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Game Day: vs. N.C. Central, 6 PM, ESPN3
9/12/2015 8:30:00 AM | Football
N.C. Central (1-0) at Duke (1-0)
Bull City Gridiron Classic • September 12, 2015 • 6 p.m. • ESPN3
Durham, N.C. • Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium (33,941 • Natural grass)
• Duke hosts the Bull City Gridiron Classic against N.C. Central on Saturday, September 12 at 6 p.m. ... The game will be broadcast live by ESPN3 with Alex Faust (play-by-play) and Stan Lewter (analyst)
• The Blue Devils are coming off a 37-7 season-opening road win at Tulane while the Eagles kicked off the 2015 campaign with a 72-0 triumph over St. Augustine's
• Saturday's game will mark the fourth on the gridiron between Duke and N.C. Central ... All three previous meetings came on Duke's campus in 2009 (49-14), 2012 (54-17) & 2013 (45-0)
• Ameritas serves as the official game sponsor of this week's contest ... In addition, Duke will celebrate Duke Employee Appreciation Day at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium
• Now in his eighth season with the Blue Devils, David Cutcliffe is 41-48 at Duke and 85-77 overall as a head coach
• At halftime of this week's game, Steve and Eileen Brooks, along with son Matt and daughter-in-law Melissa, will be recognized on the field for their continued support of Duke Athletics ... The Duke-N.C. Central tilt marks the first under the new name of the home for Duke Football — Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium
• Dating back to the 2013 season, the Blue Devils are 18-3 in their last 21 regular season games ... The only schools with more wins during that stretch are Florida State (21), Ohio State (20), Alabama (19), Baylor (19) & Michigan State (19)
• Duke's 19 wins in 2013-14 mark the program's best two-year victory total in school history ... The previous standard of 17 wins was set in both 1935-36 & 1938-39
• In 2015, the Blue Devils will aim to post their third consecutive season with both 20+ rushing and 20+ passing TDs ... Duke & Florida State are the only two ACC schools to accomplish the feat in each of the past two years
• The Blue Devils enter the N.C. Central game having won 11 consecutive regular season contests versus non-conference foes
• S Jeremy Cash and C Matt Skura will serve as team captains for the 2015 season ... The redshirt seniors were elected by their teammates ... Cash will serve as a team captain for the second straight year
• In 2014, Duke boasted a league-high 13 selections to the Academic All-ACC football squad ... Duke's total was followed by Syracuse (9), Pittsburgh (8), Wake Forest (6), Miami (5), N.C. State (5), North Carolina (4), Clemson (3), Boston College (2), Florida State (2), Georgia Tech (2), Louisville (2), Virginia (2) and Virginia Tech (2)
• 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 447 consecutive Duke football games dating back to the 1976 season-opening 21-18 win at Tennessee
Blue Devils by the Numbers
• 4 — Career kickoff returns for TDs for S DeVon Edwards, including a 95-yard scoring effort last week at Tulane ... The only active player nationally with more KORs for TDs is Autrey Golden of UTEP (6)
• 323 — Career points for K Ross Martin following a 13-point outing at Tulane in week one ... Martin currently sits in a tie for 10th place with former Florida State standout Sebastian Janikowski on the ACC's career scoring chart
• 48-8 — Head coach David Cutcliffe's record when allowing 20 points or less (25-4 at Ole Miss & 23-4 at Duke)
• 25 — Rushing yards allowed by the Blue Devils on 23 attempts against Tulane last week, marking the lowest total allowed by the Blue Devils in the David Cutcliffe Era
• 11-109 — Pass receptions and receiving yards for WR Johnell Barnes in the season-opening win at Tulane ... Both totals marked personal single-game bests for the Lehigh Acres, Fla., native
• 0 — Sacks allowed by the Blue Devils at Tulane ... Duke has led the ACC in fewest sacks allowed per passing attempt in each of the past two seasons
• 12 — Consecutive games with 2+ tackles for DT Carlos Wray ... Last week at Tulane, Wray carded three stops and 1.0 sack as the Blue Devils yielded just 271 total yards
• 22 — Games played as a member of the Duke Baseball team in 2015 by CB Johnathan Lloyd ... An outfielder, Lloyd batted .243 (9-37) with three doubles, two RBI and one stolen base as the Blue Devils posted a 31-22 overall record
• 289 — Passing yards for QB Thomas Sirk in his starting debut at Tulane in week one ... The total ranks tied for fifth on Duke's chart for passing yardage in a first start among modern era (1951-present) QBs
• .714 — Duke's overall winning percentage since the start of the 2013 season ... Prior to posting a 20-8 record over the past two-plus seasons (2013-15), head coach David Cutcliffe had guided the Blue Devils to a 21-40 (.344) ledger in his first five years (2008- 12)
• 2-of-16 — In the victory over Tulane, the Blue Devils allowed the Green Wave to convert just 2-of-16 (.125) combined 3rd and 4th down opportunities ... Tulane was 2-of-14 on third down and 0-of-2 on fourth down en route to producing just 14 first downs and 271 total yards
