2005 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 2005 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Ted Roof. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

2005 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
Record	1–10 (0–8 ACC)
Head coach	Ted Roof (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill O'Brien (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Co-defensive coordinator	Scott Brown (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Jerry Azzinaro (2nd season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–3
MVP	John Talley
Captain	Phillip Alexander, Brendan Dewan, Ronnie Elliott
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium

2005 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 23 Florida State xy$		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 18 Boston College x		5	–	3					9	–	3
No. 21 Clemson		4	–	4					8	–	4
Wake Forest		3	–	5					4	–	7
NC State		3	–	5					7	–	5
Maryland		3	–	5					5	–	6
Coastal Division
No. 7 Virginia Tech x		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 17 Miami (FL)		6	–	2					9	–	3
Georgia Tech		5	–	3					7	–	5
North Carolina		4	–	4					5	–	6
Virginia		3	–	5					7	–	5
Duke		0	–	8					1	–	10
Championship: Florida State 27, Virginia Tech 22
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	1:00 pm	at East Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CSTV	L 21–24	35,107
September 10	12:00 pm	No. 7 Virginia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	L 0–45	25,014
September 17	1:00 pm	VMI*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 40–14	10,126
September 24	3:30 pm	at No. 23 Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN360	L 7–38	61,021
October 1	1:00 pm	Navy*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 21–28	15,246
October 8	3:30 pm	at No. 9 Miami (FL)	Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPNU	L 7–52	40,315
October 15	3:30 pm	Georgia Tech	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 10–35	17,451
October 22	3:30 pm	No. 11 Florida State	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 24–55	21,731
October 29	12:00 pm	Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 6–44	15,347
November 5	1:00 pm	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 20–49	77,278
November 19	1:00 pm	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)		L 21–24	55,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time