Duke, Northwestern Who Are Undefeated Who Have Records Of 1-0 Following Wins Over Elon, Miami Of Ohio Are Opposing Each Other Friday Night In Evanston Illinois
Duke, Northwestern who are undefeated who have records of 1-0 following wins over Elon, Miami of Ohio are opposing each other Friday night in Evanston Illinois.
Where?
On the gridiron!
Duke comes into the game with record of 1-0 because they beat Elon 26-3 a week ago today 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.
According espn app
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
Like Duke,
Northwestern who is a member of the Big Ten comes into the game with record of 1-0 though unlike Duke Northwestern topped Miami Of Ohio 13-6 Saturday in Evanston Illinois as Jack Olsen kicked, made 45 yard field goal giving Northwestern a 3-0 lead in the 1st quarter. Though, that lead was brief as Miami Of Ohio countered kicking, making field goal of their own in 1st quarter as Dom Dzioban made 43 yard field goal. In the 3rd quarter Mike Wright right ran for 13 yard touchdown, Jack Olson, kicked, made extra point giving Northwestern a 10-3 lead in the 3rd quarter. In the 4th quarter each team kicked, made a field goal as Jack Olson kicked, made 38 yard field goal as Dom Dzioban kicked, made 26 yard field goal.
According to espn app
However,
It was Northwestern who came out on top 13-6.
Following Northwestern coming out on top over Miami of Ohio Northwestern Head Coach David Braun had this to say about the stadium!
I don’t know if there is anything you can compare it to. I mean it’s just so unique . It was awesome the stands were packed . We had a sellout with primarily purple in the stands.
According to Andrew Seligman Washington Post article https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/2024/08/31/miami-ohio-northwestern-score/1c0f0e52-67ee-11ef-a399-4245aabdb0ed_story.html
Kick off is set for 9:00pm Eastern Time 8:00pm Central Time from Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on FS1 with Connor Onion , Mark Helfrich commentating!