TCY - Let's Go Duke! Let's Go Duke! (Year 10)

MikeVick7 · 06-06-2004, 08:46 PM

Welcome to year 10 of my Duke Blue Devils TCY Dynasty. Feedback is always welcome.

Check out Year 9 as we made our 3rd straight trip to the playoffs.

Primary Offense: Pro Form
Primary Defense: 4-3
Current Prestige: 83
Career Record: 56-50

Year 1 (2-10)
Year 2 (2-9)
Year 3 (3-8)
Year 4 (6-5)
Year 5 (5-6)
Year 6 (5-6)
Year 7 (9-3)
Year 8 (12-2)
Year 9 (12-1)

Email Time
RB Duane Dock has left the team because of last season's suspension. (Well he would have been real good. Luckily we've got two other younger guys who are probably just as good.

P Todd Gibson has left the team because of the lack of playing time. (He was just a walk-on. No biggie)

DE Marlon Banks, has been made academically ineligible for the upcoming season for failing a class. (Nothing like a computer generated walk-on ruining your academic rating.

Michigan coach Alonzo Parrish had been named Coach of the Year. (AGAIN!?!? How much is he paying these voters? He has the best talent in the nation and has not won the national championship in the last two years.)

Hirings
Syndicate Coordinator - Rick Hopkins (39) Not much of an improvement over Ellard but we's a little better in handling Investigations and 4 years younger.

Scouts
Mid-Atlantic Scout - Deion Matlock (39)
Midwest Scout - Kendall Sanders (54)

Scheduling

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2012 Duke Schedule
   
Team Rank: 17
Rival: North Carolina
Stadium Capacity: 33,900
Season Tickets Sold: 19,700
   
  Week  Opponent              
1       (27) MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE                                     
3       NORTHWESTERN                                                    
4       at (35) Miami of Ohio                                           
$$5     (20) VIRGINIA                                                   
$$6     at North Carolina State                                         
$$7     (36) GEORGIA TECH                                               
$$8     (7) FLORIDA STATE                                               
$$10    at Maryland                                                     
$$11    at Clemson                                                      
$$12    WAKE FOREST                                                     
$$13    at North Carolina

We stepped up our non-conference schedule for the first time this year. Not playing any real heavyweights at this point...but a couple teams that are playoff regulars in Middle Tennesse State and Miami of Ohio.

Recruiting Summary

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Pos	Name			Ht	Wt	Rank	Nat	Cur	Fut	AP	Hometown
WR	Landeta, Ricky		5-10	176	10	94	36	87	96	Layton, UT
S	Nixon, Jake		5-11	174	4	122	31	86	36	Wynne, AR
OLB	Jones, Wayne		6-1	217	19	298	12	83	50	Millersville, PA
G	Hynes, Kevin		6-5	278	11	125	20	81	68	Columbia, SC
DT	Walker, Herb		6-5	267	1	9	23	80	97	Fort Lauderdale, FL
TE	Buchanan, Robert	6-2	229	5	232	37	80	92	Clarksburg, WV
ILB	Carlson, Mike		5-10	210	2	48	39	80	95	La Jolla, CA
RB	Salter, Louis		5-11	209	7	92	47	79	45	Fairmont, NC
FB	Zatechka, Leon		6-0	212	14	619	35	78	58	McHenry, IL
OLB	Glover, Howie		6-1	200	46	819	13	77	39	Mars Hill, ME
WR	Rellford, Geoff		6-0	174	52	665	23	69	13	Jacksboro, TN
OLB	Richmond, Scott		6-5	227	25	374	25	68	43	Newport News, VA
WR	McKnight, Lonnie	6-1	188	13	159	31	66	38	Sand Springs, OK
S	Fields, JC		5-11	179	84	--	15	61	11	Warren, NJ
DE	Van Pelt, Floyd		6-5	268	29	315	22	49	94	Icard, NC

We didn't land any flat-out studs but another solid class none the less. Rivals.com has ranked us the #13 best class.

MikeVick7 · 06-06-2004, 09:40 PM

Coaching Breakdown

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Coaching Record
   
Year  Team                  Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV   Tick Don  Score  
2011  Duke                  12-1   Yes  6    93   94   68   89   52   78   82     
2010  Duke                  12-2   Yes  10   90   94   95   84   54   39   76     
2009  Duke                  9-3    Yes  35   78   94   97   82   22   73   74     
2008  Duke                  5-6    No   74   26   94   97   71   11   4    44     
2007  Duke                  5-6    No   62   64   94   97   9    10   18   50     
2006  Duke                  6-5    No   54   73   94   97   71   6    73   69     
2005  Duke                  3-8    No   93   73   94   97   74   9    49   65     
2004  Duke                  2-9    No   110  43   94   97   0    5    31   45     
2003  Duke                  2-10   No   107  0    92   97   14   13   46   38     
   
Post - Post-Season Appearance, Perf - Team Performance Score, Acad - Academic  
Performance Score, Recr - Recruiting Score, TV - Television Revenue Score,  
Tick - Ticket Revenue Score, Don - Alumni Donations Score

MikeVick7 · 06-06-2004, 11:28 PM

Starting Lineups

Offense

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Player			Pos	Elig	HT	WT	Current	Future	Honors
Pritchett, Ken		QB	Sr	6-1	220	70	100	ACCPOY
DiPietro, Rodney	RB	So*	6-0	216	69	83	
Zatechka, Leon		FB	Fr	6-0	226	35	78	
Coons, Bob		TE	Sr	6-4	261	65	74	
Driver, Skip		WR	Sr	6-0	196	70	87	
Taylor, Oscar		WR	Jr*	6-0	193	43	82	

Bullock, Shawn		C	Sr*	6-5	305	70	83	
Hartman, Bucky		G	Sr*	6-5	307	98	98	2ndACC
Brazinski, Trent	G	Sr	6-3	297	78	100	
Devine, Steven		T	Sr*	6-4	311	92	99	1stACC
McIntyre, Edwin		T	Jr*	6-2	278	55	89

Pritchett - We don't return as many starters all-ACC starters but we have our 2nd team all-american QB.
DiPietro - Very talented as a RS Sophmore. Gets the nod for the departed Duane Dock.
Zatechka - Was recruited to start right away.
Coons - Had 27 catches last season. Great hands...doesn't drop many passes.
Driver - Actually became our best WR last year statistically. Scored on 11 TD catches and 2 punt returns
Taylor - Had only 10 catches last season but 3 were for TD's.
Bullock - 3rd year starter. Has 53 career run blocks.
Hartman - 2-time 2nd team All-ACC performer. Still just a Jr.
Brazinski - First year starter but this guy is a monster.
Devine - Earned 1st team All-ACC last year. Had 43 run blocks. Just a Jr.
McIntyre - Started as a RS Freshman last year. 15 KRB's. This is our best offensive line.

Defense

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Player			Pos	Elig	HT	WT	Current	Future	Honors
Baxter, Jermaine	DE	Sr	6-7	296	54	84	
Anderson, Lenny		DE	So*	5-10	227	39	73	
Rayburn, Buddy		DT	Sr	6-2	298	52	60	
Farrell, Troy		DT	Sr	6-3	270	26	68	

Sedor, Tim		ILB	Jr*	6-1	227	61	73	
Washington, Stephen	SOLB	Sr	6-2	261	60	62	
Olsen, Pat		WOLB	Sr	6-0	231	27	68		
								
Bernier, Vincent	CB	Jr*	5-10	187	77	80	
Donovan, Ralph		CB	Sr	6-0	204	63	69	2ndACC
Battle, Lee		FS	Sr*	5-9	190	84	99	
Szczepaniak, Bobby	SS	Sr	6-1	201	52	59

Baxter - Injury prone...but still the best talent we have on the d-line. Has 28 career sacks.
Anderson - Gets the nod over Lewis this year cause he has so much potential.
Rayburn - This 3rd year starter is a pure run-stopper. What he does doesn't show up in the stat column.
Farrell - Hasn't had a chance to develop much in his career but still has great potential.
Sedor - First year starter. Not great in any one category...just solid all-around.
Washington - Stephen's been waiting in the wings for three years...he's now earned the starting spot.
Olsen - Our most obvious weak spot on the defense. All the LB's are first year starters.
Bernier - Has developed into our #1 CB jumping over Donovan. Had 3 Ints last year.
Donovan - Two-time all-ACC 2nd teamer has 12 career INts...that's a school record.
Battle - Moves over to the FS spot. Big shoes to fill.
Szczepaniak - Kinda like Washington...just been waiting for a chance. Was a big surprise coming out of HS.

