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1996 Duke

0–⁠11 (0–⁠8 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Fred Goldsmith.

Schedule and results

Duke in 1996, game by game: lost at No. 3 Florida State 7–44; lost vs. Northwestern 13–38; lost at Army 17–35; lost at Georgia Tech 22–48; lost at Navy 27–64; lost vs. Clemson 6–13; lost vs. Maryland 19–22; lost vs. No. 16 Virginia 3–27; lost at NC State 22–44; lost at Wake Forest 16–17; lost vs. No. 13 North Carolina 10–27+7−37Lost 7–44 at No. 3 Florida State-37No. 3 Florida StateLost 13–38 vs. Northwestern-25NorthwesternLost 17–35 at Army-18ArmyLost 22–48 at Georgia Tech-26Georgia TechLost 27–64 at Navy-37NavyLost 6–13 vs. Clemson-7ClemsonLost 19–22 vs. Maryland-3MarylandLost 3–27 vs. No. 16 Virginia-24No. 16 VirginiaLost 22–44 at NC State-22NC StateLost 16–17 at Wake Forest-1Wake ForestLost 10–27 vs. No. 13 North Carolina-17No. 13 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7at3Florida StateL 7–⁠4414%
Sep 14vsNorthwesternL 13–⁠3836%
Sep 21atArmyL 17–⁠3531%
Sep 26atGeorgia TechL 22–⁠4827%
Oct 5atNavyL 27–⁠6431%
Oct 12vsClemsonL 6–⁠1336%
Oct 26vsMarylandL 19–⁠2243%
Nov 2vs16VirginiaL 3–⁠2717%
Nov 9atNC StateL 22–⁠4429%
Nov 16atWake ForestL 16–⁠1744%
Nov 23vs13North CarolinaL 10–⁠2713%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 27–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 103rd-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 1996.

Record
0–⁠11
Conference
0–⁠8 9th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
162–⁠379
Coach
Fred Goldsmith
Elo
1284 −151 this season
SP+ rating
-16.2 No. 97 of 111; offense No. 89, defense No. 83
SRS
−14.3 No. 93 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Larry Beckish
Defensive coordinator
Bob Trott
Captains
Gerald Ford, Billy Granville and John Krueger
Most valuable player
Billy Granville

All-ACC

1 second team

Second team

  • John KruegerPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠011–⁠13
North Carolina6–⁠210–⁠210
Clemson6–⁠27–⁠5
Virginia5–⁠37–⁠5
Georgia Tech4–⁠45–⁠6
Maryland3–⁠55–⁠6
NC State3–⁠53–⁠8
Wake Forest1–⁠73–⁠8
Duke0–⁠80–⁠11

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