As Duke Is Hosting Pittsburgh For Senior Day 2023 Today In Durham Can Duke Finish Regular Season On High Note Following Losing Back To Back Games To North Carolina, Virginia?
As Duke is hosting Pittsburgh for senior day 2023 today in Durham can Duke finish regular season on high note following losing back to back games to North Carolina, Virginia?
Duke comes into the game with record of 6-5 is 9th in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings is bowl eligible though, they’ve lost back to because they lost to back to back games to tobacco road rival North Carolina 47-45 Saturday November 11, 2023 to Virginia on Saturday November 18, 2023.
As Duke lost to tobacco road rival North Carolina 47-45 Duke lost high scoring affair to North Carolina 47-45 in double overtime Saturday In Chapel Hill as Jordan Moore caught 6 yard pass from Grayson Loftis, 2 point conversion failed.
Before Duke lost high scoring affair to North Carolina 47-45 in double overtime Saturday in Chapel Hill Drake Maye ran for 1 yard touchdown, Noah Burnette kicked extra point for North Carolina giving them a 7-0 lead before North Carolina extended their lead 10-0 as Noah Burnette kicked, made 23 yard field goal in the 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter Noah Burnette kicked, made 31 yard field goal extending North Carolina’s lead over Duke 13-0 before Duke finally got on scoreboard as Jordan Moore caught 10 yard pass from Grayson Loftis, Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point cutting into North Carolina’s lead 13-7 before Duke took the lead briefly at 14-13 as Grayson Loftis ran for 3 yard run , Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point before North Carolina took a 16-14 lead into halftime as Noah Burnette kicked, made 25 yard field goal. In the 3rd quarter Noah Burnette kicked, made 27 yard field goal extending North Carolina’s lead over Duke 19-16 . In the 4th quarter Omarion Hampton ran for 2 yard touchdown , Noah Burnette kicked, made extra point extending North Carolina’s lead to 26 -14 before Duke responded as Jordan Waters ran for 13 yard touchdown, Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point before Jordan Waters ran for 23 yards Jalon Calhoun pass to complete 2 point conversion giving Duke 29-26 lead before North Carolina responded with touchdown of their own as Bryson Nesbit caught 15 yard pass from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette kicked, made extra point giving North Carolina a 33-29 lead before Jordan Moore caught 30 yard pass from Grayson Loftis , Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point giving Duke a 36-33 lead. In the first overtime Todd Pelino kicked, made 49 yard field goal extending Duke’s lead over North Carolina 39-36 . Though, that lead wouldn’t last as Noah Burnette would kick, make 24 yard field goal. In the 2nd overtime Drake Maye would run for 5 yard run Drake Maye would complete pass to John Copenhaver for two point coversion giving North Carolina 47-39 lead before Jordan Moore would catch 6 yard pass from Grayson Loftis. Two Point Conversion would fail.
Following Duke’s 47-45 double overtime loss to North Carolina Saturday in Chapel Hill Defensive Tackle DeWayne Carter had this to say about quarterback Grayson Loftis who is taking over for Riley Leonard who is sidelined with toe injury had this to say how Duke (6-4) should respond their final two regular season games at Virginia Saturday November 18, 2023 at home against Pittsburgh Saturday November 25, 2023 before learning their bowl destination for 2023.
Let’s talk about Grayson Loftis,”“I mean, he did everything he needed to do and some. I couldn’t be any prouder. That kid never flinches. He stood in there and took some shots, took the ball and ran it when he needed to.”
When you get punched, you get up,”“When you get knocked down, you get up again. There is no choice. There’s a message. I think that’s how we are trained as a team. That’s the grittiness and the grind mentality that we have.”
Following Duke’s 47-45 double overtime loss to North Carolina Saturday in Chapel Hill Duke Head Coach Mike Elko had this to say!
“For some of these guys, probably the rest of their life, to be honest with you,”
“You put everything you have into this game. You work so hard for this, give so much for each one of these opportunities and certainly this rivalry means even a little bit more. I think there’s a piece of them, me included, who will remember this the rest of our life.”
We knew they were a really talented team,”“We knew we were gonna have to just scratch and claw our way, just stay in it and hang in and hopefully give us a chance in the fourth quarter. And you know, I thought we did that.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer article on newsobserver.com
Then Duke lost to Virginia 30-27 Saturday November 18, 2023 in Charlottesville as Duke’s defense surrendered 30 points as Duke’s offense labored.
In the 1st quarter Malik Washington caught 34 yard pass from Anthony Colandrea, Will Bettridge kicked extra point in 1st quarter giving Virginia a 7-0 lead. In the 2nd quarter Will Bettridge made, kicked 46 yard field goal giving Virginia 10-7 lead before Todd Pelino kicked, made 29 yard field goal tying game 10-10 heading into halftime. In the 3rd quarter Malachi Fields caught 29 yard pass from Anthony Colandrea giving Virginia 17-10 lead before Virginia extended their lead with yet another touchdown. This time by Malik Washington who caught 7 yard pass from Anthony Colandrera before extending their lead yet again this time 24-10 as Malik Washington caught 7 yard pass from Anthony Colandrea before Duke trimmed Virginia lead 24-13 as Todd Pelino kicked 34 yard field goal. In 4th quarter Will Bettridge kicked 30 yard field goal extending Virginia lead by 10 at 30-20 before Mehki Wall caught 2 yard pass from Grayson Loftis , Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point making final score 30-27 Virginia
Following Duke’s 30-27 loss to Virginia Saturday in Charlottesville Duke Head Coach Mike Elko had this to say about how his team performed!
We just we didn’t do any of the critical things that you need to do to win a conference game on the road,”
“It hurts and it’s tough. These are the lessons we have to learn for us to become the program that we want to become and for us to get where we want to go as Duke football and then to become a team that’s consistently competing for this thing in November.”
We couldn’t get them off schedule,”They stayed within the chains all day and it became a really, really easy game for their quarterback to execute. We just did a really poor job.”
We had a really, really hard time fitting runs on defense,”
. “We gave up way too many rushing yards. Couldn’t make critical plays on third down on defense when we needed to at the end of the game.”
“I don’t think we got into rhythm on offense until we got down.
. “It felt like the whole game on offense, we would make a play that would get us so far behind the chains that it became really hard to get back.”
According Stephen Wiseman article on newsobserver.com
While Duke comes into the game on a two game losing streak Pittsburgh meanwhile comes into the game on a one game winning streak with record of 3-8 is 11th in the Atlantic Coast Conference as they topped Boston College on Thursday November 16, 2023 24-16 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania as Ben Sauls kicked a 42 yard field goal in 1st quarter tying up game 3-3 . In the 2nd quarter Nate Yarnell ran for 4 yard run for touchdown , Ben Sauls kicked extra point extending Pittsburgh lead over Boston College 10-3 before Boston College responded with field goal as Liam Connor kicked, made 45 yard field goal. In the 3rd quarter Lewis Bond caught 24 yard pass from Thomas Castellanos, Liam Connor kicked, made extra point to give Boston College a 13-10 lead. Though, that lead would be brief as Lewis Bub Means would catch 61 yard pass from Nate Yarnell, Ben Sauls would kick, make extra point . In the 4th quarter Liam Connor would kick, make 33 yard field goal to get Boston College within a point before Pittsburgh would score a touchdown as Rodney Hammond Jr. would run for 66 yard touchdown. Ben Sauls would kick, make extra point.
According to espn app
Kickoff is set for 12:00pm from Brooks Field @Wallace Wade Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Jorge Sedano, Orlando Franklin, Marilyn Payne commentating!