Duke Basketball Report · Nov 1, 2018
Jim On Duke Football’s Last Win Over Miami
ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 13: Chris Rumph #96 of the Duke Blue Devils celebrates after the game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on October 13, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.Remember 1976? The Bicentennial Year?
Gerald Ford was president, disco ruled and the Cincinnati Reds were the Big Red Machine. Thurman Munson was the American League Most Valuable Player.
And Miami football wasn’t Miami football.
Oh, they had a football team. But they were not yet the U. National championships, Heisman trophies and turnover chains were in the future.
So, when Duke went south to play Miami for the first time, on October 9, Duke wasn’t playing an 800-pound gorilla, just another struggling football program.