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The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers. The NCAA only began counting bowl games toward single-season and career statistics in 2002. [2] The Blue Devils have played in six bowl games since that time, all in the 2010s.
The Duke Blue Devils football program had a string of successful years in the late 1980s when the team's head coach was Steve Spurrier. [ 405 ] [ 406 ] Spurrier won the Heisman Trophy as a quarterback at Florida in 1966 [ 407 ] and had served as an assistant coach with the Gators, Georgia Tech and Duke as well as head coach of the USFL's Tampa ...
The Duke Blue Devils football program had a string of successful years under Steve Spurrier. Duke was Spurrier's first college head coaching position. [51] When Spurrier arrived as Duke's 17th head football coach in program history, he inherited a Duke program that was commonly viewed as the worst football program in the ACC. [52]
The Blue Devils began playing football as an independent in 1888, though the school did not field a team from 1895 to 1919. In 1930 , the program joined the Southern Conference , where they captured nine conference titles in 22 years.
Duke football begins its new era under coach Manny Diaz Friday night with a new starting quarterback, an offensive line rebuilt via the transfer portal and a vyper on defense.
Leonard played in seven games and made one start as a true freshman at Duke in 2021. For the season, he completed 37 of 62 passes for 381 yards with one touchdown and one interception . Leonard was named the starting quarterback entering his sophomore season in 2022.
This is a list of Duke Blue Devils football players in the NFL draft. Key. B ... QB 1938 6 5 45 Joe Brunansky: ... 30 1 281 Jim LaRue: Chicago Cardinals: B 1947 14 2
David Michael Brown (born February 25, 1970) [1] is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals. He played college football for the Duke Blue Devils.