blue Devils	7	0	7	0	14

At Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	0	6	13
Wildcats	7	0	10	7	24

At Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	14	14	0	10	38
Fighting Irish	14	7	7	7	35

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	6	14	7	7	34
Blue Devils	7	3	3	7	20

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Knights	0	6	0	0	6
Blue Devils	7	6	0	0	13

At Louisville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	0	0	7	14
#7 Cardinals	7	3	7	7	24

At Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	21	7	35
Yellow Jackets	14	14	3	7	38

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Hokies	7	14	0	3	24
Blue Devils	7	0	7	7	21

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Tar Heels	14	7	6	0	27
Blue Devils	0	21	7	0	28

At Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	0	0	14
Panthers	14	14	14	14	56

At Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	7	0	7	21
Hurricanes	10	6	17	7	40

Team players in the NFL

No Duke players were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.

References

^ "2016 Duke Blue Devils Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
^ "Football – 2016 Coaches". Duke University Department of Athletics. Retrieved February 6, 2016.

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