BLUE DEVIL NATION · ACC · SINCE 1890
Duke Season by Season
Every Duke football season on one page back to 1890: won-lost records, conference records, bowl results and final rankings for all 108 of them.
SEASON BY SEASON
108 SEASONS · 1890–2026 · 531–555–29 ALL-TIME · 10 NAMED BOWL GAMES
| SEASON | RECORD | CONFERENCE | BOWL | FINAL RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 2025 | 9–5 | 6–2 | Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (W) | – |
| 2024 | 9–4 | 5–3 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (L) | – |
| 2023 | 8–5 | 4–4 | 76 Birmingham Bowl (W) | – |
| 2022 | 9–4 | 5–3 | Military Bowl Presented by Peraton (W) | – |
| 2021 | 3–9 | 0–8 | – | – |
| 2020 | 2–9 | 1–9 | – | – |
| 2019 | 5–7 | 3–5 | – | – |
| 2018 | 8–5 | 3–5 | WALK-ON'S INDEPENDENCE BOWL (W) | – |
| 2017 | 7–6 | 3–5 | QUICK LANE BOWL (W) | – |
| 2016 | 4–8 | 1–7 | – | – |
| 2015 | 8–5 | 4–4 | NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL (W) | – |
| 2014 | 9–4 | 5–3 | HYUNDAI SUN BOWL (L) | – |
| 2013 | 10–4 | 6–3 | Chick-fil-A BOWL (L) | #23 |
| 2012 | 6–7 | 3–5 | BELK BOWL (L) | – |
| 2011 | 3–9 | 1–7 | – | – |
| 2010 | 3–9 | 1–7 | – | – |
| 2009 | 5–7 | 3–5 | – | – |
| 2008 | 4–8 | 1–7 | – | – |
| 2007 | 1–11 | 0–8 | – | – |
| 2006 | 0–12 | 0–8 | – | – |
| 2005 | 1–10 | 0–8 | – | – |
| 2004 | 2–9 | 1–7 | – | – |
| 2003 | 4–8 | 2–7 | – | – |
| 2002 | 2–10 | 1–10 | – | – |
| 2001 | 0–11 | 0–9 | – | – |
| 2000 | 0–11 | 0–8 | – | – |
| 1999 | 3–8 | 3–5 | – | – |
| 1998 | 4–7 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 1997 | 2–9 | 0–8 | – | – |
| 1996 | 0–11 | 0–8 | – | – |
| 1995 | 3–8 | 1–7 | – | – |
| 1994 | 8–4 | 5–3 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1993 | 3–8 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 1992 | 2–9 | 0–8 | – | – |
| 1991 | 4–6–1 | 1–6 | – | – |
| 1990 | 4–7 | 1–6 | – | – |
| 1989 | 8–4 | 6–1 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1988 | 7–3–1 | 3–3–1 | – | – |
| 1987 | 5–6 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1986 | 4–7 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1985 | 4–7 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1984 | 2–9 | 1–6 | – | – |
| 1983 | 3–8 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1982 | 6–5 | 3–3 | – | – |
| 1981 | 6–5 | 3–3 | – | – |
| 1980 | 2–9 | 1–5 | – | – |
| 1979 | 2–8–1 | 0–6 | – | – |
| 1978 | 4–7 | 2–4 | – | – |
| 1977 | 5–6 | 2–4 | – | – |
| 1976 | 5–5–1 | 2–3–1 | – | – |
| 1975 | 4–5–2 | 3–0–2 | – | – |
| 1974 | 6–5 | 2–4 | – | – |
| 1973 | 2–8–1 | 1–4–1 | – | – |
| 1972 | 5–6 | 3–3 | – | – |
| 1971 | 6–5 | 2–3 | – | – |
| 1970 | 6–5 | 5–2 | – | – |
| 1969 | 3–6–1 | 3–3–1 | – | – |
| 1968 | 4–6 | 3–4 | – | – |
| 1967 | 4–6 | 2–4 | – | – |
| 1966 | 5–5 | 2–3 | – | – |
| 1965 | 6–4 | 4–2 | – | – |
| 1964 | 4–5–1 | 3–2–1 | – | – |
| 1963 | 5–4–1 | 5–2 | – | – |
| 1962 | 8–2 | 6–0 | – | – |
| 1961 | 7–3 | 5–1 | – | #20 |
| 1960 | 8–3 | 5–1 | Postseason (not named) | #10 |
| 1959 | 4–6 | 2–3 | – | – |
| 1958 | 5–5 | 3–2 | – | – |
| 1957 | 6–3–2 | 5–1–1 | Postseason (not named) | #16 |
| 1956 | 5–4–1 | 4–1 | – | – |
| 1955 | 7–2–1 | 4–0 | – | – |
| 1954 | 8–2–1 | 4–0 | Postseason (not named) | #14 |
| 1953 | 7–2–1 | 4–0 | – | #18 |
| 1952 | 8–2 | 5–0 | – | #16 |
| 1951 | 5–4–1 | 4–2 | – | – |
| 1950 | 7–3 | 5–2 | – | – |
| 1949 | 5–3 | 4–2 | – | – |
| 1948 | 3–3–2 | 3–2–1 | – | – |
| 1947 | 4–3–2 | 3–1–1 | – | #19 |
| 1946 | 4–5 | 3–2 | – | – |
| 1945 | 5–2 | 4–0 | – | #13 |
| 1944 | 6–3 | 4–0 | Postseason (not named) | #11 |
| 1943 | 6–1 | 4–0 | – | #7 |
| 1942 | 5–2–1 | 3–1–1 | – | – |
| 1941 | 9–1 | 5–0 | Postseason (not named) | #2 |
| 1940 | 7–2 | 4–1 | – | #18 |
| 1939 | 8–1 | 5–0 | – | #8 |
| 1938 | 9–1 | 5–0 | Postseason (not named) | #3 |
| 1937 | 7–2–1 | 5–1 | – | #20 |
| 1936 | 9–1 | 7–0 | – | #11 |
| 1935 | 8–2 | 5–0 | – | – |
| 1934 | 7–2 | 3–1 | – | – |
| 1933 | 9–1 | 4–0 | – | – |
| 1932 | 7–3 | 5–3 | – | – |
| 1931 | 5–3–2 | 3–3–1 | – | – |
| 1930 | 8–1–2 | 4–1–1 | – | – |
| 1929 | 4–6 | 2–1 | – | – |
| 1928 | 5–5 | – | – | – |
| 1927 | 4–5 | – | – | – |
| 1926 | 3–6 | – | – | – |
| 1925 | 4–5 | – | – | – |
| 1924 | 4–5 | – | – | – |
| 1923 | 5–4 | – | – | – |
| 1922 | 6–2–1 | – | – | – |
| 1921 | 2–0 | – | – | – |
| 1920 | 0–0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1890 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
Conference records aren’t recorded for earlier seasons, so those rows show overall records only.
8 further seasons include postseason games our source doesn’t name. They may be bowls, conference championship games or other postseason games, so they aren’t added to the bowl total above.
Final rankings begin with the 1936 season, when the AP poll started. Earlier seasons are blank because no poll existed, not because the team was unranked.