Special Teams

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Player			Pos	Elig	HT	WT	Current	Future	Honors
Shepard, Oliver		P	So*	6-1	188	71	87	
Ulmer, Scott		K	So*	6-3	219	81	100

Shepard - First year starter. Just a good all-around punter.
Ulmer - Had the biggest off season improvement. Great accuracy. Could break Everett's records.

MikeVick7 · 06-06-2004, 11:32 PM

ACC Predictions

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  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank  
Florida State           0-0     ACC   7.00  6.50  0.00  0.12  13.62 6       
**Duke                  0-0     ACC   17.00 27.00 0.00  0.08  44.08 21      
Virginia                0-0     ACC   20.00 26.00 0.00  0.32  46.32 23      
Georgia Tech            0-0     ACC   36.00 30.50 0.00  0.16  66.66 31      
North Carolina State    0-0     ACC   60.00 55.50 0.00  0.28  115.7855      
Wake Forest             0-0     ACC   90.00 86.50 0.00  0.36  176.8689      
North Carolina          0-0     ACC   89.00 88.00 0.00  0.24  177.2490      
Clemson                 0-0     ACC   85.00 96.50 0.00  0.04  181.5492      
Maryland                0-0     ACC   102.0099.50 0.00  0.20  201.70100

They might actually have the predictions right this year. We lost a lot of experience but we won't exactly be hurting.

Pre-season Top 25

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Overall Rankings
   
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank  
Michigan                0-0     B10   1.00  1.00  0.00  0.52  2.52  1       
Texas                   0-0     B12   2.00  2.00  0.00  1.20  5.20  2       
Stanford                0-0     P10   4.00  4.00  0.00  1.84  9.84  3       
Notre Dame              0-0     IND   3.00  3.00  0.00  4.56  10.56 4       
Tennessee               0-0     SEC   5.00  5.00  0.00  2.20  12.20 5       
Florida State           0-0     ACC   7.00  6.50  0.00  0.12  13.62 6       
Oklahoma                0-0     B12   6.00  6.50  0.00  1.12  13.62 7       
Boston College          0-0     BEC   9.00  8.50  0.00  1.32  18.82 8       
Penn State              0-0     B10   8.00  12.50 0.00  0.72  21.22 9       
Alabama                 0-0     SEC   10.00 11.00 0.00  2.28  23.28 10      
UCLA                    0-0     P10   13.00 12.00 0.00  1.88  26.88 11      
Rice                    0-0     WAC   14.00 11.50 0.00  3.44  28.94 12      
Utah                    0-0     MTW   11.00 16.00 0.00  2.76  29.76 13      
Wisconsin               0-0     B10   16.00 13.00 0.00  0.80  29.80 14      
Hawaii                  0-0     WAC   12.00 17.00 0.00  3.32  32.32 15      
Florida                 0-0     SEC   15.00 16.50 0.00  2.04  33.54 16      
Colorado State          0-0     MTW   19.00 16.00 0.00  2.60  37.60 17      
Syracuse                0-0     BEC   21.00 17.50 0.00  1.48  39.98 18      
Pittsburgh              0-0     BEC   18.00 22.00 0.00  1.40  41.40 19      
USC                     0-0     P10   22.00 18.50 0.00  1.92  42.42 20      
**Duke                  0-0     ACC   17.00 27.00 0.00  0.08  44.08 21      
Washington              0-0     P10   23.00 19.50 0.00  1.96  44.46 22      
Virginia                0-0     ACC   20.00 26.00 0.00  0.32  46.32 23      
Illinois                0-0     B10   24.00 26.50 0.00  0.40  50.90 24      
Middle Tennessee State  0-0     SBT   27.00 23.00 0.00  4.32  54.32 25

Is Michigan getting too much respect these days?

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 12:44 AM

Week 1

#27 Middle Tennessee State (0-0) at #17 Duke (0-0) (-15) TV4

First meeting

Key Injuries - None

Preview - MTSU has been one of the more successful programs in the first 9 years of my dynasty at 83-27...but have had a terrible time in the playoffs going 1-9. Yeah yeah I know...they are using their weak conference to breeze through the regular season and then they meet their maker in the playoffs against the "big boys." Although this is very true they have been able to use there Team Prestige to form a pretty good roster. And they've always had a pretty potent offense as they've used the Run and Shoot to set some pretty impressive passing records...including most passing touchdowns in a career. That record is held by 2010 graduate Ted Elliott who threw 124 TD's. They also graduated one of the best WR's ever to play college ball Al Forrester. Al holds the NCAA records for most receptions (355)...most receiving yards (5732) and most Receiving TD's (59) in a career. They also hold the mark for most passing yards averaged in a season by a team. 384.5 is the top mark set back in 2007. This season they start a little bit more inexperienced QB in RS So Seth Hilliard who has no career starts. Meanwhile we bring our most successful QB's back for his Senior year as Ken Pritchett...who was 2nd team All-American last year as a Junior. Pritchett threw for 31 TD's last year and has 58 in his career.

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Box Score: Middle Tennessee State at Duke  
Durham, NC.  
  
Week 1, 2012  
  
Attendance: 24,200 (33,900).  
  
Weather: 69 degrees, stormy.  
  
1Q: 02:54 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 24 field goal.  
1Q: 02:08 MDTN - Rob Maxey 74 run.  
1Q: 02:08 MDTN - Blake Robson extra point.  

2Q: 12:03 DUKE - Troy Farrell -1 fumble return.  
2Q: 12:03 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
2Q: 07:26 MDTN - Blake Robson 25 field goal.  
2Q: 02:31 MDTN - Lester Dunlap 5 pass from Seth Hilliard.  
2Q: 02:31 MDTN - Blake Robson extra point.  

3Q: 09:52 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 31 field goal.  
3Q: 01:37 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 23 pass from Ken Pritchett.  
3Q: 01:37 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

4Q: 10:41 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 2 run.  
4Q: 10:41 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
4Q: 06:48 MDTN - Tyrus Boyer 7 pass from Seth Hilliard.  
4Q: 06:48 MDTN - Blake Robson extra point.  
4Q: 02:03 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 12 pass from Ken Pritchett.  
4Q: 02:03 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
4Q: 00:19 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 34 field goal.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 93 Tim Sedor  
  
Middle Tennessee State 7 10     0      7      -      24  
Duke              3      7      10     17     -      37  
  
Team Statistics          MDTN          DUKE  

Net Rushing Yards        65            114  
Passing Yards            241           362   
Total Yards              306           476 

Sacked/Yards Lost        7-41          0-0  

Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              25     63     2.5    15     1      10     0  
41 Herndon               8      30     3.7    14     0      2      0  
10 Pritchett             3      16     5.3    11     0      1      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int
10 Pritchett             34     24     362    10.6   28     2      1  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
80 Taylor                5      96     19.2   43     24     1  
82 Driver                4      82     20.5   16     28     0  
22 DiPietro              4      52     13.0   35     21     1  
  
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
93 Sedor                 12     0      3.0    0      0      0  
27 Battle                5      1      0.0    0      0      0  
34 Szczepaniak           4      1      0.0    0      0      0  
92 Baxter                3      1      2.0    0      0      0  
57 Washington            3      0      1.0    0      0      0   
99 Olsen                 2      0      0.0    1      49     0  
77 Anderson              0      2      1.0    0      0      0

Well first let me say that we had to play in a storm. There's a big shock there. But despite the rainy and windy conditions...both teams put on an offensive display. And I guess when you play over half your games in the rain every year you really learn how to play effectively...and that's exactly what Ken Pritchett did. The all-american senior went 24-34 for 362 yards and 2 TD's in leading the Blue Devils to a season opening win. MTSU actually led 17-10 at the half before Pritchett took over. He hit Oscar Taylor on a 23 yard TD pass with 1:37 left in the 3rd to take a 20-17 lead. Then he iced the game with a 12 yard TD pass to Rodney DiPietro with 2:03 left to make it 34-24. The Dukie defense was also on fire today as they sacked a pair of MTSU QB's a total of 7 times. ILB Tim Sedor had a memorable first start as he racked up 12 tackles to go along with his 3 sacks. Jermaine Baxter...proving that when he's healthy he's a terror...picked up 2 sacks as well.

