2005 Duke

1–⁠10 (0–⁠8 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Ted Roof. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat VMI 40–⁠14Sep 17
By 26 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 3	atEast Carolina	L 21–⁠24	48%
Sep 10	vs7Virginia Tech	L 0–⁠45	22%
Sep 17	vsVMI	W 40–⁠14	80%
Sep 24	at23Virginia	L 7–⁠38	16%
Oct 1	vsNavy	L 21–⁠28	39%
Oct 8	at9Miami	L 7–⁠52	9%
Oct 15	vsGeorgia Tech	L 10–⁠35	27%
Oct 22	vs11Florida State	L 24–⁠55	16%
Oct 29	vsWake Forest	L 6–⁠44	41%
Nov 5	atClemson	L 20–⁠49	13%
Nov 19	atNorth Carolina	L 21–⁠24	17%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 24–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 108 on file).

Record: 1–⁠10
Conference: 0–⁠8 12th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final: Unranked
Points: 177–⁠408
Coach: Ted Roof
Elo: 1281 −115 this season
SP+ rating: -20.2 No. 108 of 118; offense No. 107, defense No. 102
SRS: −14.6 No. 104 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class: No. 55

Offensive coordinator: Bill O’Brien
Defensive coordinators: Scott Brown and Jerry Azzinaro
Captains: Phillip Alexander, Brendan Dewan and Ronnie Elliott
Most valuable player: John Talley
Offense: Pro-style
Defense: Multiple 4–⁠3

How good, play by play

Offense96th of 119
Defense85th of 119

	EPA per play	Success	Explosiveness	FBS rank
Offense		0.01	31%	0.99	96th of 119
Defense		0.10	44%	1.01	85th of 119

How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

	Points per trip inside the 40	Average start	Havoc
Offense		0.0	own 28	2% allowed
Defense		0.0	own 35	2% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2005 class

Vince Oghobaase DT	★★★★	No. 109
Zack Asack DUAL	★★★	No. 829
Eron Riley WR	★★	No. 1132
Ben Loebner OT	★★	No. 1132
Kinney Rucker ILB	★★	No. 1132

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2005 class by position

	Signed	Stars	Rating
Quarterbacks	1	3.0	0.811
Running backs	1	2.0	0.744
Receivers	3	2.0	0.744
Offensive line	2	2.0	0.761
Defensive line	2	3.0	0.832
Linebackers	3	2.0	0.744
Defensive backs	2	2.0	0.733
Athletes and specialists	1	2.0	0.744
Whole class	15	2.2	0.761

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

John TalleyDBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 2005 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2005 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Virginia Tech	7–⁠1	11–⁠2	7
Miami	6–⁠2	9–⁠3	17
Boston College	5–⁠3	9–⁠3	18
Florida State	5–⁠3	8–⁠5	23
Georgia Tech	5–⁠3	7–⁠5
Clemson	4–⁠4	8–⁠4	21
North Carolina	4–⁠4	5–⁠6
NC State	3–⁠5	7–⁠5
Virginia	3–⁠5	7–⁠5
Maryland	3–⁠5	5–⁠6
Wake Forest	3–⁠5	4–⁠7
Duke	0–⁠8	1–⁠10

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