#GoDuke
Bull City Gridiron Classic • September 12, 2015 • 6 p.m. • ESPN3
Durham, N.C. • Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium (33,941 • Natural grass)
• Duke hosts the Bull City Gridiron Classic against N.C. Central on Saturday, September 12 at 6 p.m. ... The game will be broadcast live by ESPN3 with Alex Faust (play-by-play) and Stan Lewter (analyst)
• The Blue Devils are coming off a 37-7 season-opening road win at Tulane while the Eagles kicked off the 2015 campaign with a 72-0 triumph over St. Augustine's
• Saturday's game will mark the fourth on the gridiron between Duke and N.C. Central ... All three previous meetings came on Duke's campus in 2009 (49-14), 2012 (54-17) & 2013 (45-0)
• Ameritas serves as the official game sponsor of this week's contest ... In addition, Duke will celebrate Duke Employee Appreciation Day at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium
• Now in his eighth season with the Blue Devils, David Cutcliffe is 41-48 at Duke and 85-77 overall as a head coach
• At halftime of this week's game, Steve and Eileen Brooks, along with son Matt and daughter-in-law Melissa, will be recognized on the field for their continued support of Duke Athletics ... The Duke-N.C. Central tilt marks the first under the new name of the home for Duke Football — Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium
• Dating back to the 2013 season, the Blue Devils are 18-3 in their last 21 regular season games ... The only schools with more wins during that stretch are Florida State (21), Ohio State (20), Alabama (19), Baylor (19) & Michigan State (19)
• Duke's 19 wins in 2013-14 mark the program's best two-year victory total in school history ... The previous standard of 17 wins was set in both 1935-36 & 1938-39
• In 2015, the Blue Devils will aim to post their third consecutive season with both 20+ rushing and 20+ passing TDs ... Duke & Florida State are the only two ACC schools to accomplish the feat in each of the past two years
• The Blue Devils enter the N.C. Central game having won 11 consecutive regular season contests versus non-conference foes
• S Jeremy Cash and C Matt Skura will serve as team captains for the 2015 season ... The redshirt seniors were elected by their teammates ... Cash will serve as a team captain for the second straight year
• In 2014, Duke boasted a league-high 13 selections to the Academic All-ACC football squad ... Duke's total was followed by Syracuse (9), Pittsburgh (8), Wake Forest (6), Miami (5), N.C. State (5), North Carolina (4), Clemson (3), Boston College (2), Florida State (2), Georgia Tech (2), Louisville (2), Virginia (2) and Virginia Tech (2)
• 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 447 consecutive Duke football games dating back to the 1976 season-opening 21-18 win at Tennessee
Blue Devils by the Numbers
• 4 — Career kickoff returns for TDs for S DeVon Edwards, including a 95-yard scoring effort last week at Tulane ... The only active player nationally with more KORs for TDs is Autrey Golden of UTEP (6)
• 323 — Career points for K Ross Martin following a 13-point outing at Tulane in week one ... Martin currently sits in a tie for 10th place with former Florida State standout Sebastian Janikowski on the ACC's career scoring chart
• 48-8 — Head coach David Cutcliffe's record when allowing 20 points or less (25-4 at Ole Miss & 23-4 at Duke)
• 25 — Rushing yards allowed by the Blue Devils on 23 attempts against Tulane last week, marking the lowest total allowed by the Blue Devils in the David Cutcliffe Era
• 11-109 — Pass receptions and receiving yards for WR Johnell Barnes in the season-opening win at Tulane ... Both totals marked personal single-game bests for the Lehigh Acres, Fla., native
• 0 — Sacks allowed by the Blue Devils at Tulane ... Duke has led the ACC in fewest sacks allowed per passing attempt in each of the past two seasons
• 12 — Consecutive games with 2+ tackles for DT Carlos Wray ... Last week at Tulane, Wray carded three stops and 1.0 sack as the Blue Devils yielded just 271 total yards
• 22 — Games played as a member of the Duke Baseball team in 2015 by CB Johnathan Lloyd ... An outfielder, Lloyd batted .243 (9-37) with three doubles, two RBI and one stolen base as the Blue Devils posted a 31-22 overall record
• 289 — Passing yards for QB Thomas Sirk in his starting debut at Tulane in week one ... The total ranks tied for fifth on Duke's chart for passing yardage in a first start among modern era (1951-present) QBs
• .714 — Duke's overall winning percentage since the start of the 2013 season ... Prior to posting a 20-8 record over the past two-plus seasons (2013-15), head coach David Cutcliffe had guided the Blue Devils to a 21-40 (.344) ledger in his first five years (2008- 12)
• 2-of-16 — In the victory over Tulane, the Blue Devils allowed the Green Wave to convert just 2-of-16 (.125) combined 3rd and 4th down opportunities ... Tulane was 2-of-14 on third down and 0-of-2 on fourth down en route to producing just 14 first downs and 271 total yards
#GoDuke
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