DURHAM, N.C. -- Six total home dates, including a non-conference matchup with Big Ten foe Northwestern, highlight the 2015 Duke football schedule released on Thursday by the ACC office.

Duke opens the 2015 campaign on the road at Tulane on Thursday, September 3 in New Orleans.  The Blue Devils will then enjoy the friendly confines of Wallace Wade Stadium for four consecutive weeks with home tilts against N.C. Central (Sept. 12), Northwestern (Sept. 19), Georgia Tech (Sept. 26) and Boston College (Oct. 3).

Week six features a trip to West Point, N.Y., to face Army on October 10 with the season’s lone open date the followingSaturday.  Duke then closes out the month of October with a road game at Virginia Tech (Oct. 24) and a home affair versus Miami (Oct. 31).

The Blue Devils will be on the road in three of four weeks in the final month of the regular season, starting with a Saturday, November 7 date in Chapel Hill against North Carolina.  After the campaign’s final home game – a date with Pittsburgh onNovember 14 – Duke closes the regular season at Virginia (Nov. 21) and Wake Forest (Nov. 28).

Six of Duke’s 11 FBS opponents played in a bowl game a season ago and the 12 opponents combined for a 2014 overall record of 70-81 (.464).

Coming off last year’s 9-4 campaign that included an appearance in the 81st Hyundai Sun Bowl, Duke returns 15 starters and 51 lettermen for head coach David Cutcliffe’s eighth squad.

Season tickets will go on sale Monday, February 2 and may be purchased by calling the Duke Athletic Ticket Office at 919-681-BLUE.
2015 Duke Football Schedule (2014 Record; Bowl game)

SEPTEMBER

3 – at Tulane (3-9)

12 – ^N.C. CENTRAL (7-5)

19 – #NORTHWESTERN (5-7)

26 – *GEORGIA TECH (11-3; 49-34 win over Mississippi State in Capital One Orange Bowl)

OCTOBER

3 – &BOSTON COLLEGE (7-6; 31-30 OT loss to Penn State in New Era Pinstripe Bowl)

10 – at Army (4-8)

17 – Open

24 – at Virginia Tech (7-6; 33-17 win over Cincinnati in Military Bowl)

31 – %MIAMI (6-7; 24-21 loss to South Carolina in Duck Commander Independence Bowl)

NOVEMBER

7 – at North Carolina (6-7; 40-21 loss to Rutgers in Quick Lane Bowl)

14 – ~PITTSBURGH (6-7; 35-34 loss to Houston in Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl)

21 – at Virginia (5-7)

28 – at Wake Forest (3-9)

^Employee Appreciation Day

#Scout Day/Band Day/Throwback Day

*Team Day/Cheer Day/Former Player Day

&Homecoming/Youth Day/Teacher Appreciation Day

%Iron Dukes Day/Family Weekend

~Military Appreciation Day/Senior Day