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2011 Duke Blue Devils football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2011
team	Duke Blue Devils
sport	football
image	Duke Athletics logo.svg
image_size	125
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
division	Coastal Division
short_conf	ACC
record	3–9
conf_record	1–7
head_coach	David Cutcliffe
hc_year	4th
off_coach	Kurt Roper
oc_year	4th
off_scheme	Multiple
def_coach	Jim Knowles
dc_year	2nd
def_scheme	Multiple
mvp	Matt Daniels
captain	Matt Daniels
captain2	Charlie Hatcher
captain3	Kyle Hill
captain4	Sean Renfree
stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium

The 2011 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The Blue Devils were led by fourth-year head coach David Cutcliffe and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium. Duke finished the season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last in the Coastal Division.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Richmond

;First quarter

No scoring ;Second quarter
RICHMOND – Stephen Barnette 6-yard TD pass from Aaron Corp (Remington Hinshaw kick), 14:56
DUKE – Desmond Scott 29-yard TD run (Will Snyderwine kick), 12:57
RICHMOND – Remington Hinshaw 29-yard field goal, 4:18 ;Third quarter
DUKE – Brandon Connette 6-yard TD run (Will Snyderwine kick), 8:23
RICHMOND – Kendall Gaskins 8-yard TD run (Remington Hinshaw kick), 5:15
DUKE – Anthony Boone 3-yard TD run (Will Snyderwine kick), 0:39 ;Fourth quarter
RICHMOND – Garrett Turner 1-yard TD run (PAT failed), 10:12 ;Top passers
RICHMOND – Aaron Corp – 14/31, 193 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 23/33, 201 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT ;Top rushers
RICHMOND – Kendall Gaskins – 67 yards, 1 TD
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 86 yards ;Top receivers
RICHMOND – Tre Gray – 129 yards
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 78 yards Despite high expectations, Duke lost to FCS opponent Richmond for the third time in six seasons. Down by 2, the Blue Devils missed a 28-yard field goal to take the lead with less than 2 minutes left in the game.

Stanford

;First quarter

STANFORD – Coby Fleener 3-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 10:01 ;Second quarter
STANFORD – Jordan Williamson 40-yard field goal, 12:01
DUKE – Lee Butler 76-yard interception return (Will Snyderwine kick), 2:14
STANFORD – Chris Owusu 10-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 0:39 ;Third quarter
STANFORD – Coby Fleener 60-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 6:41
STANFORD – Jeremy Stewart 30-yard run (Pat failed), 4:06 ;Fourth quarter
STANFORD – Zach Ertz 3-yard pass from Andrew Luck (Jordan Williamson kick), 14:56
STANFORD – Tyler Gaffney 1-yard run (Jordan Williamson kick), 8:00
DUKE – Anthony Boone 2-yard run (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 0:57 ;Top passers
STANFORD – Andrew Luck – 20/28, 290 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 19/27, 179 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT ;Top rushers
STANFORD – Stepfan Taylor – 75 yards
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 43 yards ;Top receivers
STANFORD – Chris Owusu – 106 yards, 1 TD
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 98 yards Although the Blue Devils kept the first half close, Stanford opened up the game in the second half. The last win for Duke against a top-10 nonconference game was against Stanford in 1971.

Boston College

;First quarter

BC – Tahj Kimble 31-yard pass from Chase Rettig (Nate Freese kick), 5:57 ;Second quarter
BC – Nate Freese 43-yard field goal, 10:44
DUKE – Conner Vernon 53-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 8:31
BC – Nate Freese 47-yard field goal, 4:03
BC – Andre Williams 7-yard run (Pat failed), 1:21
DUKE – Conner Vernon 21-yard pass from Sean Renfree (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 0:30 ;Third quarter
No scoring ;Fourth quarter
DUKE – Sean Renfree 1-yard run (Two-Point conversion failed), 9:57 ;Top passers
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 41/53, 368 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
BC – Chase Rettig – 17/33, 247 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT ;Top rushers
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 54 yards
BC – Andre Williams – 56 yards, 1 TD ;Top receivers
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 116 yards, 2 TD
BC – Larmond – 87 yards In its conference opener, Duke broke through for its first win of the season. Sean Renfree set a Duke record with 41 completions, and BC missed a go-ahead 23-yard field goal with 43 seconds left in the game.

Tulane

;First quarter

DUKE – Juwan Thompson 1-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 11:25
TULANE – Ryan Travis 23-yard interception return (Cairo Santos kick), 8:22
DUKE – Juwan Thompson 20-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 7:27
DUKE – Conner Vernon recovered fumble in end zone (Will Snyderwine kick), 2:45 ;Second quarter
TULANE – Cairo Santos 20-yard field goal, 14:24
DUKE – Will Snyderwine 40-yard field goal, 11:23
DUKE – Sean Renfree 2-yard run (Will Snyderwine kick), 1:33 ;Third quarter
DUKE – Jay Hollingsworth 3-yard run (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 10:22
TULANE – Cairo Santos 49-yard field goal, 8:17
DUKE – Sean Renfree 7-yard run (Jeffrey Ijjas kick), 1:57 ;Fourth quarter
DUKE – Jeffrey Ijjas 26-yard field goal, 13:19
TULANE – Brock Sanders 2-yard pass from Ryan Griffin (Cairo Santos kick), 10:37
TULANE – Robert Kelley 7-yard run (Cairo Santos kick), 2:09 ;Top passers
TULANE – Ryan Griffin – 14/29, 188 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
DUKE – Sean Renfree – 21/30, 278 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT ;Top rushers
TULANE – Brandon LeBeau – 26 yards
DUKE – Juwan Thompson – 69 yards, 2 TD ;Top receivers
TULANE – Justyn Shackleford – 59 yards
DUKE – Conner Vernon – 96 yards, 1 TD Following up on a win at BC, Duke scored 5 rushing touchdowns to defeat Tulane by 21 points. Duke's offense was not forced to punt until the fourth quarter.