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Duke, NC State Who Are Tobacco Road Opponents Are Opposing Each Other Saturday Afternoon In Raleigh

27 miles separates the campuses of Duke, NC State who are tobacco road opponents!

Duke, NC State who are tobacco road opponents are opposing each other Saturday afternoon in North Carolina’s state capital!

Where?

On the gridiron!

Duke comes into the game with record of 6-3 overall 2-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is 10th in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they’ve lost two straight games including a 53-31 loss to Miami in Miami Gardens Florida a week ago today Duke had a 21-17 lead at halftime Saturday on Miami because Peyton Jones caught 6 yard pass from Maalik Murphy , Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point.

Though, Duke had 21-17 lead at halftime Saturday Duke lost to Miami 53-31 in Miami Gardens Florida. As 5th ranked Miami came back to win 53-31 Miami scored pair of touchdowns in 3rd quarter as Xavier Restrepo caught 3 yard pass from Cam Ward then Cam Ward converted the 2 point conversion putting Miami ahead 28-25 before Miami extended their lead 32-28 as Elijah Lofton ran for 2 yard touchdown, Andres Borregales kicked, made extra point. In the 4th quarter Todd Pelino kicked, made 24 yard field goal getting Duke within a point at 32-31. Though, from there Miami scored three touchdowns as Jacolby George caught 49 yard pass from Cam Ward Andres Borregales kicked, made extra point extending Miami lead over Duke 39-31 before Xavier Restrepo caught 66 yard pass from Cam Ward , Andres Borregales kicked, made extra point extending Miami ‘s lead over Duke yet again this time 46-31 before extending their lead yet again over Duke this time, 53-31 as Mark Fletcher Jr. ran for 1 yard run , Andres Borregales kicked, made extra point.

According to espn app

Following Duke having 21-17 lead at halftime Saturday Duke losing to 5th ranked Miami 53-31 because Miami came back to win 53-31 Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz had this to say!

“It’ll be a tough film study tomorrow,”with the mistakes that we made, which allowed them, to their credit, they capitalized on.”

It’s a game of turnovers and explosive plays,”“It’s hard to beat anyone on the road, if you lose those two battles. It’s definitely hard to beat a team as talented as they are. I thought that was a telling difference in the second half, giving an offense like that short fields and then allowing the quarterback, as good enough as he is, to have breakdowns in our coverage to leave guys wide open. Allowing them to get separation on the scoreboard and really take control of the game.”We showed that we can play toe to toe with anybody in the country,”

That’s back-to- back games against ranked teams that are undefeated in our conference. The difference from last week and this week is just the mistakes that we made. You took a game that was going to be back and forth and come down to the last possession, and it made it comfortable for them in the final half of the fourth quarter.”

According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article294671104.html

NC State comes into the game with Duke with record of 5-4 overall while they’re 2-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference 11th in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because unlike Duke NC State has won two straight games including last Saturday’s game when they beat Stanford in Raleigh 59-28. On July 1, 2024 Stanford became a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference following being a member of Pac 12!

NC State put 59 points on scoreboard on Stanford who is new addition , new team to Atlantic Coast Conference in 59-28 win Saturday in North Carolina’s state capital. In NC State’s 59-28 win over Stanford who is new addition, new team to Atlantic Coast Conference NC State scored eight touchdowns! There first two touchdowns came in 1st quarter when Hollywood Smothers ran for 2 yards, Collin Smith kicked, made extra point giving NC State 7-0 lead. In 2nd quarter Jordan Waters ran for 13 yard touchdown, Collin Smith kicked, made extra point extending NC State’s lead over Stanford 14-0. In the 2nd quarter Justin Joly caught 9 yard pass from CJ Bailey Collin Smith kicked, made extra point extending NC State’s lead yet again over Stanford 24-7 before Keenan Jackson caught 8 yard pass from CJ Bailey before Collin Smith kicked, made extra point. In the 3rd quarter Hollywood Smothers ran for 52 yard touchdown Collin Smith kicked, made extra point extending NC State’s lead over Stanford 45-21 before Jordan Waters ran for 94 yard touchdown Collin Smith kicked, made extra point extending NC State’s lead over Stanford 52 -21. In 4th quarter Kevin Concepcion caught 5 yard pass from CJ Bailey before Collin Smith kicked, made extra point.

Following NC State putting up 59 points on scoreboard on Stanford who is new addition , new team to Atlantic Coast Conference NC State Head Coach Dave Doeren had this to say about his team about his running back !Our backs ran really determined. Our offensive line gave them good holes, and they did stuff with it — made guys miss, outran people,”

“I loved how our kickoff return team played today. DK Kaufman set up our offense three times with good returns, and one of them was a big momentum play.”

“Sometimes we’ll have an explosive run and it’s called back for a holding penalty, or one guy will get beat on a play. To run the football, it takes everybody doing their job.”

According to Jadyn Watson Fisher News & Observer articlehttps://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article294629529.html

Kick off is set for 3:30pm from Carter Finely Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Chris Cotter , Mark Herzlich, Coley Harvey commentating!