American college football season
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 .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:00 pm FIU * ESPN3 W 46–2631,117 September 8 10:30 pm at No. 21 Stanford * P12N L 13–5044,016 September 15 7:00 pm North Carolina Central * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Bull City Gridiron Classic) ESPN3 W 54–1722,829 September 22 6:00 pm Memphis * Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPN3 W 38–1423,658 September 29 12:30 pm at Wake Forest ACCN W 34–2728,743 October 6 3:00 pm Virginia Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCRN W 42–1726,856 October 13 12:30 pm at Virginia Tech ACCN L 20–4165,632 October 20 7:00 pm North Carolina ESPNU W 33–3033,941 October 27 3:30 pm at No. 10 Florida State ESPNU L 7–4871,467 November 3 7:00 pm No. 9 Clemson Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ESPN2 L 20–5631,894 November 17 3:30 pm at Georgia Tech ESPNU L 24–4241,904 November 24 12:30 pm Miami (FL) Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN L 45–5226,895 December 27 6:30 pm vs. Cincinnati * ESPN L 34–4848,128
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
North Carolina Central [ edit ] 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
at. No. 10 Florida State [ edit ] 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
Vs. Cincinnati (Belk Bowl)[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Devils 16 0 8 10 34 Bearcats 3 14 10 21 48
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