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1988 Duke

7–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Steve Spurrier.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1988, game by game: won at Northwestern 31–21; won at Tennessee 31–26; won vs. The Citadel 41–17; won vs. Virginia 38–34; won at Vanderbilt 17–15; lost at No. 11 Clemson 17–49; lost vs. Maryland 24–34; won at Georgia Tech 31–21; lost vs. Wake Forest 16–35; tied at NC State 43–43; won vs. North Carolina 35–29+24−32Won 31–21 at Northwestern+10NorthwesternWon 31–26 at Tennessee+5TennesseeWon 41–17 vs. The Citadel+24The CitadelWon 38–34 vs. Virginia+4VirginiaWon 17–15 at Vanderbilt+2VanderbiltLost 17–49 at No. 11 Clemson-32No. 11 ClemsonLost 24–34 vs. Maryland-10MarylandWon 31–21 at Georgia Tech+10Georgia TechLost 16–35 vs. Wake Forest-19Wake ForestTied 43–43 at NC State0NC StateWon 35–29 vs. North Carolina+6North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atNorthwesternW 31–⁠2153%
Sep 10atTennesseeW 31–⁠2630%
Sep 17vsThe CitadelW 41–⁠1786%
Sep 24vsVirginiaW 38–⁠3462%
Oct 1atVanderbiltW 17–⁠1555%
Oct 15at11ClemsonL 17–⁠4930%
Oct 22vsMarylandL 24–⁠3468%
Oct 29atGeorgia TechW 31–⁠2154%
Nov 5vsWake ForestL 16–⁠3565%
Nov 12atNC StateT 43–⁠4337%
Nov 19vsNorth CarolinaW 35–⁠2973%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 35–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

Record
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
324–⁠324
Coach
Steve Spurrier
Elo
1499 +18 this season
SP+ rating
-4.6 No. 68 of 102; offense No. 25, defense No. 91
SRS
−0.4 No. 57 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Rick Johnson
Captains
Wayne Charles, Anthony Dilweg and Jeff Patten
Most valuable player
Anthony Dilweg
Offense
Fun and gun
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 3Anthony Dilweg QBGreen Bay Packers

All-ACC

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠110–⁠29
Virginia5–⁠27–⁠4
NC State4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
Wake Forest4–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Maryland4–⁠35–⁠6
Duke3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina1–⁠61–⁠10
Georgia Tech0–⁠73–⁠8

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