The 2023 season's largest margin: Duke 42, Lafayette 7. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Winning Chapter
Duke's 2023 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
- Riley LeonardQB1,102 passing yards
- Grayson LoftisQB1,006 passing yards
- Jordan WatersRB819 rushing yards
- Jaquez MooreRB674 rushing yards
- Jordan MooreWR835 receiving yards
- Jalon CalhounWR666 receiving yards
- Sahmir HagansWR260 receiving yards
- Tre FreemanLB95 tackles
- Jaylen StinsonS79 tackles
- Nick Morris Jr.LB57 tackles
- RJ ObenDL5 sacks
- Aeneas PeeblesDL5 sacks
- Terry MooreS2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Duke 0, Louisville 23. A 23-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Duke beat Troy 17-10 in the postseason.
"Go Duke"
2023 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.