Duke football will play at least one football game on national television in 2024.
The Blue Devils will host Florida State at 7 p.m. on October 18, and ESPN announced on Thursday that the game would be televised on ESPN2.
The Seminoles went undefeated in the 2023 regular season and won the conference championship game, but the Blue Devils gave them all they could handle in their home stadium last fall.
Duke built a 17-7 lead early in the second quarter and led by three points at halftime, but an injury to quarterback Riley Leonard helped the Seminoles mount a massive comeback for an 18-point victory.
However, both teams will look quite different in 2024. Leonard and former Duke head coach Mike Elko both left for different programs, and Florida State lost stars like edge rusher Jared Verse, wide receiver Keon Coleman, and quarterback Jordan Travis to the NFL.
In their place, the Seminoles and new quarterback DJ Uiagalelei (yes, the former Clemson Tiger) will battle new Duke passer Maalik Murphy.
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The game will be Duke’s seventh game of the season and the Blue Devils’ third conference battle of the 2024 season.