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Though, Jordan Moore Caught Pass From Riley Leonard For Touchdown Giving Duke 14-13 Lead Duke Lost To Notre Dame Saturday 21-14 As Sam Hartman Completed Two -Point Conversion

In 4th quarter Jordan Moore caught 3 yard pass from Riley Leonard Todd Pelino kicked extra point giving 14-13 lead.

Though,

Jordan Moore caught from Riley Leonard for touchdown giving Duke 14-13 lead Duke lost to Notre Dame Saturday 21-14 as Sam Hartman completed two -point conversion.

To who?

Rico Flores Jr.

Before that Audric Estime caught 6 yard pass Spencer Shrader kicked field goal giving Notre Dame 7-0 lead. In the 2nd quarter Spencer Shrader kicked 35 field goal extending Notre Dame’s lead over Duke 13-0 in the 3rd quarter before Duke finally got on the board as Jordan Waters ran for 1 yard touchdown.

According to espn app

Though, the game to 11th ranked Notre Dame wasn’t the only thing that 17th ranked Duke lost as they also lost their starting quarterback Riley Leonard to lower body injury on final play of the game following fumbling being sacked and he entered the medical tent and came out on crutches putting no weight on leg to former Wake Forest starting quarterback current Notre Dame starting quarterback Sam Hartmann who wanted to check on his counterpart to make sure he was ok.

Following Duke’s 21-14 loss to Notre Dame Saturday as Sam Hartman completed two point conversion Duke Head Coach Mike Elko had this to say about Riley Leonard leg injury about #17 Duke’s 21-14 loss to Notre Dame

it was too soon to assess the severity of Leonard’s injury.

We’re looking to win football games. That’s what we’re here for. This team believes in who they are. They believe in what they’re capable of. There wasn’t one kid in that locker room that thought we were gonna go on this stage not be able to compete with Notre Dame.”

According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article

Duke has a bye week before returning to gridiron to host tobacco road rival NC State on Saturday October 14, 2023.

Will Riley Leonard be the starting quarterback that day or will he sidelined with his leg injury he sustained against Notre Dame?

Kickoff for Duke, NC State game from Brooks Field @ Wallace Wade Stadium who is going to be televising the game is to be determined.