Next up - Bye week.

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 01:01 AM

Week 2

Bye week

Next up - Northwestern at Duke

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 01:38 AM

Week 3

Northwestern (0-1) at #11 Duke (1-0) (-9) No TV

Last season: Duke 44 Northwestern 7
Career Record against opponent: 7-2

Key Injuries - None

Preview - Last year against the Cats we ran around them and we passed over them for a total of 487 yards...which was 5th best in school history. Ken Pritchett threw 4 TD's and both Ward and Dock each ran for over 100 yards. This season the Cats don't look much better as they lost their opening game to Sitka...at home no less...17-3. They've got a brand new starting QB and RB...so things don't look so good up in Evanston. And well...we might as well embrace this but we're gonna play in the rain again.

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Box Score: Northwestern at Duke  
Durham, NC.  
  
Week 3, 2012  
  
Attendance: 25,000 (33,900).  
  
Weather: 60 degrees, rain.  
  
1Q: 04:58 UNOR - Norman Wynn 40 field goal.  
1Q: 00:18 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 33 field goal. 
 
2Q: 09:39 UNOR - Norman Wynn 30 field goal.  
2Q: 00:00 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 36 field goal.  

3Q: 14:51 DUKE - Vincent Bernier 99 kickoff return.  
3Q: 14:51 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
3Q: 10:43 DUKE - Skip Driver 18 pass from Ken Pritchett.  
3Q: 10:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
3Q: 00:29 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 36 field goal.  

4Q: 07:26 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 3 pass from Wally Johansen.  
4Q: 07:26 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
4Q: 03:12 DUKE - J.J. Foster 3 pass from Wally Johansen.  
4Q: 03:12 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro  
  
Northwestern      3      3      0      0      -      6  
Duke              3      3      17     14     -      37  
  
Team Statistics          UNOR          DUKE  
 
Net Rushing Yards        78            76    
Passing Yards            171           291   
Total Yards              249           367  

Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              24     83     3.4    34     0      11     0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int
10 Pritchett             24     16     241    10.0   51     1      0  
3 Johansen               5      4      50     10.0   30     2      0  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
22 DiPietro              8      111    13.8   66     51     1  
86 Coons                 3      29     9.6    7      10     0  
82 Driver                3      59     19.6   27     31     1   
2 Foster                 1      3      3.0    4      3      1  

Kick Returns             Att    Yards  Avg    TD   
33 Bernier               1      99     99.0   1  

Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
93 Sedor                 11     1      0.0    0      0      0  
34 Szczepaniak           7      1      0.0    0      0      0  
27 Battle                5      3      0.0    1      46     0  
57 Washington            4      1      0.0    0      0      0  
94 Crook                 3      2      1.5    0      0      0   
45 Donovan               2      1      0.0    1      1      0    
79 Van Pelt              1      1      1.5    0      0      0

Well we're definitely happy with the win today as blanked the Cats 31-0 after a sluggish first half that saw both teams connect on 2 FG's each. The rain obviously had some effect on both team's offenses. Then the sparkplug came right after halftime when Vincent Bernier took the kick off back 99 yards for a TD. That score kinda lit a fire under our butts as we scored on three TD passes. The last two TD passes came from back-up Wally Johansen and it's Johansen's arm that we'll have to rely on the rest of the year as Ken Pritchett had to come out of the game because his smoking problem caught up with him. Yes people...our All-American QB saw his career come to an end due to tobacco withdrawal syndrome. Oh boy. And that's not all. Our much injured DE Jermaine Baxter suffered a compound leg fracture that ended his up and down career as well. We can...and have replaced Baxter in the past. That shouldn't be a problem going forward...but I'm not sure if we can as easily replace Pritchett.

Next up - Duke at Miami of Ohio

StanGunner · 06-07-2004, 11:38 AM

I just started reading about year 6. Keep it up.

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by StanGunner

I just started reading about year 6. Keep it up.

Hey thanks. I've really been enjoying the improvement of my team and that's about the year that things started to turn around. Now with my QB out...things could get a bit dicey.

Thanks for reading.

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 07:27 PM

Week 4

#13 Duke (2-0) at #25 Miami of Ohio (1-0) (-4) TV1

Last season: First Meeting
Career Record against opponent: 0-0

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season

Sad to see two careers coming to an end. Especially Pritchett's

Preview - Well...now it gets interesting. With Pritchett out for the rest of the season...the fate of this team falls into the hands of RS Jr QB Wally Johansen. The positives about Johansen is that we get a bit more of a scrambling QB. We haven't had that yet...so that could make for some interestings twists. Otherwise we should be fine for all intensive purposes...Lewis will step back in the starting lineup for Baxter. You know...Duke's record-holder for most sacks in a season 13.5...and that was when he was a freshman. Our opponent for this week is Miami of Ohio...like MTSU...they are another mid-major that has become somewhat of a mini-powerhouse. Last season they beat UCLA in the first round of the playoffs and then got shutout by Michigan in Round 2. With Pritchett out and the game in Oxford OH...we're a 4 pt dog.

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Box Score: Duke at Miami of Ohio  
Oxford, OH.  
  
Week 4, 2012  
  
Attendance: 29,900 (30,000).  
  
Weather: 60 degrees, fair.  
  
1Q: 11:39 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 38 field goal.  
1Q: 00:28 MIAO - Lawrence Fredrickson 19 pass from Mel Graves.  
1Q: 00:28 MIAO - Korey Casey extra point.  

3Q: 09:40 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 14 run.  
3Q: 09:40 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

4Q: 13:49 MIAO - Lawrence Fredrickson 6 pass from Mel Graves.  
4Q: 13:49 MIAO - Korey Casey extra point.  
4Q: 07:18 MIAO - Norm Briscoe 35 fumble return.  
4Q: 07:18 MIAO - Korey Casey extra point.  
4Q: 03:20 DUKE - Bob Coons 10 pass from Wally Johansen.  
4Q: 03:20 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro run for conversion.  
4Q: 00:55 MIAO - Korey Casey 20 field goal.  
  
