These are no longer David Cutcliffe’s Blue Devils, who in his 14 years as the Duke head coach finished with a 0.443 win/loss record at 77-97.
Second-year coach Mike Elko, who was previously Jimbo Fisher’s DC (2018-2021) at Texas A&M as well as DC at Notre Dame and Wake Forest, lit a fire into the Duke football program in his first outing last season, finishing with a 9-4 record and a 30-13 Military Bowl win against UCF.
While it was impressive considering Duke’s history, one should consider seven of the Blue Devils’ wins came against teams who finished the 2022 season with a sub .