DURHAM, N.C. -- David Cutcliffe will open his ninth season as Duke’s head football coach Saturday when the Blue Devils kick off the 2016 season against cross-city rival N.C. Central.
Cutcliffe will be seeking his fifth straight bowl trip after last year’s team ended the 2015 season with an overtime victory over Indiana in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium – Duke’s first bowl win since the 1961 Cotton Bowl.
“Defense, offense, kicking – we’ve got a lot to learn about our team, but it’s time to play games and see how well that we can play,” the Blue Devil coach said.