1972 Duke Blue Devils football team

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

1972 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#12 North Carolina †	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
#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 Albright, BobBob Albright 5.0 !Jr T 73 Baier, BenBen Baier 5.0 !Jr WR 18 Chambers, TomTom Chambers 7.0 !Sr G 77 Clayton, WillieWillie Clayton 7.0 !Sr TE 88 Devine, GeneGene Devine 3.0 !So RB 46 Jones, SteveSteve Jones 7.0 !Sr T 64 Newman, EdEd Newman 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 14 Bowers, BuckBuck Bowers 3.0 !So DE 98 Burleson, JeffJeff Burleson DE 80 Chambers, RandyRandy Chambers 7.0 !Sr LB 38 Childress, JackJack Childress 7.0 !Sr DE 87 Clark, ErnestErnest Clark 3.0 !So DB 24 Cox, ButlerButler Cox 5.0 !Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mike McGee Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt