Duke Topped Northwestern 31-23 Saturday! Mike Elko Acquired His First Road Win As Duke's Head Coach As Jaylen Stinson Forced Evan Hull Fumble , Brandon Johnson Recovered Evan Hull Fumble
Duke topped Northwestern 31-23 Saturday! Mike Elko acquired his first road win as Head Coach Of Duke as Jaylen Stinson forced fumble Evan Hall fumble on 1 yard line. Brandon Johnson recovered Evan Hull fumble.
Where?
1 Yard Line in Evanston Illinois!
Before that jumped ed out to a quick 21-0 edge following a rushing score by redshirt junior Jaylen Coleman and two from Waters.
Northwestern found the end zone midway through the second quarter after a six-yard rushing score by Hull, cutting into the Duke advantage at 21-7.
The home side then added a 34-yard field goal with 30 seconds left in the half to pull within 21-10 at the break.
With two minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Wildcats rushed in from 39-yards out to bring them within 21-16 … Northwestern failed its two-point conversion attempt.
The Blue Devils responded with an eight-play, 77-yard touchdown drive, capped by an eight-yard reception by sophomore Jordan Moore to extend their lead to 28-16.
The Wildcats answered with a 14-yard catch-and-score to cut the edge down to 28-23 with 5:49 remaining.
Duke was forced to punt on its ensuing drive, but Johnson intercepted Northwestern quarterback Ryan Hilinski at the Wildcats' 25-yard line to hand the Blue Devils good field positions with under four-and-a-half minutes left to play.
Redshirt junior Charlie Ham would convert on an 18-yard field goal for Duke to extend the lead to eight points.
Northwestern would try to counter on its final drive, but Johnson's fumble recovery would secure the win for the visitors.
Saturday's game marked the second consecutive in which Duke scored a touchdown on its opening drive … the Blue Devils are now 12-1 since 2017 when that happens.
Coleman's 16-yard rushing score was the second touchdown of his career.
Waters earned his first career multi-score game after scampering in from 42- and 3-yards out.
Leonard and Pancol connected on an 81-yard reception at the end of the first quarter which set up Waters' second touchdown of the game … both the pass and reception were career highs.
For the second-straight game, Leonard surpasses 200 yards passing.
Joiner's 14 tackles marked the 11th time the Roanoke, Ala., native recorded double-digit tackles.
Stinson finished with a career-high 11 tackles for his first double-digit tackle performance.
Heyward posted 2.0 tackles for loss to pull within one of breaking into Duke's top 15.
“According to goduke.com”
After Duke’s 31-23 over Northwestern Brandon Johnson who recovered Evan Hall’s fumble had this to say. I was in a position to make plays for my team. So I was thinking about winning the game. I thought about that play helping my team win the game.
“According to Stephen Wiseman’s article on newsobersever .com”
Duke is now going to prepare to host NC A&T on Saturday in Durham.
Duke, NC A&T are going to kickoff at 6:00pm from Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network Extra, ESPN+!