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Duke football bowl history: Every bowl game the Blue Devils have played in

By Josh Yourish

Nov 10, 2018; Durham, NC, USA; Duke Blue Devils quarterback Daniel Jones passes the football in the second half against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Duke Blue Devils won 42-35. Mandatory Credit: Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 10, 2018; Durham, NC, USA; Duke Blue Devils quarterback Daniel Jones passes the football in the second half against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Duke Blue Devils won 42-35. Mandatory Credit: Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports /
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One thing is for certain, Duke is a basketball school, but with Riley Leonard at quarterback in 2023, the Duke football program has started to get more notoriety. In 2022, Leonard led Duke back to a bowl game for the first time since 2018 with a win in the Military Bowl.

That was Mike Elko’s first season at the helm and Elko could be the man to turn Duke into a two-sport contender in the ACC and the country.

The Blue Devils have ended their season with a bowl game just 15 times in history with the first appearance coming courtesy of head coach Wallace Wade. The current stadium’s namesake led Duke to the 1939 Rose Bowl. Mike Elko has the most recent appearance, just last season.

Duke’s longest streak of consecutive bowl game appearances was four straight and came from 2012 through 2015 under David Cutcliffe.

Now, let’s dig into every bowl game appearance in the history of Duke Football and start all the way back in 1939.

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