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1983 Duke

3–⁠8 (3–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Steve Sloan.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1983, game by game: lost at Virginia 30–38; lost at Indiana 10–15; lost vs. South Carolina 24–31; lost vs. No. 15 Miami 17–56; lost at Virginia Tech 14–27; lost vs. Clemson 31–38; lost at No. 15 Maryland 3–38; won vs. Georgia Tech 32–26; won at Wake Forest 31–21; won vs. NC State 27–26; lost at North Carolina 27–34+10−39Lost 30–38 at Virginia-8VirginiaLost 10–15 at Indiana-5IndianaLost 24–31 vs. South Carolina-7South CarolinaLost 17–56 vs. No. 15 Miami-39No. 15 MiamiLost 14–27 at Virginia Tech-13Virginia TechLost 31–38 vs. Clemson-7ClemsonLost 3–38 at No. 15 Maryland-35No. 15 MarylandWon 32–26 vs. Georgia Tech+6Georgia TechWon 31–21 at Wake Forest+10Wake ForestWon 27–26 vs. NC State+1NC StateLost 27–34 at North Carolina-7North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atVirginiaL 30–⁠3861%
Sep 10atIndianaL 10–⁠1549%
Sep 17vsSouth CarolinaL 24–⁠3157%
Oct 1vs15MiamiL 17–⁠5632%
Oct 8atVirginia TechL 14–⁠2728%
Oct 15vsClemsonL 31–⁠3826%
Oct 22at15MarylandL 3–⁠3816%
Oct 29vsGeorgia TechW 32–⁠2655%
Nov 5atWake ForestW 31–⁠2142%
Nov 10vsNC StateW 27–⁠2657%
Nov 19atNorth CarolinaL 27–⁠3419%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 34–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1983.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
246–⁠350
Coach
Steve Sloan
Elo
1448 −81 this season
SP+ rating
-7.0 No. 78 of 108; offense No. 42, defense No. 98
SRS
−3.9 No. 69 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Cropp
Defensive coordinator
Richard Bell
Captains
Phil Ebinger, Ben Bennett, Mike Grayson and Bill Smith
Most valuable player
Mike Grayson

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 6Ben Bennett QBAtlanta Falcons

All-ACC

5 first team

First team

  • Mike MilitelloWRAP
  • Philip EbingerCAP
  • Scott RussellTEAP
  • Ben BennettQBAP
  • Mike GraysonRBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson7–⁠09–⁠1–⁠111
Maryland5–⁠18–⁠4
North Carolina4–⁠38–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠33–⁠8
Virginia3–⁠46–⁠5
Duke3–⁠43–⁠8
Wake Forest1–⁠64–⁠7
NC State1–⁠63–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.