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Records Watch: Duke Starts 6-1 for 2nd Straight Year
10/26/2015 2:53:00 PM | Athletics
Football
• Duke is 6-1 in consecutive years for the first time since 1952-53.
• With six victories, Duke is bowl eligible for the fourth straight year. The Blue Devils had never been to consecutive bowls until accomplishing the feat the last three seasons.
• Duke had not won six or more games in four straight years since 1952 (eight), 1953 (seven), 1954 (eight) and 1955 (seven).
• The Blue Devils improved to 3-0 in the ACC for the first time since 1994.
• Since 1963, Duke has started 3-0 in league action only four times: in 1963, 1970, 1975 and 1994.
• Duke has tallied 25 wins since the start of the 2013 season, tied with 1936-38 and 2012-14 for the most in a three-year stretch in program history.
• Duke's 2015 class claimed its 31st victory, tied for the fifth most in program history.
• Senior kicker Ross Martin increased his career point total to 378, the fourth most in ACC history.
• Senior wide receiver Max McCaffrey caught six passes for a career-best 94 yards and two touchdowns. He became the 11th player in Duke history to register three seasons with at least three touchdown receptions.
• Redshirt junior quarterback Thomas Sirk threw four touchdown passes at Virginia Tech to tie for the third most in a game in program history. He is the 13th Duke quarterback to throw four or more TD passes in a contest.
Women's Golf
• Duke claimed the team victory at The Landfall Tradition over the weekend. The win was the second straight of the fall season for the Blue Devils. It is also the 124th career win for Duke head coach Dan Brooks, which continues to lead all Division I women's golf head coaches.
• With her 47 rounds of even or under par during her career, senior Celine Boutier moved into fifth place on Duke's all-time charts. She also owns 17 career rounds in the 60s to move into fourth.
Swimming & Diving
• The Blue Devils broke five Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion records in a sweep of Florida State and Queens University of Charlotte Friday. Freshman Maddie Hess (200-yard backstroke - 1:59.08), sophomore Leah Goldman (100 butterfly - 53.77) and junior Kaz Takabayashi (100 backstroke - 48.54) all set facility records as individuals while freshman Mickayla Hinkle, junior Ashleigh Shanley, Goldman and junior Maddie Rusch broke their own pool record in the 200 medley relay (1:40.62).
• Leah Goldman's 53.77 clocking in the 100 butterfly broke a 37-year old facility record set by Diane Johannigman of Houston in 1978.
#GoDuke
• Duke is 6-1 in consecutive years for the first time since 1952-53.
• With six victories, Duke is bowl eligible for the fourth straight year. The Blue Devils had never been to consecutive bowls until accomplishing the feat the last three seasons.
• Duke had not won six or more games in four straight years since 1952 (eight), 1953 (seven), 1954 (eight) and 1955 (seven).
• The Blue Devils improved to 3-0 in the ACC for the first time since 1994.
• Since 1963, Duke has started 3-0 in league action only four times: in 1963, 1970, 1975 and 1994.
• Duke has tallied 25 wins since the start of the 2013 season, tied with 1936-38 and 2012-14 for the most in a three-year stretch in program history.
• Duke's 2015 class claimed its 31st victory, tied for the fifth most in program history.
• Senior kicker Ross Martin increased his career point total to 378, the fourth most in ACC history.
• Senior wide receiver Max McCaffrey caught six passes for a career-best 94 yards and two touchdowns. He became the 11th player in Duke history to register three seasons with at least three touchdown receptions.
• Redshirt junior quarterback Thomas Sirk threw four touchdown passes at Virginia Tech to tie for the third most in a game in program history. He is the 13th Duke quarterback to throw four or more TD passes in a contest.
Women's Golf
• Duke claimed the team victory at The Landfall Tradition over the weekend. The win was the second straight of the fall season for the Blue Devils. It is also the 124th career win for Duke head coach Dan Brooks, which continues to lead all Division I women's golf head coaches.
• With her 47 rounds of even or under par during her career, senior Celine Boutier moved into fifth place on Duke's all-time charts. She also owns 17 career rounds in the 60s to move into fourth.
Swimming & Diving
• The Blue Devils broke five Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion records in a sweep of Florida State and Queens University of Charlotte Friday. Freshman Maddie Hess (200-yard backstroke - 1:59.08), sophomore Leah Goldman (100 butterfly - 53.77) and junior Kaz Takabayashi (100 backstroke - 48.54) all set facility records as individuals while freshman Mickayla Hinkle, junior Ashleigh Shanley, Goldman and junior Maddie Rusch broke their own pool record in the 200 medley relay (1:40.62).
• Leah Goldman's 53.77 clocking in the 100 butterfly broke a 37-year old facility record set by Diane Johannigman of Houston in 1978.
#GoDuke
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