1983 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1983 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 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Steve Sloan, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 3–8, with a conference record of 3–3, and finished tied for fourth in the ACC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		L 30–38	28,947	[2]
September 10	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 10–15	41,120	[3]
September 17	South Carolina*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 24–31	20,500	[4]
October 1	No. 15 Miami (FL)*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ABC	L 17–56	28,750	[5]
October 8	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		L 14–27	40,700	[6]
October 15	Clemson*A	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 31–38	19,300	[7]
October 22	at No. 15 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 3–38	40,100	[8]
October 29	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 32–26	17,650	[9]
November 5	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 31–21	21,400	[10]
November 10	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	TBS	W 27–26	19,100	[11]
November 19	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)		L 27–34	49,500	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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^ Clemson was under NCAA probation, therefore this game did not count in the league standings.^[1]

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