Duke Kicked Off Their 2024 Season In A Winning Way Friday Night Under The Direction Of New Head Coach Manny Diaz As They Beat Elon 26-3 In Durham
Duke kicked off their 2024 season in a winning way Friday under the direction of new Head Coach Manny Diaz as they beat Elon 26-3 in Durham.
As Duke beat Elon 26-3 in Durham Duke’s defense held Elon to just a Jack Berkowitz field goal that was kicked, made with 14 seconds left to go in the 4th quarter.
Meanwhile,
Offensively for Duke Todd Pelino kicked 32 yard field goal to give Duke a 3-0 lead in 1st quarter. In 2nd quarter Jaquez Moore ran for 7 yard touchdown , Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point extending Duke’s lead over Elon in 2nd quarter 10-0. In 3rd quarter Duke extended their lead yet again this time with a Todd Pelino 42 yard field goal as well as touchdown thrown by Maalik Murphy to Jeremiah Hasley though the two point conversion failed putting Duke up on Elon 13-0 19-0. In the 4th quarter Eli Pancol caught 7 yard pass from Maalik Murphy , Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point.
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Following Duke kicking off 2024 season in a winning way under the direction of new Head Coach Manny Diaz Manny Diaz had this to say about how his team opposed defensively about his team opposed Elon at the line of scrimmage had this to say about quarterback Maalik Murphy the transfer from Texas!
“They just attacked,”
“That’s the way this defense is designed. Then once they got the nose for it, they didn’t stop. They were relentless. We never felt a lull. It always felt like their quarterback was under duress.”
t was tough on those guys to get the ball back to the line of scrimmage,
You are inches away and I think our guys will see that,”
“We could see that on the sidelines as well. It will make our guys more hungry to see what this thing could be.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article291550475.html
Duke is now going to prepare for yet another Friday night game when they oppose Northwestern in Evanton Illinois.
A season ago Duke opposed Northwestern in Durham and beat them 38-14. Though at that time Manny Diaz was still at Penn State while Mike Elko was Duke’s Head Coach before leaving to become Texas A&M Head Coach following the season.
As Duke beat Northwestern 38-14 As 21st Duke improved to 3-0 on 2023 season beating Northwestern Saturday 38-14 Saturday in Durham Jordan Waters ran for 24 yard touchdown, Todd Pelino kicked the extra point in the 1st quarter giving Duke a 7-0 lead before Duke extended their lead over Northwestern in 2nd quarter as Jordan Waters ran for 2 yard touchdown, Todd Pelino kicked the extra point extending Duke’s lead over Northwestern yet again! This time, by score of 14-0 before Duke extended their lead yet again this time with Todd Pelino kicking 35 yard field goal before Northwestern finally got the scoreboard before halftime as A.J. Henning caught 14 yard pass from Ben Bryant , Jack Olsen kicked extra point . In the 3rd quarter it was all Duke as Riley Leonard ran for 3 yard touchdown Todd Pelino kicked extra point extending Duke’s lead over Northwestern yet again this time, 24-7 before Riley Leonard ran for a 2 yard touchdown , Todd Pelino kicked extra extending Duke’s yet again over Northwestern this time by a score of 31-7 . In the 4th quarter Duke extended their lead yet again as Peyton Jones ran for 15 yards , Todd Pelino kicked extra point before Northwestern scored their final points of the game as Brendan Sullivan ran for 10 yard touchdown , Jack Olsen kicked extra point making final 38-14 Duke.
Following 21st ranked Duke improving to 3-0 on 2023 season following Northwestern 38-14 Saturday in Durham Duke Head Coach Mike Elko had this to say for his opening statement, On Riley Leonard’s elusiveness to avaid sacks in the pocket on Duke’s defensive growth this season. On Peyton Jones development , first -career touchdown.