Game MVP: MIAO 92 Andre Calabrese  
  
Duke              3      0      7      8      -      18  
Miami of Ohio     7      0      0      17     -      24  
  
Team Statistics          DUKE          MIAO  

Net Rushing Yards        37            130   
Passing Yards            184           227   
Total Yards              221           357  
  
Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              14     25     1.7    14     1      7      0  
3 Johansen               8      4      0.5    36     0      1      5  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               36     15     184    5.1    40     1      1  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
22 DiPietro              7      47     6.7    32     11     0  
86 Coons                 2      31     15.5   25     21     1  
82 Driver                2      30     15.0   20     19     0  
  
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
93 Sedor                 10     5      1.0    0      0      0  
34 Szczepaniak           10     2      0.0    0      0      0  
57 Washington            9      5      0.0    0      0      0  
27 Battle                9      5      0.0    0      0      0   
33 Bernier               3      1      0.0    2      1      0   
39 Bensen                1      1      0.0    1      21     0  

Miami of Ohio Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
29 Jack                  36     125    3.4    13     0      10     0  

Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD   
92 Calabrese             4      3      3.0    0      0      0

Hmm...is this an indication of things to come? Miami used a ball control running attack that wore down our defense with some sustained drives in the 3rd and 4th quarter to score 17 in the 4th and win the game 24-18. Johansen definitely struggled in his first career start going 15-36 for 184 yards and the running game did not help him at all. DiPietro couldn't get anything going...14-25 yards and Johansen actually had our longest run of the day with a 36 yard scramble in the 3rd quarter. Our defense played very well but were just on the field for too long and eventually wore down.

Next up - Virginia at Duke

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 08:12 PM

Week 5

#43 Virginia (1-1) at #29 Duke (2-1) (-10) TV5

Last season: Duke 21 Virginia 17
Career Record against opponent: 3-6

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season

Preview - Virginia had quite a run through the playoffs last year as they got to the final four before losing to Michigan by only 7 points. So far this year...they've also gotten off to a rough start losing their opener to Michigan State and then coming back with a win over Miss St last week 45-10. Virginia is always tough and they gave us a very competitive game last year only losing by 4 points. We were actually down 17-7 at one point before scoring 14 2nd half points to steal a win against the Cavs. The Cavs have always run the Veer offense and it's led by RB Randall Horner. Horner was a workhorse last year running the ball 428 times...which is 3rd all time...for 1626 yards and 16 TD's. This year he's upped his ypc a bit from 3.7 to 4.9 and he has 352 yards in just two games so far. We'll definitely have to pass and run much better this week if we want a chance against this quality progrum.

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Box Score: Virginia at Duke  
Durham, NC.  
  
Week 5, 2012  
  
Attendance: 25,900 (33,900).  
  
Weather: 56 degrees, fair.  
  
1Q: 04:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 27 field goal.  

2Q: 06:53 VIRG - Hugh Shelton 23 field goal.  
2Q: 01:34 VIRG - Craig Jennings 10 run.  
2Q: 01:34 VIRG - Hugh Shelton extra point.  

3Q: 12:14 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 53 pass from Wally Johansen.  
3Q: 12:14 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
3Q: 10:13 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 13 pass from Wally Johansen.  
3Q: 10:13 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
3Q: 08:13 VIRG - Marco Willis 9 pass from Shawn Kitchings.  
3Q: 08:13 VIRG - Hugh Shelton extra point.  
3Q: 06:46 VIRG - Bruce Barlow 49 interception return.  
3Q: 06:46 VIRG - Hugh Shelton extra point.  
3Q: 02:48 VIRG - Craig Jennings 27 run.  
3Q: 02:48 VIRG - Hugh Shelton extra point. 
 
4Q: 11:22 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 6 run.  
4Q: 11:22 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
4Q: 06:55 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 30 field goal.  
4Q: 03:20 DUKE - Skip Driver 28 pass from Wally Johansen.  
4Q: 03:20 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 93 Tim Sedor  
  
Virginia          0      10     21     0      -      31  
Duke              3      0      14     17     -      34  
  
Team Statistics          VIRG          DUKE  
 
Net Rushing Yards        181           54   
Passing Yards            252           322    
Total Yards              433           376  
  
Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              22     54     2.4    11     1      9      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               31     19     322    10.3   53     3      2  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
22 DiPietro              6      64     10.6   44     13     1
82 Driver                5      98     19.6   44     31     1  
80 Taylor                3      82     27.3   25     53     1    
83 Landeta               2      70     35.0   13     41     0  

Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
77 Anderson              11     2      0.5    0      0      0  
93 Sedor                 9      6      2.0    0      0      0  
27 Battle                8      11     0.0    0      0      0  
57 Washington            6      2      0.0    1      22     0   
21 Hellestrae            1      0      0.0    1      36     0

I'm a little speechless after this one. We really didn't have any chance to win this game down 31-17 after 3 quarters but for some reason...the Cavs defensive coordinator refused to get out of his 8-man front and Johansen finally realized that when there's 8 in the box...passing should be a little bit easier. So once he got that through his thick skull...scoring was a breeze. In the 4th quarter...we scored on a 5-play 91 yard drive that took just 2:14 off the clock as DiPietro took it in from 6 yards out. Then after a punt we had an 8-play 42 yard drive that took 2:51 off the clock and ended with a Scotty Ulmer FG. Then after another punt. We had a quick 7-play 35 yard drive that took 2:29 off the clock and ended with a 28 yard TD pass to Skip Driver to take a 34-31 lead. UVA put together one last drive that got down to the 10 yard line with just :12 left but Wyse missed a gimme as Virginia suffered a tough loss...with much of the thanks going to their defensive coordinator. I applaud their strategy of putting more pressure on our QB to complete passes...and it worked great for 3 quarters...why they didn't get out of it late...I'll never know.

Next up - Duke at North Carolina State

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 09:06 PM

Week 6

#24 Duke (3-1) (-13) at North Carolina State (1-3) TV5

Last season: Duke 51 NC State 24
Career Record against opponent: 3-6

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season

Preview - I'm not sure what's up with the Wolfpack so far this season. A 1-3 start is very non-Pack -like...but who are we to complain. We're on the verge of self-destructing ourselves...so we're gonna take it where we can get it. One thing we have to do is get our running game in order. DiPietro is only averaging 2.64 ypc so far this season and has been stuffed on 37 of 85 carries. His importance has gone up two-fold since Pritchett's injury. Last week Wally Johansen actually had his best game of his short career as he led us to victory after trailing by 14 in the 4th quarter. The defense has really been tested so far and Tim Sedor has been a very pleasant surprise. He's accumulated 42 tackles in just 4 games and 15 of those have been TFL's. That's 2nd in the country.

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Box Score: Duke at North Carolina State  
Raleigh, NC.  
  
Week 6, 2012  
  
Attendance: 42,400 (51,500).  
  
Weather: 53 degrees, rain.  
  
1Q: 05:11 NCST - Cary Dion 18 field goal.  
1Q: 03:55 DUKE - Bob Coons 63 fumble return.  
1Q: 03:55 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 
 
2Q: 14:43 DUKE - Antoine Herndon 5 run.  
2Q: 14:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
2Q: 12:40 NCST - Harvey Emmons 55 run.  
2Q: 12:40 NCST - Cary Dion extra point.  
2Q: 09:21 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 4 run.  
2Q: 09:21 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
2Q: 01:27 NCST - Cary Dion 40 field goal.  
2Q: 00:50 NCST - Desmond Beauregard 26 interception return.  
2Q: 00:50 NCST - Cary Dion extra point.  

