2012 Duke Blue Devils football team

The Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blue Devils were led by fifth year head coach David Cutcliffe and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium. They were a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 3–5 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Belk Bowl, the program's first bowl game since 1995, where they were defeated by Cincinnati.

2012 Duke Blue Devils football
Belk Bowl, L 34–48 vs. Cincinnati
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Coastal Division
2012 record	6–7 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	David Cutcliffe (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kurt Roper (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (3rd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium (Capacity: 33,941)

2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 10 Florida State xy$		7	–	1					12	–	2
No. 11 Clemson x		7	–	1					11	–	2
NC State		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5					5	–	7
Maryland		2	–	6					4	–	8
Boston College		1	–	7					2	–	10
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech xy		5	–	3					7	–	7
North Carolina†		5	–	3					8	–	4
Miami‡		5	–	3					7	–	5
Virginia Tech		4	–	4					7	–	6
Duke		3	–	5					6	–	7
Virginia		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 15
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant † North Carolina ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to NCAA sanctions.[1] ‡ Miami ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to self-imposed sanctions.[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 PM	Florida International*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	W 46–26	31,117
September 8	10:30 PM	at No. 21 Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	P12N	L 13–50	44,016
September 15	7:00 PM	North Carolina Central*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Bull City Gridiron Classic)	ESPN3	W 54–17	22,829
September 22	6:00 PM	Memphis*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN3	W 38–14	23,658
September 29	12:30 PM	at Wake Forest	BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC (Tobacco Road Rivalry)	ACCN	W 34–27	28,743
October 6	3:00 PM	Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCRN	W 42–17	26,856
October 13	12:30 PM	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ACCN	L 20–41	65,632
October 20	7:00 PM	North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	ESPNU	W 33–30	33,941
October 27	3:30 PM	at No. 10 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPNU	L 7–48	71,467
November 3	7:00 PM	No. 9 Clemson	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ESPN2	L 20–56	31,894
November 17	3:30 PM	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPNU	L 24–42	41,904
November 24	12:30 PM	Miami (FL)	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ACCN	L 45–52	26,895
December 27	6:30 PM	vs. Cincinnati*	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC (Belk Bowl)	ESPN	L 34–48	48,128
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Game summaries

Florida International

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	7	0	12	26
Blue Devils	7	30	7	2	46

See also: 2012 FIU Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1-0	2011	31-27

at No. 21 Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	3	10	0	13
No. 21 Cardinal	13	10	20	7	50

See also: 2012 Stanford Cardinal football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1-2	2011	STAN, 44-14

North Carolina Central

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	3	0	7	17
Blue Devils	17	10	14	13	54

See also: 2012 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1-0	2009	DUKE, 49-14

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	14	0	0	14
Blue Devils	0	17	7	14	38

See also: 2012 Memphis Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	10	3	7	14	34
Demon Deacons	7	3	10	7	27

See also: 2012 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–37–2	2011	WAKE, 24-23

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cavaliers	14	3	0	0	17
Blue Devils	14	0	14	14	42

See also: 2012 Virginia Cavaliers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–33	2011	VIRG, 31-21

at Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	20	0	0	0	20
Hokies	7	10	17	7	41

See also: 2012 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–12	2011	VT, 14-10

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tar Heels	3	3	3	21	30
Blue Devils	10	10	3	10	33

See also: 2012 North Carolina Tar Heels football team and Victory Bell (North Carolina–Duke)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
35–58–5	2011	DUKE, 37-21

at. No. 10 Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	0	0	7
No. 10 Seminoles	17	14	14	3	48

See also: 2012 Florida State Seminoles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-17	2011	FSU, 41-16

No. 9 Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Tigers	28	14	7	7	56
Blue Devils	10	7	3	0	20

See also: 2012 Clemson Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16-35-1	2008	CLEM, 31-7

at Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	7	10	7	0	24
Yellow Jackets	7	14	7	14	42

See also: 2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–48–1	2011	GT, 38-31

Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	14	14	17	7	52
Blue Devils	3	7	14	21	45

See also: 2012 Miami Hurricanes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–8	2011	MIA, 49-14

vs. Cincinnati (Belk Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	3	14	10	21	48
Bearcats	16	0	8	10	34

See also: 2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team and 2012 Belk Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

References

1. "2018 ACC Media Guide" (PDF). theacc.com. ACC. p. 115. Retrieved December 10, 2018.