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Following Bye Week Duke Topped Boston College 38-31 On Friday In Chestnut Hill Massachusetts, Became Bowl Eligible In Mike Elko's Inaugural Season As Duke's Head Coach

Following bye week Duke topped Boston College on Friday 38-31 in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts became bowl eligible in Mike Elko’s inaugural season as Duke’s Head Coach.

In Duke’s 38-31 win over Boston College where they became bowl eligible Riley Leonard had 60 yard run for Touchdown, Todd Pelino kicked extra point in 1st quarter giving Duke a 7-0 lead before Boston College responded with touchdown of their own as Zay Flowers caught 2 yard pass from Emmett Morehead, Connor Lytton kicked extra point before Duke took the lead again on Todd Pelino kicking 39 yard field goal. In the 2nd quarter Jordan Waters ran for 7 yard touchdown, Todd Pelino kicked extra point to extend Duke’s lead over Boston College 17-7 before Sahmir Hagans caught 8 yard pass from Riley Leonard Todd Pelino kicked extra point to exted Duke’s lead over Boston College 24-7 before Boston College responded with touchdown, kicked extra point of their own as Joseph Griffin Jr. caught 2 yard pass from Emmett Morehead, Connor Lytton kicked extra point to trim Boston College deficit 24-10 before halftime. In the 3rd quarter both Duke, Boston College each scored a touchdown as Jaquez Moore ran for 24 yard touchdown, Todd Pelino kicked extra point to extend Duke’s lead 31-14 before Boston College answered with touchdown of their own as Zay Flowers caught 18 yard pass from Emmett Morehead , Connor Lytton kicked extra point to trim Boston College deficit to 10 at 31-21. In the 4th quarter Jaquez Moore ran for 2 yard touchdown, Todd Pelino kicked extra point extending Duke’s lead over Boston College 38-21 before Boston College scored touchdown as Joseph Griffin Jr. caught 26 yard pass from Emmett Morehead, Connor Lytton kicked extra point to trim Boston College deficit to 10 points at 38-28 before they cut the deficit to 7 with Connor Lyton 34 yard field goal . Though, that would be it as Boston College would score with 17 seconds remaining in the game.

“According to espn.com”

Following Duke topping Boston College 38-31 on Friday in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts becoming bowl eligible in Mike Elko’s inaugural season as Head Coach Mike Elko had this to say!

Just a really monumental night for our program,”For us to come from where we were 10 months ago to here, bowl eligible with three games to go. Just a testament to everybody in our program and our university from the top down.”

“According to article on espn.com”

Duke is now going to prepare to host Virginia Tech Saturday in Durham!

Kickoff is set for 12:00pm from Brooks Field @Wallace Wade Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on Regional Sports Network!