3Q: 12:32 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 5 pass from Wally Johansen.  
3Q: 12:32 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 
 
4Q: 12:12 NCST - Cary Dion 32 field goal.  
4Q: 07:45 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 21 field goal.  
4Q: 02:27 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 14 run.  
4Q: 02:27 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
4Q: 00:40 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 9 run.  
4Q: 00:40 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro  
  
Duke              7      14     7      17     -      45  
North Carolina State 3   17     0      3      -      23  
  
Team Statistics          DUKE          NCST  
 
Net Rushing Yards        196           120   
Passing Yards            161           149   
Total Yards              357           269  

Avg. Drive Start         OWN 43        OWN 22  
  
Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              23     173    7.5    33     3      4      0  
3 Johansen               8      14     1.7    15     0      2      1  
41 Herndon               3      8      2.6    5      1      0      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               30     15     161    5.3    29     1      3
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
80 Taylor                4      59     14.7   6      20     0  
29 Zatechka              4      25     6.2    9      13     0  
82 Driver                3      49     16.3   12     29     0  
22 DiPietro              3      18     6.0    13     9      1  
  
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
27 Battle                13     4      0.0    0      0      0  
34 Szczepaniak           7      3      0.0    0      0      0  
57 Washington            5      3      0.5    0      0      0  
33 Bernier               4      1      0.0    0      0      0  
91 Lewis                 3      0      2.0    0      0      0  
93 Sedor                 3      0      1.0    0      0      0   
45 Donovan               2      1      0.0    1      0      0

See...this is what can happen when you have a running game. You can watch your QB throw 3 Ints...yet still be in control of the game because you have a presence on the ground. Rodney DiPietro finally woke up after a four game slumber and rushed for 173 yards on 23 carries for 3 TD's. He followed that up with 3 more catches and a receiving TD. Another factor was that our defense and special teams put us in great starting field positions all day long. And I think we just have to admit that we love playing in the rain. Hey...we're 4-1 now. We'll take it.

Next up - Georgia Tech at Duke

Recruiting Commitments

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Pos	Name			Ht	Wt	Rank	Nat	AP	Hometown
RB	Rhoden, Donald		5-10	180	13	150	66	Levittown, NY
WR	Finch, Victor		5-9	175	2	55	94	Anniston, AL
C	Wooden, Benjamin	6-1	266	2	26	93	Naperville, IL
G	McNally, Les		6-3	263	3	64	40	Louisville, KY
CB	Williamson, Terrell	5-11	163	2	31	71	Lancaster, PA

We really went after some big-time recruits this year and it's paying off so far. Four top 100 recruits committed this week and Rhoden committed after just one visit. Got lucky there as our top guy committed somewhere else.

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 09:54 PM

Week 7

#38 Georgia Tech (3-1) at #21 Duke (4-1) (-9) TV4

Last season: Duke 45 GTech 14
Career Record against opponent: 2-7

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
LB Pat Olsen - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 4 weeks

Preview - It's amazing how one game can change the perception of a player. Rodney DiPietro had a great game last week and now after looking at his stats...he ain't sittin too bad. Right now he's up to 398 yards on the ground with 6 TD's and he's caught an amazing 28 of 33 passes thrown to him for 292 more yards and 4 more TD's. He leads the team in both rushing and receiving TD's. GTech's off to a good start this year at 3-1...but they lost their starting QB Troy Hopfner to a torn calf muscle in last week's game against Maryland so now they must rely on Soph Ernie Brock who has only 3 games under his belt and no career starts. In a passing offense...they're in a spot of trouble. Clifton Smedley is a respectable running back so we'll really have to key on him to have our best chance at shutting down this offense. Tech used to be the biggest thorn in our side...winning the first 7 meeting. Since then...we've taken the

last two.

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Box Score: Georgia Tech at Duke  
Durham, NC.  
  
Week 7, 2012  
  
Attendance: 28,600 (33,900).  
  
Weather: 46 degrees, rain.  
  
1Q: 04:12 GATC - Myron Crockett 17 pass from Ernie Brock.  
1Q: 04:12 GATC - Matt Carney extra point.  

2Q: 06:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 21 field goal.  
2Q: 03:38 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 4 run.  
2Q: 03:38 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
2Q: 00:43 DUKE - Ricky Landeta 53 pass from Wally Johansen.  
2Q: 00:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

3Q: 12:42 DUKE - Ricky Landeta 5 pass from Wally Johansen.  
3Q: 12:42 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
3Q: 04:20 DUKE - Skip Driver 18 pass from Wally Johansen.  
3Q: 04:20 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point failed.  
3Q: 00:05 DUKE - Leon Zatechka 8 pass from Wally Johansen.  
3Q: 00:05 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

4Q: 02:16 GATC - Broderick Sullivan 8 pass from Jeffrey Coker.  
4Q: 02:16 GATC - Matt Carney extra point.  
4Q: 01:02 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 29 run.  
4Q: 01:02 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro  
  
Georgia Tech      7      0      0      7      -      14  
Duke              0      17     20     7      -      44  
  
Team Statistics          GATC          DUKE  
 
Net Rushing Yards        39            136  
Passing Yards            236           311   
Total Yards              275           447  

Sacked/Yards Lost        5-30          3-19  

Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              19     152    8.0    58     2      4      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               29     20     264    9.1    53     4      2  
7 Curtis                 2      2      47     23.5   37     0      0  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
22 DiPietro              5      71     14.2   27     37     0  
86 Coons                 4      53     13.2   17     26     0  
82 Driver                4      57     14.2   44     18     1  
83 Landeta               4      73     18.2   31     53     2    
29 Zatechka              1      8      8.0    8      8      1  
   
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
45 Donovan               9      1      0.0    0      0      0  
27 Battle                6      0      0.0    0      0      0  
93 Sedor                 5      1      2.0    1      16     0  
77 Anderson              4      0      1.0    0      0      0

Wow...it's like we're looking at a totally different player the last two weeks. After a terrible first quarter...we had a drive to begin the 2nd quarter that seemed to change the complexion of the game. After a punt to our own 14 we proceeded to go on a 14-play 93 yard drive that only amounted into a 21 yard Scott Ulmer FG. But it left the Tech D on the field for 6 1/2 minutes and seemed to just tire them out. After that drive we proceeded to score TD's on our next 5 drives to blow this game open. Johansen had a great game going 20-29 for 264 yards and 4 TD's. And DiPietro continued his hot streak by rushing for 152 more yards and 2 TD's. He also brought in 5 passes for 71 more yards. And we played in the rain again. The rain is our friend.

Next up - Florida State at Duke

Recruiting Commitments

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Pos	Name			Ht	Wt	Rank	Nat	AP	Hometown
QB	Buchanan, Jonathan	5-11	194	1	8	89	Pasadena, MD
OLB	Castagnola, Kim		6-2	211	23	388	87	Sugar Land, TX

Buchanan was a excellent score for us. The first time we've been able to land the #1 QB in the high school ranks.

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 10:40 PM

Week 8

#12 Florida State (3-1) at #15 Duke (5-1) (-14) TV3

Last season: Duke 10 FSU 7
Career Record against opponent: 4-5

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
LB Pat Olsen - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 3 weeks

Preview - I said it last year before the game and I'll say it again. I'm not sure what we do to this team...but we've had their number for the last 4 years. The games are always low scoring and the winning margin is always in single digits. Last season was no different. Down 7-3 in the 4th quarter...the Devils put together a 2-play drive with no TO's and :43 left and we hit on a TD pass to win the game. Since losing the 3rd game of the year...we've put together a nice three game winning streak and are actually playing some pretty good ball. FSU is back strong once again this year but they've run into a little bit of a snag. They lost their 2nd team all-ACC QB Brian Stolowitz to broken Ribs in the 2nd game of the year. With him out...it didn't affect them until last game when they got blown out by Wake Forest 42-13. It's definitely not the same Noles squad as in year's past at least offensively. Right now they're 108th in rushing offense and 96th in passing offense. Their defense is still strong as they are #1 against the pass but their lack of O has put a big strain on their offense. Despite their problems...the fact that we are 14 pt favorites is kinda scary.

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Box Score: Florida State at Duke  
Durham, NC.  
  
Week 8, 2012  
  
Attendance: 30,000 (33,900).  
  
Weather: 59 degrees, fair.  
  
1Q: 11:08 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 2 run.  
1Q: 11:08 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
1Q: 06:35 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 54 run.  
1Q: 06:35 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
1Q: 00:00 DUKE - Wally Johansen 8 run.  
1Q: 00:00 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

2Q: 12:27 DUKE - Ricky Landeta 11 pass from Wally Johansen.  
2Q: 12:27 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
2Q: 03:36 FLST - Ethan Ellis 4 pass from Tommie Tyler.  
2Q: 03:36 FLST - Jeremy Wetzel extra point.  
2Q: 00:55 DUKE - Ralph Donovan 61 interception return.  
2Q: 00:55 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

3Q: 08:15 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 43 field goal.  
3Q: 03:19 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 30 field goal.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro  
  
Florida State     0      7      0      0      -      7  
Duke              21     14     6      0      -      41  
  
Team Statistics          FLST          DUKE  

Net Rushing Yards        50            133  
Passing Yards            216           197    
Total Yards              266           330   

Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              24     153    6.3    54     2      6      0  
3 Johansen               9      -27    -3.0   8      1      1      5  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               24     14     197    8.2    44     1      0  
 
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
80 Taylor                4      90     22.5   9      44     0  
86 Coons                 3      41     13.6   8      25     0  
82 Driver                3      34     11.3   11     14     0   
83 Landeta               1      11     11.0   11     11     1  
 
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
93 Sedor                 8      1      0.0    0      0      0  
57 Washington            5      2      1.0    0      0      0  
33 Bernier               5      1      0.0    1      0      0  
91 Lewis                 3      1      2.0    0      0      0  
45 Donovan               3      1      0.0    1      61     1

I'm not sure what's up with the Noles...but they're in trouble. I thought defensively they would be strong enough to make this a game but we moved through them like swiss cheese to the tune of 35 points in the first half. DiPietro continued his brilliance as he rushed for 153 more yards and 2 more TD's. Defensively this was the poorest showing by a Noles defense and with their starting QB down for the rest of the year...they're really gonna have to carry them. This win makes it four in a row and we're on fire.

Next up - Bye week.

Recruiting Commitments

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Pos	Name			Ht	Wt	Rank	Nat	AP	Hometown
DT	Shepherd, Mo		6-1	253	11	147	49	Piedmont, SC

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 10:45 PM

Mid-season Report (A week late)

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2012 Summary for Duke
   
Record: 6-1
Rank: 13
   
Duke                    Team      Rank  
Rushes                  229       52          
Rushing Yards           746       69          
Yards Per Carry         3.25      83 (T)      
Pass Attempts           215       22 (T)      
Completions             129       11          
Passing Yards           1828      7           
Yards Per Attempt       8.50      21          
3rd Down Conversions    34.8      57 (T)      
Points Per Game         36.5      11          
Turnovers               10        46 (T)      
Turnover Margin         +6        22 (T)      
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes                  234       72 (T)      
Rushing Yards           663       33 (T)      
Yards Per Carry         2.83      20          
Pass Attempts           232       124         
Completions             117       113         
Passing Yards           1492      105         
Yards Per Attempt       6.43      37 (T)      
3rd Down Conversions    34.3      65          
Points Per Game         18.4      30          
Turnovers               16        12 (T)      
   
Primary Formation: Pro Formation
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     37    MDTN (34)     24      
3     37    UNOR (116)    6       
4     18    at MIAO (7)   24      
5     34    VIRG (37)     31      
6     45    at NCST (103) 23      
7     44    GATC (44)     14      
8     41    FLST (30)     7       
10          at MARY (65)          
11          at CLEM (108)         
12          WAKE (61)             
13          at NCAR (95)          
   
Passing             Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  
3 Johansen          QB    155   87    1178  7.60  12    8       
10 Pritchett        QB    58    40    603   10.39 3     1       
Team                ---   215   129   1828  8.50  15    9       
   
Rushing             Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst  
22 DiPietro         RB    151   703   4.65  10    51    95      
3 Johansen          QB    35    -41   -1.17 1     23    113     
41 Herndon          RB    22    65    2.95  1     4     2       
Team                ---   229   746   3.25  12    86    242     
   
Receiving           Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC   TD  
82 Driver           WR    48    24    409   17.0  174   3       
22 DiPietro         RB    41    34    368   10.8  222   4       
80 Taylor           WR    36    21    425   20.2  109   2       
83 Landeta          WR    26    12    248   20.6  85    3       
29 Zatechka         FB    24    14    112   8.0   58    1       
86 Coons            TE    23    16    206   12.8  82    1       
2 Foster            WR    10    5     44    8.8   4     1       
Team                ---   215   129   1828  14.1  740   15      
   
Defense             Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL   Ints  Defn  
93 Sedor            ILB   58    14    9.0   21    1     3       
27 Battle           S     46    26    0.0   9     1     5       
34 Szczepaniak      S     39    14    0.0   5     0     1       
57 Washington       OLB   34    16    2.5   7     1     3       
45 Donovan          CB    25    8     0.0   2     3     6       
77 Anderson         DE    23    10    3.0   8     0     0       
33 Bernier          CB    20    7     0.0   2     3     6       
70 Rayburn          DT    19    7     0.0   3     0     1       
99 Olsen            OLB   16    4     0.0   1     1     4       
39 Bensen           CB    14    4     0.0   1     1     1
96 Farrell          DT    13    3     1.0   8     0     0       
91 Lewis            DE    13    3     5.0   7     0     0       
Team                ---   387   132   28.0  86    12    34

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 10:46 PM

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2012 Season Standings, Atlantic Coast
   
  School                 W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
**Duke                   6  1  0  .857  256 129 4  0  0  1.000 164 75  Won 4       
Maryland                 4  3  0  .571  133 138 3  1  0  .750  79  55  Won 2       
Virginia                 3  2  0  .600  182 85  2  1  0  .666  113 37  Won 2       
Georgia Tech             3  2  0  .600  136 133 2  1  0  .666  65  85  Lost 1      
Wake Forest              4  3  0  .571  162 140 2  2  0  .500  111 75  Lost 1      
Florida State            3  2  0  .600  89  116 1  2  0  .333  47  93  Lost 2      
North Carolina           2  5  0  .285  137 174 1  3  0  .250  74  96  Won 1       
Clemson                  1  5  0  .166  93  180 1  3  0  .250  62  122 Lost 2      
North Carolina State     1  5  0  .166  93  167 0  3  0  .000  43  120 Lost 3

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Overall Rankings
   
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank  
Stanford                7-0     P10   1.00  3.00  0.00  1.44  5.44  1       
Notre Dame              7-0     IND   3.00  2.00  0.00  2.56  7.56  2       
Florida                 6-0     SEC   2.25  5.00  0.00  2.20  9.45  3       
Texas                   6-0     B12   5.50  1.00  0.00  3.84  10.34 4       
Michigan                6-1     B10   5.50  4.00  1.00  1.60  12.10 5       
SMU                     6-0     WAC   6.50  6.00  0.00  3.16  15.66 6       
UCLA                    6-1     P10   7.00  8.50  1.00  0.52  17.02 7       
San Diego State         7-0     MTW   4.00  12.50 0.00  1.56  18.06 8       
Boston College          5-1     BEC   11.50 8.50  1.00  1.64  22.64 9       
Miami of Ohio           6-0     MUS   12.25 7.00  0.00  4.92  24.17 10      
Wisconsin               5-1     B10   10.75 12.50 1.00  2.40  26.65 11      
Utah                    4-1     MTW   11.50 14.50 1.00  1.12  28.12 12      
Syracuse                5-1     BEC   12.75 13.50 1.00  2.16  29.41 13      
Pittsburgh              6-1     BEC   11.25 15.00 1.00  3.40  30.65 14      
Washington              5-1     P10   17.50 14.50 1.00  2.44  35.44 15      
**Duke                  6-1     ACC   15.25 17.50 1.00  2.32  36.07 16      
Alabama                 5-1     SEC   20.25 11.50 1.00  3.96  36.71 17      
Akron                   5-1     MUS   14.75 23.00 1.00  3.80  42.55 18      
South Carolina          5-1     SEC   13.75 28.00 1.00  1.76  44.51 19      
Tennessee               4-2     SEC   26.75 18.00 2.00  0.88  47.63 20      
USC                     4-1     P10   25.00 18.00 1.00  3.72  47.72 21      
Barrow                  5-1     SCE   23.75 19.00 1.00  4.24  47.99 22      
Penn State              4-2     B10   20.25 26.00 2.00  1.16  49.41 23      
Missouri                5-1     B12   18.00 29.50 1.00  2.64  51.14 24      
Central Florida         4-2     MUS   15.75 36.00 2.00  0.84  54.59 25

