Duke Is Looking To Remain Perfect, Unbeaten When They're Hosting, Opposing Connecticut Saturday Night In Durham

Duke is looking to remain perfect,unbeaten when they’re hosting,opposing Connecticut Saturday night in Durham.

Where?

On the gridiron!

Duke is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference comes into the game with record of 2-0 though Duke had 9 penalties for 80 yards had two turnovers that included a fumble lost as well as interception thrown in their 26-20 win win on the road at Northwestern Friday as Maalik Murphy threw pair of touchdowns in double overtime.

To who?

Jordan Moore , Eli Pancol!

Maalik Murphy’s 25 yard pass from Jordan Moore tied the game at 20 to go along with Todd Pelino kicking, making extra point in first overtime.

Maalik Murphy ‘s 3 yard pass to Eli Pancol where the two point conversion failed gave Duke the win after they stopped Northwestern drive defensively.

Following Duke improving to 2-0 on 2024 Friday with 26-20 win at Northwestern Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz had this to say had this to say to his team about how starting Maalik Murphy performed in 4th quarter had this to say about his performed defensively!

I thought Malik was very much in control in the fourth quarter of the game,”Again, another example of a guy that when he threw the pick, he didn’t panic. No adversity. Went out there and made the plays to win the game.”

I just told the team,”“I’m in awe of their effort, in awe of all of the adversity that we went through tonight — some self inflicted, some caused by an amazing effort by Northwestern. Our ability to persevere and overcome was remarkable.”

I thought Malik was very much in control in the fourth quarter of the game,”

They’re tough to get a bead on,”“They do a good job of what they’re doing. But I do think as time went on...This is why we needed to be on the field. We were just not on the field enough in the first half. The longer you’re out there. The more you can figure out what somebody’s doing on defense.”

According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article291800000.html

Connecticut unlike Duke is FCS Independent comes into the game with Duke with record of 1-1 because they routed Merrimack 63-17 on Saturday September 7, 2024 in East Hartford Connecticut that included scoring 10 touchdowns.

ame flying out of the gates and scored 35 points in the first quarter on 16 total plays, setting a new school FBS record for points in a quarter (28 4x – last vs URI 9/15/18).  The Huskies finished the first half with 56 points and 486 yards of offense with Fagnano completing 10-of-15 passes for 298 yards and four scores.  UConn's 56 points at the half sets a new FBS school record for points in a half (49 vs Kent State, 11/9/02).

R-Junior Skyler Bell (Bronx, N.Y.) caught two passes and had 105 yards receiving including a 60-yard touchdown catch, his first as a Husky.  Bell hit the century mark receiving for the second-straight game. 

R-Junior tight end Alex Honig (Bavaria, Germany) caught three passes, including his first career touchdown, while r-senior Ezeriah Anderson (Seffner, Fla.) and r-freshman Shamar Porter (Nashville, Tenn.) each caught a pair of passes and scored their first touchdowns as Huskies.

On the ground, UConn piled up 278 yards rushing and were led by r-freshman Durrell Robinson (Seat Pleasant, Md.) who finished with 94 yards on 10 carries and a score. Junior Mel Brown (Stone Mountain, Ga.) ran for 87 yards on a team-high 14 carries. 

Fagnano added 38 yards rushing and a score to his offensive totals for the day while junior Victor Rosa (Bristol, Conn.) and r-sophomore Cam Edwards (Norwalk, Conn.) each found the end zone as well.

The UConn defense held Merrimack (0-2) to 279 yards of offense while picking up four sacks and 10.0 tackles of a loss.  R-Senior linebacker Jayden McDonald (Suwanee, Ga.) finished with a team-high eight tackles. 

According to https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2024/9/7/football-huskies-rout-merrimack-in-home-opener.aspx

Kickoff is set for 6:00pm from Brooks Field @Wallace Wade Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network Extra Clay Matvick , Steve Addazio , Marilyn Payne commentating on ACC Network Extra!