Duke Was Abysmal Defensively, Offensively In 52-20 Loss To Ole Miss In Tax Slayer Gator Bowl Thursday Night In Jacksonville At Everbank Stadium Home Of NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars
Duke was abysmal defensively, offensively in 52-20 loss to Ole Miss in Tax Slayer Gator Bowl Thursday night in Jacksonsville at Everbank Stadium home of NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars.
Defensively Duke surrendered 52 points to Ole Miss including 7 seven touchdowns.
The first touchdown from Ole Miss came in the 1st quarter Antwane Wells caught 32 yard pass from Jaxson Dart, Caden Davis kicked made, extra point. The second touchdown came in 2nd quarter when Dae’Quan Wright caught 21 yard pass from Jaxson Dart, Caden Davis kicked, made extra point extending Ole Miss lead over Duke 24-7. In the 3rd quarter Ole Miss extended their lead yet again scoring a pair of touchdowns as Isaiah Hamilton had 52 yard interception return, Caden Davis kicked, made extra point extending Ole Miss lead over Duke 31-7 before they would extend the lead yet again. This time, 38-7 as Ulyss Brantley IV ran for 8 yard touchdown, Caden Davis kicked, made extra point. In the 4th quarter Ole Miss scored a pair of touchdowns as Jordan Watkins caught 1 yard from Jackson Dart, Caden Davis kicked, made extra point extending Ole Miss 45-7. Jordan Watkins 69 yard pass from Jaxson Dart, Mike Baker kicked, made extra point extending Ole lead over Duke yet again this time, 52-14.
Offensively Duke was abysmal as well as they were playing with no starting quarterback as Grayson Loftis, Maalik Murphy entered their names into transfer portal.
That left Duke Head Coach Manny with one option at quarterback in Henry Belin IV who was 25 /44 236 yards , 2 touchdowns, 1 interception.
According to https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401677105/duke-ole-miss
Following Duke being abysmal defensively, offensively in 52-14 loss to Ole Miss in Tax Slayer Gator Bowl Thursday night in Jacksonville at EverBank Stadium home of NFL’s Jacksonvillle Jaguars Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz had this to say!
I think our guys,”when they watch the film with us, they’ll see how much we actually were in control of and how the things that we want to pride ourselves on being great, of mastering simple things, is really what let us down today. And if you do that against an opponent of the caliber of Ole Miss, then then the score looks the way that it looks. So it’s what we needed. It’s the lesson that we need.”
According to Stephen Wiseman News & Observer https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article297748528.html
Duke is now going to learn from this start preparing for next season where they will have a starting quarterback in Darian Mensah?
Former Tulane quarterback who committed to Duke, Head Coach Manny Diaz Wednesday.
Darian Mensah commitment comes following the Duke Students inside Cameron Indoor Stadium chanting, cheering Darian Mensah sit with us during Duke Men’s Basketball game Tuesday December 10, 2024 when opposing Incarnate Word.
As a freshman at Tulane in 2024,
Darian Mensah threw for 2,723 yards , 22 touchdowns had 6 interceptions had a quarterback rating of 76.5
Following Darian Mensah committing to Duke, Head Coach Manny Diaz Wednesday Darian Mensah had this to say!
It’s a pretigious university and a great education is also important to me. It’s just family out here. I wanted to be part of that.
According to https://x.com/DukeFOOTBALL/status/1867243012029329549
Darian Mensah replaces Maalik Murphy, Grayson Loftis who entered their names into transfer portal recently.