First of all, we have a lot of respect for Northwestern. Those kids are going through a really, really challenging season
and they continue to come out and fight and continue to represent that university the right way. There’s a lot of really
good men on that coaching staff, so hats off to those guys for continuing to play the game the way they’re capable of
doing it. I told our guys in the locker room, I’m proud of the way we played. I thought we wanted to establish our
physical identity – anytime you play a Big Ten team that’s really, really important to make sure you control the line of
scrimmage. We were able to outrush them 268 [yards] to 104 [yards]. Both of our running backs had over six yards per
carry. I think when you have statlines like that, you’re going to have really successful days. I thought we started fast,
we got a lead, that’s what you want to do in games like this, for sure. I thought we maybe hit a little bit of a lull on
defense on that drive, we could have made a couple plays to get off the field. I challenged the guys in the locker room
to come out and finish this thing in the third quarter and they certainly did that. I think we put some really good drives
together on both sides of the ball in the second half to start and then we were able to empty the bench at the end and
get a lot of guys in there and get them a lot of opportunities and some quality snaps. It was a good day, it was a good
win. It was a good win for us going to 3-0 and so I’m happy with the way we played today.”He’s the ultimate eraser. Anytime you have one of those, it makes a lot of bad plays look really good sometimes.
That’s who he is. He’s really athletic, he makes a ton of plays, he’s a competitive kid, we’ve talked about that. It doesn’t
surprise you but it certainly is impressive and we don’t take that for granted, the plays he’s able to make with his legs.
I think we’re playing good defense when we’re all on the same page and we’re communicating and doing the things
we want to do. I think it’s two games in a row where we have to be a little better on third down. That’s our emphasis
and where our focus is. We have to give a little more pressure, we have to be able to cover a little bit longer. We have
to be a little more effective and disruptive on third down. I think that’s where our biggest challenge is right now. If
they don’t convert half of their third downs today, then the flow of the game feels even a little bit more lopsided than
it really was. That’s the biggest area to improve. We’re playing good against the run and we’re sound and doing the
things we need to. We can cover, we have the ability to make plays on the football. We just have to get third down
figured out a little bit.“Oh, it was awesome. He had his first touchdown today, Kendall Johnson had his first sack today, anytime you see
young kids go out there and make plays it’s awesome for them. You know how special that is to him, he’s been
dreaming about being a college football player for most of his life, I’m sure. For him to get in the endzone, and it was a
nice little run he made picking his feet up and getting through a tight little hole to get in there. We have a lot of
confidence in him, there’s going to come a time this year where we’ll need him to be a really good player for us, so it
was really good to get him some reps today and see him do what he did
Following 21st ranked Duke improving to 3-0 on 2023 season following Northwestern 38-14 Saturday in Durham Duke running back Chandler Rivers had this to say on the teams play defensively the first three games, on the older guys and the competition in the defensive secondary .
“Personally, I just like the effort that we’re playing with, how hard we’re playing, how fast we’re moving to the ball and
stuff like that
I feel like it just keeps everybody hungry, like not knowing who’s going to start that week or stuff like that. Everybody
is going to stay hungry so keep pushing each other to get better day after day.”
Following 21st ranked Duke improving to 3-0 on 2023 season following Northwestern 38-14 Saturday in Durham Duke right guard Jacob Monk had this to say on the teams success running the ball on being on the good end of two long third quarter drives.
We take a lot of pride in it for sure. Playing a Big Ten team that is known for their physicality, it means a lot to come
on and run the ball like we did. But, you know, people like Jordan Waters and Riley Leonard and Jaquez Moore make it
really easy for us.”
Tiring... nah, I’m joking. No, it’s great. You know, you see the other team subbing guys in and out but we’re sitting
there standing strong, hands not even on our hips, knowing that we're gonna finish this drive with points one way or
another. So, it feels really good.”
Kickoff for Duke, Northwestern is set for 9:00pm Eastern Time 8:00pm Central Time from Laney and Sharon Martin Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on FS1!
Though,
Who is commentating the game is to be determined!