1972 Duke Blue Devils football team

1972 Duke Blue Devils football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–6 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Mike McGee

1972 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 North Carolina $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 17 NC State	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Maryland	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Duke	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Virginia	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/09/1972	at No. 7 Alabama	Birmingham, AL	L 12-35
09/16/1972	at No. 12 Washington	Seattle, WA	L 6-14
09/23/1972	No. 19 Stanford	Durham, NC	L 6-10
09/30/1972	Virginia	Durham, NC	W 37-13
10/07/1972	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	L 0-17
10/14/1972	at Clemson	Clemson, SC	W 7-0
10/21/1972	Maryland	Durham, NC	W 20-14
10/28/1972	vs. Navy	Norfolk, VA	W 17-16
11/04/1972	Georgia Tech	Durham, NC	W 20-14
11/11/1972	Wake Forest	Durham, NC	L 7-9
11/18/1972	at No. 16 North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	L 0-14

Roster

1972 Duke Blue Devils football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 3 Bob Albright Jr OT 73 Ben Baier Jr WR 18 Tom Chambers Sr G 77 Willie Clayton Sr TE 88 Gene Devine So RB 46 Steve Jones Sr OT 64 Ed Newman Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 14 Buck Bowers So DE 98 Jeff Burleson DE 80 Randy Chambers Sr LB 38 Jack Childress Sr DE 87 Ernest Clark So DB 24 Butler Cox Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mike McGee Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt