Duke football dropped a close one at home Saturday to Georgia Tech, 31-27. With three key takeaways, stats and a look ahead, the Blue Zone breaks down everything you need to know about the Blue Devils' performance against the Yellow Jackets.
“We gave ourselves a chance to win at the end….[There were] a few plays here and there that [we] didn’t pull off like we wanted to,” Mataeo Durant said.
Georgia Tech defeated Duke 31-27 in an ACC Coastal clash—and the game played out just as you would expect from two teams who knew the implications for the conference standings.
Duke welcome Georgia Tech to a cold and rainy Wallace Wade Stadium, and it was neck and neck for the entire first half. Both teams have leaned heavily on the run game given the weather conditions, but it was the Yellow Jackets who took a 17-14 lead into halftime. Here’s five of our observations from the first 30 minutes.
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On the heels of a brutal loss to rival North Carolina, Duke stays home Saturday for its first home ACC matchup of the season. As the Blue Devils look to get back in the win column, the Blue Zone brings you three keys to a Duke victory.
Every football game, our beat writers Cam Polo, Jake Piazza, Max Rego, Alex Jackson, Micah Hurewitz and Jonathan Levitan will be here to give you their picks for Duke's upcoming matchup, and we'll keep track of their prediction records every week. Duke hosts 4.5-point favorite Georgia Tech in a Coastal matchup that could heavily play into who gets a spot in the ACC championship game.
After getting trounced 38-7 by North Carolina, the Blue Devils look to rebound this week against Georgia Tech, who is also coming off a tough 52-21 loss to Pittsburgh. It's the battle of the comebacks this Saturday at Wallace Wade, and the Blue Zone brings a player from both sides who will be key to each team's hopes for victory.
Duke football will continue its ACC campaign against a hungry Georgia Tech team this Saturday. Before the Blue Devils enter Wallace Wade Stadium, the Blue Zone brings some film analysis to preview the game.
Here are five things to look out for as the Blue Devils host the Yellow Jackets in their first home conference matchup of the season.
Taking care of your backyard is the goal for every program from a recruiting standpoint—I don’t care of it is Alabama or Akron we’re talking about—but the Blue Devils have not been cleaning up in that department in the slightest.
As the NFL's first month of play comes to a close, the Blue Zone takes a look at how former Blue Devils across the league performed in Week Four.
For a bit there, it looked like Duke could compete with North Carolina.
The Victory Bell rang in Chapel Hill for the third consecutive year as Duke fell to North Carolina 38-7. With three key takeaways, stats and a look ahead, the Blue Zone breaks down everything you need to know about the Blue Devils' loss to their biggest rival.
The Blue Devils took on the Tar Heels Saturday, and it was all Carolina blue. The contest ended in a 38-7 Duke loss in Kenan Memorial Stadium behind a stonewall defensive performance from North Carolina and enough production from quarterback Sam Howell to keep the Victory Bell in Chapel Hill.
Duke traveled eight miles down the road looking for a statement win against a talented-but-underachieving North Carolina. And through the opening 15 minutes, the Blue Devils looked like they could compete with their Tar Heel counterparts. Nevertheless, North Carolina quickly took control near the end of the first quarter and leads 24-0 entering the break. Here are five of our observations from the first half.
Every week the Blue Zone gives you our can't-lose prop bets for the upcoming football game.
This week marks the start of Duke's push for contention: having already shocked its own fans with an upset of Northwestern, the time is right to shock the ACC with an upset of North Carolina.
Every football game, our beat writers Cam Polo, Jake Piazza, Max Rego, Alex Jackson, Micah Hurewitz and Jonathan Levitan will be here to give you their picks for Duke's upcoming matchup, and we'll keep track of their prediction records every week. Duke goes down the road to Kenan Memorial stadium where it will be 20-point underdogs against North Carolina.
The Blue Zone brings three keys for Duke to take care of business against North Carolina in its first conference matchup of the season.
