1983 Duke Blue Devils football team

1983 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record3–8 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn Cropp (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRichard Bell (1st season)
MVPMike Grayson
CaptainPhil Ebinger, Ben Bennett, Mike Grayson, Bill Smith
Home stadiumWallace Wade Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland $ 5 0 0 8 4 0
North Carolina 4 2 0 8 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 2 0 3 8 0
Virginia 3 3 0 6 5 0
Duke 3 3 0 3 8 0
Wake Forest 1 5 0 4 7 0
NC State 1 5 0 3 8 0
No. 11 Clemson * 0 0 0 9 1 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Clemson was under NCAA and ACC probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. As a result, their ACC games did not count in the league standings.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

  1. ^ Williams, Larry (2012). The Danny Ford Years at Clemson.