Duke football opens its 2025 season the same way it opened 2024: by hosting the Elon Phoenix at Wallace Wade Stadium.

While the 2024 game against Elon served as coach Manny Diaz's coaching debut, with Duke winning 26-3, the Blue Devils have somewhat of a new-look squad heading into their 2025 opener, one led by Tulane transfer quarterback Darian Mensah under center. Duke also returns 14 starters from last year's 9-4 campaign, along with 28 high school signees and nine transfer portal additions.

Duke does not enter the 2025 season ranked in the Top 25 of the 2025 Preseason US LBM Coaches Poll or the preseason AP Poll, but it did receive votes in each. In the 2025 ACC Preseason Poll , the Blue Devils were slated to finish sixth in the league.

Here's when the Blue Devils and Phoenix

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