Duke football has a 5-0 record for the first time since 1994

With Saturday’s dramatic 21-20 win over the North Carolina Tar Heels, the Blue Devils are 5-0 for the first time this century.

For the first time in 30 years, the Duke Blue Devils are undefeated through Week 5 of the college football season.

Duke stormed back on its home turf against the North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday, scoring three unanswered touchdowns in the second half to erase a 20-0 deficit. The Blue Devils hadn’t beaten UNC since 2018, and the Victory Bell resides in Durham now once again.

Thanks to that comeback effort and an overtime victory over the Northwestern Wildcats in Week 2, among other performances, head coach Manny Diaz has five straight wins to begin his Duke tenure.

The last time the Blue Devils opened a season with five straight wins was all the way back in 1994. Duke actually started 7-0 that season, although the team lost four of its last five games to finish 8-4. Fred Goldsmith, the coach of that year’s team, was also in his first season.

The Blue Devils travel to Georgia Tech next weekend to see if they can keep pace with that 1994 team for another week.