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 10:49 PM

Week 9

Bye week

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
LB Pat Olsen - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 2 weeks
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 5 weeks

Next up - Duke at Maryland

Recruiting Commitments

Code:

Pos	Name			Ht	Wt	Rank	Nat	AP	Hometown
OLB	Breiten, JR		5-11	200	28	462	80	Rocky Mount, NC

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 11:22 PM

Week 10

#14 Duke (6-1) (-21) at Maryland (4-4) TV4

Last season: Duke 30 Maryland 7
Career Record against opponent: 5-4

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 5 weeks
LB Pat Olsen - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 1 weeks

Preview - Maryland has been fairly competitive this year...especially within the conference. They have wins over Clemson...UNC and Wake Forest and losses vs GTEch 28-21 and NCState 28-27. So close games indeed...closer than they've been in the last few years. They're led by two good RB's...Billy Webb has 639 yards rushing and 5 TD's and Glenn Gerbasi has added 230 yards and 1 TD. Our running game has possibly gone through it's best 4 game stretch ever. Rodney DiPietro is now up to 703 yards on the season and 10 TD's. Plus he still leads the team in receptions with 34. Tim Sedor continues to be the leading force on defense with 58 tackles...9 sacks and 21 TFL's. He leads the team in all three categories.

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Box Score: Duke at Maryland  
College Park, MD.  
  
Week 10, 2012  
  
Attendance: 29,700 (48,100).  
  
Weather: 51 degrees, rain.  
  
1Q: 10:51 DUKE - Bob Coons 11 pass from Wally Johansen.  
1Q: 10:51 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
1Q: 06:06 MARY - Tyrell Sanchez 1 run.  
1Q: 06:06 MARY - Phil Fisk extra point.  
1Q: 05:05 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 75 run.  
1Q: 05:05 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

2Q: 11:54 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 14 pass from Wally Johansen.  
2Q: 11:54 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
2Q: 08:45 DUKE - Leon Zatechka 11 pass from Wally Johansen.  
2Q: 08:45 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
2Q: 07:27 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 11 pass from Wally Johansen.  
2Q: 07:27 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

3Q: 10:30 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 7 pass from Wally Johansen.  
3Q: 10:30 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
3Q: 02:49 DUKE - J.J. Foster 4 pass from Donnell Dunlap.  
3Q: 02:49 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

4Q: 09:26 DUKE - Antoine Herndon 24 run.  
4Q: 09:26 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
4Q: 05:31 MARY - Glenn Gerbasi 36 pass from Kirk Driver.  
4Q: 05:31 MARY - Phil Fisk extra point.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro  
  
Duke              14     21     14     7      -      56  
Maryland          7      0      0      7      -      14  
  
Team Statistics          DUKE          MARY  
  
Net Rushing Yards        253           109   
Passing Yards            243           264   
Total Yards              496           373  

Avg. Drive Start         OWN 40        OWN 20  

Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              23     187    8.1    75     1      8      0  
41 Herndon               11     50     4.5    24     1      2      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               13     12     141    10.8   30     5      0  
14 Dunlap                4      4      55     13.7   19     1      0  
7 Curtis                 3      3      47     15.6   20     0      0  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
80 Taylor                4      54     13.5   42     19     2  
82 Driver                3      57     19.0   8      30     0  
22 DiPietro              3      27     9.0    10     13     1  
29 Zatechka              3      24     8.0    11     11     1  
2 Foster                 2      21     10.5   13     17     1    
86 Coons                 1      11     11.0   12     11     1  
 
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
34 Szczepaniak           7      2      0.0    0      0      0  
93 Sedor                 7      2      0.0    0      0      0  
27 Battle                6      0      0.0    0      0      0  
70 Rayburn               5      2      0.0    0      0      0  
91 Lewis                 3      0      2.0    0      0      0  
99 Olsen                 3      0      0.0    1      0      0

What can I say? We're on a massive roll and it keeps getting better each week. 187 more yards for DiPietro and 2 more TD's...1 rushing and 1 passing. As a team we set a school record for the most rushing yards in one game (253) and our total offense was 3rd best in school history (496). Our QB's were a combined 19-20 and threw for a total of 6 TD's. Johansen had 12 completions and 5 TD's. On D...Chuck Lewis has picked up some steam as of late with 2 more sacks.

Next up - Duke at Clemson

Recruiting Commitments

Code:

Pos	Name			Ht	Wt	Rank	Nat	AP	Hometown
TE	Rice, Tyrell		6-3	234	1	4	100	Friendswood, TX
C	Lindberg, Brady		6-2	290	1	15	88	Tallahassee, FL
DE	Moss, Vernon		6-5	251	11	73	21	Gaithersburg, MD
CB	Borders, Clarence	6-1	171	22	514	15	Richburg, SC

Another HUGE recruiting week. Rice was a big score and with Lindberg we have the top two Centers in the country.

MikeVick7 · 06-07-2004, 11:56 PM

Week 11

#12 Duke (7-1) (-23) at Clemson (1-6) No TV

Last season: Duke 31 Clemson 21
Career Record against opponent: 6-3

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 4 weeks
LB Pat Olsen - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 1 weeks

Preview - Clemson has really fallen off the wagon this year...1-6 overall and 1-4 in ACC action. The only thing they have going for them this week is that the game is at their place. Our team continues to roll. Johansen has thrown 17 TD passes and DiPietro has scored 16 TD's. Offensively we're now the 9th best scoring team in the nation and our D...although the stats are the greatest...seems to get better each week. Clemson gave us a scare last year outgaining us 472-363...but we won the game 31-21.

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Box Score: Duke at Clemson  
Clemson, SC.  
  
Week 11, 2012  
  
Attendance: 25,000 (81,500).  
  
Weather: 41 degrees, rain.  
  
1Q: 05:30 DUKE - Antoine Herndon 3 run.  
1Q: 05:30 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
1Q: 00:11 DUKE - Skip Driver 15 pass from Wally Johansen.  
1Q: 00:11 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

2Q: 04:26 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 2 run.  
2Q: 04:26 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
2Q: 00:52 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 52 run.  
2Q: 00:52 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

3Q: 12:19 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 42 field goal.  
3Q: 08:35 DUKE - Skip Driver 19 pass from Wally Johansen.  
3Q: 08:35 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
3Q: 03:56 CLEM - Leroy Rayburn 13 pass from Jay Harper.  
3Q: 03:56 CLEM - Dean Hines extra point.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 82 Skip Driver  
  
Duke              14     14     10     0      -      38  
Clemson           0      0      7      0      -      7  
  
Team Statistics          DUKE          CLEM  
  
Net Rushing Yards        232           55   
Passing Yards            226           65  
Total Yards              458           120  
  
Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              25     147    5.8    50     1      7      0  
41 Herndon               6      23     3.8    8      1      0      0    
80 Taylor                2      56     28.0   52     1      0      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               26     16     226    8.6    35     2      3  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
82 Driver                8      126    15.7   35     23     2  
86 Coons                 2      22     11.0   12     11     0  
80 Taylor                2      24     12.0   17     14     0  
22 DiPietro              2      47     23.5   18     35     0  
29 Zatechka              2      7      3.5    0      7      0  
  
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
27 Battle                8      3      0.0    1      57     0  
93 Sedor                 5      1      1.0    0      0      0  
90 Catalano              5      1      0.0    0      0      0  
70 Rayburn               5      0      0.0    0      0      0  
45 Donovan               4      0      0.0    0      0      0  
91 Lewis                 3      1      1.5    0      0      0   
77 Anderson              2      2      1.5    0      0      0

Despite the 3 Ints and 5 TO's altogether...possibly our best game this year all-around. 458 yards of total offense and we hold Clemson to 120 yards of total offense. Our 232 yards on the ground was 4th best all-time. DiPietro with 147 more yards on the ground and another TD. Skip Driver picks up MVP honors however with 8 catches...126 yards and 2 TD's. I would like to gush more about my team but I don't want to jinx anything.

