As 17th Ranked Duke Is Hosting 11th Ranked Notre Dame For Homecoming Tonight In Durham Duke Head Coach Mike Elko Is Opposing Notre Dame Who He Was Defensive Coordinator For In 2017

As 17th Duke is hosting 11th ranked Notre Dame for homecoming tonight in Durham Duke Head Coach Mike Elko is opposing Notre Dame who he was Defensive Coordinator for in 2017.

Duke, Notre Dame are both members of the Atlantic Coast Conference except on the gridiron because Notre Dame is independent on the gridiron

17th ranked Duke comes into the game with record of 4-0 because they beat Connecticut 41-7 in Hartford Connecticut on Saturday September 23, 2023.

As 17th ranked Duke beat Connecticut 41-7 on Saturday September 23, 2023 As 18th Duke went on the road for the inaugural time in 2023 season Saturday as Duke improved to 4-0 with 41-7 rout of Uconn in Hartford Connecticut Jordan Waters ran for 1 yard touchdown in the 1st quarter giving Duke a 7-0 lead . In the 2nd quarter Duke scored two touchdowns, kicked two field goals. In the 2nd quarter Todd Pelino kicked 50 yard field goal extending Duke’s lead over Uconn 10-0 before Jordan Waters ran for 10 yard touchdown, Todd Pelino made the extra point extending Duke’s lead yet again this time 24-0 as Riley Leonard ran for 3 yard touchdown, Todd Pelino made the extra point before Duke extended their over Uconn yet again this time 27-0 as Todd Pelino kicked 40 yard field goal. In the 3rd quarter Dwayne Carter returned 26 yard fumble return , Todd Pelino made the extra point extending Duke’s lead over Uconn this time, 34-0 before Jordan Moore was quarterback though has been converted to wide receiver caught 22 yard pass from Riley Leonard, Todd Pelino made the extra point. In the 4th quarter Uconn finally got on the board as Ta’Quan Roberson ran for 2 yard touchdown Noe Ruelas made the extra point making final score 41-7 Duke.

Following Duke improving to 4-0 with 41-7 rout of Uconn Duke Head Coach Mike Elko had this to say about the defense, offense was the best performance by Duke’s defense in his tenure with the Blue Devils that his team suffocated Uconn. That was we felt was going to be key . Our defensive line’s ability to create penetration and get them behind the chains. We were able to do that and then make , kind of a young quarterback who hadn’t played a lot of football execute on third down and long situations. Aneas Peebles was credited with 1.5 sacks following that he had this to say following Duke improving to 4-0 with 41-7 rout of Uconn Saturday . Coming into the game we thought our advantage a little bit was in the throw game . And so we knew that was going to be apart of it . Again I would like to have run the ball a little bit more then we were able to to do the things we needed to do throwing the football , to have success we need to have.

According to Stephen Wiseman’s article on News & Observer .com

11th ranked Notre Dame comes into the game with a record of 4-1 because they sustained their inaugural loss of the 2023 on Saturday September 23, 2023 in South Bend to now 4th ranked Ohio State 17-14 when they were ranked 9th in the AP Top 25 Poll.

As 11th ranked Notre Dame lost to then 9th ranked Ohio State now 4th ranked Ohio State 17-14 Jayden Fielding kicked 31 yard field goal to give Ohio State a 3-0 lead in the 2nd quarter . In the 3rd quarter Treveyon Henderson ran for 61 yard touchdown for Ohio State, Jayden Fielding made the extra point giving Ohio State a 10-0 lead before Notre Dame finally got on scoreboard as Gi Bran Payne ran for 1 yard, Spencer Shrader kicked extra point trimming Notre Dame’s deficit to 10-7. In the 4th quarter Rico Flores Jr. caught 2 yard pass from former Wake Forest starting quarterback current Notre Dame starting quarterback Sam Hartman Spencer Shrade made the extra point giving Notre Dame the lead briefly at 14-10 before Ohio State responded with touchdown of their own as Chip Trayanum ran for 1 yard, Jayden Fielding kicked extra point making final 17-14 Ohio State sending Notre Dame to their inaugural loss of 2023 season.

Following Notre Dame’s 17-14 loss to Notre Dame Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman said we were trying to get a fourth defensive lineman in the game . I told him just stay off . We can’t afford a penalty I didn’t have any timeouts left. To be on the losing side, it hurts, it stings, but we’ve got to own it We’ve got to learn from it.

According to article on ESPN App by Associated Press

Kickoff is set for 7:30pm from Brooks Field @ Wallace Wade Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on ABC with Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe commentating!