Football• Duke sits at 2-0 for the third consecutive season, a first for the program since 1949-55.
• Duke has surrendered just seven points through the first two games of the season and stands fifth nationally with 3.5 points allowed per game.
• The seven points allowed are the fewest through the first two games since yielding six in 1961.
• Redshirt junior
Thomas Sirk posted a 233.45 pass efficiency rating against N.C. Central, good for the third-highest single-game total in Duke history
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Thomas Sirk completed the third longest pass in Duke history last Saturday against N.C. Central with an 89-yard toss to sophomore running back
Shaun Wilson.
• Only two quarterbacks in the country have a longer pass than
Thomas Sirk this year - Wyoming's Cameron Coffman (92) and Stanford's Kevin Hogan (93).
• Senior kicker
Ross Martin became Duke's career field goal leader last Saturday against N.C. Central with a 34-yard make in the second quarter. The conversion lifted Martin's career total to 56, surpassing Sims Lenhardt (1996-99) for the Duke record.
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Ross Martin is already Duke's career points leader, a record he set September 20, 2014, against Tulane.
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Shaquille Powell owns a team-high two receiving TDs.
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Shaquille Powell has caught a TD pass in three straight games. A touchdown catch Saturday would tie him for the fourth most consecutive games with a scoring grab in Duke history. Chris Castor (1982) and Clarkston Hines (1987) own the Duke mark with six straight games having a TD catch.
Field Hockey• Duke's scoring output in a 6-2 victory over William & Mary Sunday was the highest for the program since the Blue Devils defeated New Hampshire, 6-1, in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament (Nov. 16, 2013 – Durham, N.C.).
Men's Golf•
Adam Wood finished second at the
Rod Myers Invitational with a total of 209 (-7), tying for the fifth-best total score in the tournament's history.
Men's Soccer• Duke men's soccer head coach
John Kerr is one win shy of recording his 75th victory as the Blue Devils' coach. He is three wins shy of passing James Bly's 76-65-9 record to rank second in wins among all Duke soccer coaches in program history.
John Rennie holds the record with an incredible 410-161-34 record.
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