The 2018 season's largest margin: Duke 55, North Carolina Central 13. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Winning Chapter
Duke's 2018 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Daniel JonesQB2,674 passing yards
- Quentin HarrisQB437 passing yards
- Deon JacksonRB847 rushing yards
- Brittain BrownRB369 rushing yards
- T.J. RahmingWR811 receiving yards
- Johnathan LloydWR604 receiving yards
- Chris TaylorWR419 receiving yards
- Joe Giles-HarrisLB81 tackles
- Dylan SingletonS73 tackles
- Marquis WatersDB68 tackles
- Victor DimukejeDE3.5 sacks
- Chris Rumph IIDE3 sacks
- Drew JordanDE2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Duke 7, Wake Forest 59. A 52-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Duke beat Temple 56-27 in the postseason.
"Go Duke"
2018 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.