Duke's Losing Streak Was Extended To Two Games Saturday With 30-27 Loss To Virginia As Duke's Defense Surrendered 30 Points As Duke's Offense Labored
Duke’s losing streak was extended to two games Saturday with 30-27 loss to Virginia as Duke’s defense surrendered 30 points as Duke’s offense labored.
Where?
Charlottesville!
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
Duke is now going to prepare to host Pittsburgh in Durham on Saturday for Senior Day where they’re going to be looking to snap their two game losing streak before learning their bowl destination
Kickoff is set for 12:00pm from Brooks Field @ Wallace Wade Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network!
Though, who is commentating the game is to be determined.