2017 The 2017 Season

Duke's 2017 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ +3.9 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Nort Cen 60-7 W vs Northw 41-17 W vs Baylor 34-20 W @ UNC 27-17 L vs Miami 6-31 L @ Virginia 21-28 L vs FSU 10-17 L vs Pittsb 17-24 L @ Virg Tec 3-24 L @ Army 16-21 W vs Geor Tec 43-20 W @ Wake For 31-23 W @ Nort Ill 36-14 CFP

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Duke 60, North Carolina Central 7. A 53-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Duke 6, Miami 31. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.

The Postseason

The season's last act: Duke beat Northern Illinois 36-14 in the postseason.

"Go Duke"
— Duke fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What It Meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Duke — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.