Duke vs. Stanford

Duke and Stanford have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1971; Stanford leads the series 3–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Stanford 3–⁠2.

Scheduled 2027 at Stanford; 2029 at Duke. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Duke wins
2
Stanford wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1971
Longest streak
3 Stanford
Current streak
1 Duke
Last 10 meetings
Stanford 3–⁠2
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s1–⁠1
2010s0–⁠2
2020s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Duke 1, Stanford 0
Average margin
21 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Duke
1–⁠2 Duke’s record at home
At Stanford
1–⁠1 Stanford’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Duke’s biggest win2026: Duke 35, Stanford 7by 28 points
  2. Stanford’s biggest win2012: Stanford 50, Duke 13by 37 points
  3. Upset1971: Duke 9, Stanford 3Duke had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Ranked showdown1971: Duke 9, Stanford 3No. 19 Duke at No. 10 Stanford

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Duke and Stanford, 1971 on13001500170019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

On television

2026The CW0.2 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Sep 19, 2026Duke 35, Stanford 7at Duke
Sep 8, 201225Stanford 50, Duke 13at Stanford
Sep 10, 20116Stanford 44, Duke 14at Duke
Sep 23, 197219Stanford 10, Duke 6at Duke
Oct 2, 197119Duke 9, 10Stanford 3at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.