2012 Duke Blue Devils football team

2012 Duke Blue Devils football
2012 Duke Blue Devils football
Belk Bowl, L 34–48 vs. Cincinnati
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
	Coastal Division
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
MVP	Sean Renfree
Captain	Walt Canty, Ross Cockrell, Sean Renfree, Conner Vernon
Home stadium	Wallace Wade Stadium; (capacity: 33,941)

The Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The Blue Devils were led by fifth-year head coach David Cutcliffe and played their home games at Wallace Wade Stadium They finished the season 6–7 overall and 3–5 in ACC play to place fifth 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 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

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 (FL)‡	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	FIU*	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	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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