Miami (4-3, 1-2 ACC) at [22] Duke (6-1, 3-0 ACC)
October 31, 2015 • 7 pm • ESPNU
Durham, N.C. • Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium (33,941 • Natural grass)
• No. 22 Duke (6-1, 3-0 ACC) returns home following two straight road trips to host Coastal Division foe Miami (4-3, 1-2 ACC) on Saturday, October 31 at 7 p.m. at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium ... ESPNU will broadcast the game with Allen Bestwick (play-byplay) & Dan Hawkins (analyst)
• This week's game will mark the 13th meeting between Duke and Miami, with the Hurricanes holding a 10-2 series advantage ... The series began in 1976 with a 20-7 Blue Devil win ... In 2013, Duke posted a 48-30 victory in Durham to snap a nine-game skid against the Hurricanes
• Duke holds an all-time record of 91-37-5 as a nationally-ranked squad ... The Blue Devils are 7-6 all-time when playing on Halloween ... Duke will celebrate Family Weekend and Iron Dukes Day against Miami ... Time Warner Cable is the official game sponsor of Saturday's Duke-Miami contest
• Duke has limited its opponent to 25 or fewer points in 22 of its last 26 regular season games
• Over their last 17 ACC regular season games, the Blue Devils are 14-3 ...Only Florida State (16-1) and Clemson (14-3) have equal or better ledgers
• Dating back to the 2013 season, the Blue Devils are 23-4 in their last 27 regular season games ... The only schools with more wins during that stretch are Florida State (26), Ohio State (26), Baylor (25), Michigan State (25) & Alabama (24)
• Clemson and Duke are the only two teams to rank among the ACC's top four squads in both total offense and total defense
• Duke enters the Miami week having won eight consecutive games played in the month of October dating back to 2013
• Duke's Thomas Sirk is one of five QBs among the Power 5 schools to lead his team in both rushing and passing yardage this season, joining Lamar Jackson of Louisville, Dak Prescott of Mississippi State, Seth Collins of Oregon State and Jerrod Heard of Texas
• Duke S Jeremy Cash has been named one of 16 semifinalists for the 2015 Jim Thorpe Award, an honor given annually to the top defensive back in college football by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
• Duke K Ross Martin is the nation's active leader in career field goals with 67, sitting just ahead of TCU's Jaden Okerkrom (66)
• Led by S Jeremy Cash's total of 14.0, 20 different Blue Devils have contributed at least one TFL this year
• Last week, Duke and Virginia Tech played the longest game in ACC history with a four-OT tilt ... Prior to Duke's 45-43 win over the Hokies, the longest game involving at least one ACC team was three OTs (five occasions)
• Bob Harris, the Voice of the Blue Devils, is in his 40th season as the play-by-play announcer for the Blue Devil IMG Radio Network ... Harris enters this week's game having called 453 consecutive Duke football games dating back to the 1976 season-opening 21-18 win at Tennessee
Blue Devils by the Numbers
• 5 — Career kickoff returns for TDs for S DeVon Edwards including a 95- yard scoring effort at Tulane and 100- yard dash against Georgia Tech ... The only active player nationally with more KORs for TDs is Autrey Golden of UTEP (6) ... In addition, Edwards' 28.89 career kickoff return average ranks second nationally among active players trailing only Rashaad Penny of San Diego State (29.33)
• 5-0 — Duke's record when S DeVon Edwards returns a kickoff for a TD ... The five victories have come against N.C. State (2013), North Carolina (2013), Pittsburgh (2014), Tulane (2015) & Geor¬gia Tech (2015)
• 37.38 — Kickoff return average this year for S DeVon Edwards, a mark that would rank second nation¬ally if the minimum qualification of 1.2 returns per game was met ... Edwards has just eight returns in seven games
• 14.0 — ACC-leading total of tack¬les for loss for S Jeremy Cash ... Cash's per game average of 2.00 TFL ranks second nationally behind Carl Nassib of Penn State (2.19) ... Cash is the only DB among the nation's top 75 in TFL per game
• 34-8 — Duke's record under David Cutcliffe when leading at halftime
• 378 — Career points for K Ross Martin ... Martin currently sits in fourth place on the ACC's career scoring chart, 15 points away from moving into a tie for third place with former Mary¬land standout Nick Novack
• 10-14 — Rushing TDs & passing TDs for QB Thomas Sirk in his career ... The only other Duke QBs to regis¬ter double figures in both columns are Anthony Boone (16-38), Mike Dunn (22-11) & Leo Hart (13-23)
• 0.57 — Sacks per game allowed by the Duke offensive line, an average that leads the ACC
• 6 — Blue Devils with multiple rushing TDs this season, marking the highest total in the ACC ... Among the Power 5 schools, only Michigan and Ole Miss match Duke's total ... QB Parker Boehme and RB Shaquille Powell lead the way with three rushing TDs apiece followed by RB Zach Boden, RB Jela Duncan, QB Thomas Sirk and RB Shaun Wilson with two each
• 4 — Career TD runs of 45+ yards for RB Shaun Wilson
• 3 — Seasons with 3+ TD receptions for WR Max McCaffrey, who is one of 11 players in Duke history to accom-plish the feat ... In 47 career games at Duke, the Castle Rock, Colo., native has 90 catches for 1,058 yards and nine TDs
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