1970 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1970 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth year under head coach Tom Harp, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a conference record of 5–2, and finished tied for second in the ACC.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	vs. Florida*	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL	L 19–21	53,841	^[1]
September 19	Maryland	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 13–12	12,877	^[2]
September 26	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 17–7	24,478	^[3]
October 3	at No. 1 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 10–34	86,123	^[4]
October 10	at No. 11 West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 21–13	35,000	^[5]
October 17	at NC State	Carter Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 22–6	26,400	^[6]
October 24	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 21–10	29,581	^[7]^[8]
October 31	Georgia Tech*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 16–24	32,650	^[9]
November 7	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 14–28	28,600	^[10]
November 14	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 42–38	42,454	^[11]
November 21	at North Carolina	Kenan Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	L 34–59	48,600	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1970 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Wake Forest $	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Duke	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
NC State	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Maryland	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll