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1991 Duke

4–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Barry Wilson.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1991, game by game: tied at South Carolina 24–24; won vs. Rutgers 42–22; won vs. Colgate 42–14; lost at Virginia 3–34; won vs. Vanderbilt 17–13; won at Maryland 17–13; lost vs. Georgia Tech 6–17; lost at Wake Forest 14–31; lost vs. No. 24 NC State 31–32; lost at North Carolina 14–47; lost vs. No. 13 Clemson 21–33+28−33Tied 24–24 at South Carolina0South CarolinaWon 42–22 vs. Rutgers+20RutgersWon 42–14 vs. Colgate+28ColgateLost 3–34 at Virginia-31VirginiaWon 17–13 vs. Vanderbilt+4VanderbiltWon 17–13 at Maryland+4MarylandLost 6–17 vs. Georgia Tech-11Georgia TechLost 14–31 at Wake Forest-17Wake ForestLost 31–32 vs. No. 24 NC State-1No. 24 NC StateLost 14–47 at North Carolina-33North CarolinaLost 21–33 vs. No. 13 Clemson-12No. 13 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atSouth CarolinaT 24–⁠2436%
Sep 14vsRutgersW 42–⁠2265%
Sep 21vsColgateW 42–⁠1483%
Sep 28atVirginiaL 3–⁠3436%
Oct 5vsVanderbiltW 17–⁠1378%
Oct 26atMarylandW 17–⁠1348%
Nov 2vsGeorgia TechL 6–⁠1742%
Nov 9atWake ForestL 14–⁠3168%
Nov 16vs24NC StateL 31–⁠3236%
Nov 23atNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠4733%
Nov 30vs13ClemsonL 21–⁠3316%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 33–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 79th-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 1991.

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
231–⁠280
Coach
Barry Wilson
Elo
1410 −64 this season
SP+ rating
-8.1 No. 77 of 104; offense No. 67, defense No. 75
SRS
−5.8 No. 72 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Eddie Wilson
Defensive coordinator
Dale Strahm
Captains
Erwin Sampson and Pete Petroff
Most valuable player
Dave Brown

All-ACC

1 second team

Second team

  • Pete PetroffOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠118
NC State5–⁠29–⁠324
Georgia Tech5–⁠28–⁠5
Virginia4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠47–⁠4
Maryland2–⁠52–⁠9
Duke1–⁠64–⁠6–⁠1
Wake Forest1–⁠63–⁠8

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