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1987 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1987 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Steve Spurrier, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, and finished seventh in the ACC. Duke played home games at Wallace Wade StadiuminDurham, North Carolina.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Colgate*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 41–6	18,300	[1]
September 12	Northwestern*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 31–16	19,600	[2]
September 19	Vanderbilt*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 35–31	23,100	[3]
September 26	atVirginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 17–42	35,500	[4]
October 3	atRutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 0–7	13,247	[5]
October 17	at No. 7Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 10–17	70,294	[6]
October 24	atMaryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 22–23	37,400	[7]
October 31	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 48–14	30,800	[8]
November 7	atWake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 27–30	23,500	[9]
November 14	NC State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 45–47	24,700	[10]
November 21	atNorth Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	W 25–10	46,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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