Mike Elko Acquired His Inaugural Win As Head Coach Of Duke Friday As Riley Leonard, Duke Offense,Duke Defense Was On Display As They Shutout Temple 30-0 In Durham

Mike Elko acquired his inaugural win as Head Coach of Duke Friday as Riley Leonard, Duke’s offense,Duke’s defense was on display as they shutout Temple 30-0 in Durham.

Riley Leonard was 24-30 328 Yards 2 Touchdowns while completing his first 15 passes of the season.

In the first quarter of the game Jaylen Coleman had 1 yard run with before Charlie kicked the extra to give Duke a 7-0 lead before Charlie Ham added a 29 yard field goal to extend Duke’s lead to 10-0. In the second quarter Jordan Moore who before the season started was in a starting quarterback battle with Riley Leonard caught a 4 yard pass from Riley Leonard as a wide receiver before Charlie Ham added the extra point Duke’s lead over Temple 17-0 before Sahmir Hagans caught a 39 yard pass from Riley Leonard before Charlie Ham made the extra point to extend Duke’s lead 24-0 over Temple in the second quarter before Charlie Ham added 37 yard field goal in the third quarter to put Duke up 27-0 in the third quarter before Charlie Ham added a 38 yard field goal in the fourth quarter to extend Duke’s lead over Temple 30-0 .

Defensively Duke held Temple to 179 yards.

After Mike Elko acquired his inaugural win as Head Coach of Duke Friday he had this to say about the Duke offense that was led by starting quarterback Riley Leonard.

We felt like we had some things that we could do in the passing game . There were a lot of different looks that I felt we were able to throw at him. He was really confident in what we’re trying to do.

After Mike Elko acquired his inaugural win as Head Coach Riley Leonard had this to say about his teammate Jordan Moore who not only is a quarterback though, a wide receiver as well.

“Being able to put him at receiver and excel the way he does it’s so nice to for me to know that I got a guy like that to run routes and know exactly what I am thinking pre snap”

According to Stephen Wiseman’s article on newsobserver.com”

Duke is now going to prepare to hit the road for the inaugural time under Head Coach Mike Elko as they play at Northwestern Saturday September 10, 2022.

Duke, Northwestern played last season in Durham when David Cutcliffe was Head Coach!

A season ago Duke, Northwestern faced, opposed one another on the gridiron in Durham!

In that game Duke won 30-23 because high-powered first half and strong defensive lifted Duke past Northwestern, 30-23, Saturday afternoon at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium.

Graduate student quarterback Gunnar Holmberg, senior wide receiver Jake Bobo and senior running back Mataeo Durant led the offense, becoming the 17th trio in program history to record 300-plus passing yards, 100-plus receiving yards and 100-plus rushing yards, respectively, in a single game.

The Duke defense plagued Northwestern, causing five turnovers on the day. Redshirt senior safety Lummie Young IV, redshirt senior cornerback Leonard Johnson and redshirt junior cornerback Jeremiah Lewis each recorded an interception while Young IV and sophomore defensive tackle DeWayne Carterforced fumbles. Graduate student defensive end Ben Frye added recoveries on both of the fumbles.

Duke jumped out to a 27-0 lead after the opening 28 minutes following two touchdowns by Durant, a nine-yard score by freshman quarterback Jordan Mooreand two field goals from redshirt sophomore kicker Charlie Ham. Durant's two scores handed him eight on the season, with seven of those via the ground game.

The visitors were able to break through and register their first touchdown of the game to pull within 27-7 with 1:25 remaining in the half but a career-long 50-yard field goal by Ham would give the Blue Devils a 30-7 edge at the break.

Northwestern would not go away, scoring 16 points in the second half but the Duke defense would hold strong down the stretch to register its second consecutive win.

Gunnar Holmberg finished his day 31-of-44 passing for 314 yards and a touchdown. Durant led the rushing corps with 102 yards on 22 carries with a score. He also added four receptions for 41 yards and a touchdown.

Jake Bobo surpassed 100-yards receiving for the first time in his career after amassing 109 yards on Saturday. He becomes the first player to register 100-plus receiving yards since Aaron Young did so against Middle Tennessee in 2019.

In that game Northwestern lost to Duke 23-30 Despite a valiant comeback effort mounted by senior quarterback Andrew Marty, Northwestern fell 30-23 at Duke on the road on Saturday.

Marty recorded career-highs in passing yards (151), passing touchdowns (2), completions (11) and attempts (16). He rushed for another score on the ground and added 44 yards overall with his legs. He took over with Northwestern trailing 27-0 in the second quarter and in less than seven minutes of game time, reduced the deficit to 30-20.

Marshall Lang and Jacob Gill each caught their first career touchdown passes on the day. Bryce Kirtz led the receiving corps with 72 yards on three receptions. Running back Evan Hullled the offense with 80 all-purpose yards including 49 on the ground and 28 through the air.

Northwestern outgained Duke 193-138 in the second half and kept the Blue Devils off the scoreboard. The 'Cats created turnovers on the day, with Rod Heard II forcing two fumbles and Chris Bergin making an interception, the second of his career.

Four Wildcats recorded double-digit tackles on the day, led by Peter McIntyre with career-high 15, the most tackles in a game by.a Wildcat since Nov. 17, 2018, when Travis Whillock had 15. McIntyre becomes just the 14th player since at least 2000 to record 15 or more tackles in a game. Bergin tallied 13 tackles for his ninth game with 10+ tackles and third this season, while Coco Azema registered a career-high 11. Samdup Miller recorded 11 stops as well for his second career game with double digit tackles.

Senior Hunter Johnson started and threw for 75 yards. Sophomore Ryan Hilinski appeared after Marty exited the game with an upper body injury, and totalled 34 yards while leading a fourth-quarter drive to make it a one-possesion game.

McIntyre registered two TFL and so did defensive lineman Jeremy Meiser, with both counting as career-highs.

“according to article on nusports.com”

Kickoff is set for 12:00pm from Ryan Field!

The game is going to be televised on FS1!