2009 Duke Blue Devils football team
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The 2009 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University
in its 57th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference
in its Coastal Division. The Blue Devils were led by second-year head coach David Cutcliffe
. The Blue Devils finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in ACC
play and failed to quaily for a bowl game for the 15th straight season.
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
in its 57th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
in its Coastal Division. The Blue Devils were led by second-year head coach David Cutcliffe
David Cutcliffe
David Cutcliffe is the head football coach of the Duke University Blue Devils. He is best known for coaching Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning at the University of Tennessee, and Manning's younger brother and fellow Super Bowl Champion Eli at the University of Mississippi...
. The Blue Devils finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in ACC
2009 ACC football season
The 2009 ACC football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 3, 2009, to January 5, 2010. The Atlantic Coast Conference consists of 12 members in two divisions. The Atlantic division consists of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State and...
play and failed to quaily for a bowl game for the 15th straight season.