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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.
John Franklin Crowell, Duke football's first head coach. The Duke Blue Devils, then known as the Trinity Blue and White, first fielded a football team in 1888, coached by John Franklin Crowell. [1] The first game against North Carolina was the first "scientific" game in the state. [2] Trinity finished the first two seasons in their football ...
Bryant became the starting quarterback at Duke midway through the 2000 season (when he was a sophomore) and continued in that role as a junior. During his junior season, he passed for 2,454 yards and 11 touchdowns. Duke's football program was somewhat less successful than the basketball program during those years.
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]
He committed to Duke University to play college football. [4] Leonard received offers to play college football from programs like Nebraska , Syracuse , and Tulane . [ 5 ] Leonard also played basketball in high school, receiving offers to play college basketball from programs like St. Mary's, North Alabama, Samford and Missouri State.
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.
This is a list of seasons completed by the Duke Blue Devils football team. Representing Duke University , the Blue Devils compete in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the NCAA Division I FBS .
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