Next up - Wake Forest at Duke

Recruiting Commitments

Code:

Pos	Name			Ht	Wt	Rank	Nat	AP	Hometown
DT	Andersen, Clarence	6-0	236	19	277	15	La Plata, MD
S	Vaughn, Joe		6-0	189	13	204	22	Hays, NC

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 12:24 AM

Week 12

Wake Forest (5-5) at #10 Duke (8-1) (-13) No TV

Last season: Duke 31 Wake 3
Career Record against opponent: 5-4

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 2 weeks

Preview - With Wake's run and shoot offense there's always a chance that they could go off...but even though they might put some points on the board...more than likely their defense won't do their job. This year could be their worst as they are 115th against the run and 119th against the pass...but somehow they're only 72nd in scoring defense giving up 26.3 points per game. Right now I can't believe that we've won our last six games in a row. I thought we would be involved in a lot of close conference games...but the Virginia game was our closest and the rest have been blowouts. If we win today's game against the Deacons then we clinch our 4th ACC title in a row.

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Box Score: Wake Forest at Duke  
Durham, NC.  
  
Week 12, 2012  
  
Attendance: 31,400 (33,900).  
  
Weather: 50 degrees, rain.  
  
1Q: 14:47 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 46 run.  
1Q: 14:47 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
1Q: 13:11 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 48 run.  
1Q: 13:11 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
1Q: 06:46 DUKE - Skip Driver 14 pass from Wally Johansen.  
1Q: 06:46 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  
1Q: 01:49 DUKE - J.J. Foster 9 pass from Wally Johansen.  
1Q: 01:49 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  
1Q: 00:32 DUKE - Vincent Bernier 71 interception return.  
1Q: 00:32 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 
 
2Q: 13:19 WAKE - Teddy Barajas 25 run.  
2Q: 13:19 WAKE - Lonnie Walters extra point.  
2Q: 07:55 DUKE - Walt Benton 19 field goal.  
2Q: 02:05 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 17 run.  
2Q: 02:05 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  

3Q: 10:01 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 10 pass from Kenny Curtis.  
3Q: 10:01 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  
3Q: 03:35 WAKE - Lonnie Walters 36 field goal.
  
4Q: 13:13 DUKE - Walt Benton 29 field goal.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro  
  
Wake Forest       0      7      3      0      -      10  
Duke              35     10     7      3      -      55  
  
Team Statistics          WAKE          DUKE  
  
Net Rushing Yards        46            228   
Passing Yards            163           259  
Total Yards              209           487 

Interceptions            5             0  
Fumbles/Lost             2/1           0/0  
  
Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              19     175    9.2    48     3      4      0  
41 Herndon               16     55     3.4    14     0      4      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               19     13     152    8.0    22     2      0  
14 Dunlap                8      6      67     8.3    20     0      0  
7 Curtis                 5      4      40     8.0    11     1      0  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
82 Driver                5      62     12.4   40     18     1  
80 Taylor                5      69     13.8   15     22     1  
83 Landeta               4      61     15.2   20     20     0  
2 Foster                 2      18     9.0    10     9      1   
  
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
94 Crook                 5      0      1.0    0      0      0  
27 Battle                5      1      0.0    1      21     0  
34 Szczepaniak           5      1      0.0    0      0      0   
90 Catalano              2      1      1.0    0      0      0  
99 Olsen                 2      0      1.0    0      0      0   
91 Lewis                 1      0      1.0    0      0      0  
79 Van Pelt              1      0      1.0    0      0      0  
33 Bernier               1      0      0.0    2      71     1   
21 Hellestrae            1      0      0.0    2      27     0

Two words: Steam Roller. Things couldn't have gotten off to a better start in this game as the first two plays from scrimmage for us were both Rodney DiPietro TD runs. One for 46 and one for 48. He ended up with game MVP honors and 175 yards with 3 TD's. Johansen cruised going 13-19 for 152 yards and 2 TD's. The defense ended up with 5 sacks and 5 Ints. Again with the win we clinched the ACC title...our 4th in a row.

On the injury front...this may sound silly but we lost Kicker Scott Ulmer for 9 weeks with a torn calf muscle. With the way the offense is working...you would think who cares...but we're gonna have close games in the playoffs and his leg will be missed.

Next up - Duke at North Carolina

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 12:50 AM

Week 13

#10 Duke (9-1) (-16) at North Carolina (3-7) No TV

Last season: Duke 35 UNC 10
Career Record against opponent: 4-5

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Out 9 weeks
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 6 weeks
TE Bob Coons - Bruised Shoulder - Probable 1 week

Preview - Our main goal in this game is to get out of it as injury free as possible. We lost our kicker last week and our punter is listed as probable so he will also rest this game as well. Our ACC run has been unreal. The games haven't even been close enough to do a real detailed write up on. That will most likely change in the playoffs. The big blow in this game for the Heels is that their RB Darren McCarthy...the guy who tore us up 2 years had a season ending injury (broken fibula) in last week's game. He had 1141 yards and 7 TD's on the ground for them this season.

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Box Score: Duke at North Carolina  
Chapel Hill, NC.  
  
Week 13, 2012  
  
Attendance: 38,900 (60,000).  
  
Weather: 67 degrees, fair.  
  
1Q: 09:01 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 10 run.  
1Q: 09:01 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 
 
2Q: 12:35 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 7 run.  
2Q: 12:35 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  
2Q: 01:08 NCAR - Trent Sanders 41 field goal. 
 
3Q: 06:29 DUKE - Walt Benton 22 field goal.  
3Q: 03:07 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 37 pass from Wally Johansen.  
3Q: 03:07 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  

4Q: 13:31 NCAR - Isaac Houston 2 pass from Chris Hitchcock.  
4Q: 13:31 NCAR - Trent Sanders extra point.  
4Q: 08:32 DUKE - Bob Coons 9 pass from Wally Johansen.  
4Q: 08:32 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  
4Q: 05:19 DUKE - Bob Coons 19 pass from Wally Johansen.  
4Q: 05:19 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  
4Q: 01:11 DUKE - Ricky Landeta 6 pass from Kenny Curtis.  
4Q: 01:11 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro  
  
Duke              7      7      10     21     -      45  
North Carolina    0      3      0      7      -      10  
  
Team Statistics          DUKE          NCAR  
  
Net Rushing Yards        193           51   
Passing Yards            290           167    
Total Yards              483           218   
  
Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              27     202    7.4    33     2      5      0  

Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               26     17     269    10.3   37     3      0  
7 Curtis                 4      3      21     5.2    12     1      0  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
22 DiPietro              6      78     13.0   34     37     1  
82 Driver                4      75     18.7   26     31     0  
86 Coons                 3      43     14.3   40     19     2  
83 Landeta               3      30     10.0   19     13     1  
 
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
93 Sedor                 7      2      0.0    0      0      0  
57 Washington            6      2      1.0    0      0      0  
27 Battle                6      2      0.0    0      0      0  
70 Rayburn               4      2      0.5    0      0      0   
94 Crook                 2      0      1.0    0      0      0    
45 Donovan               1      1      0.0    1      14     0

Nice way to end up things in the regular season to DiPietro. He saved his best for last racking up 202 yards on the ground...a career high. And then he added 78 more yards in the air and scored 3 TD's when it was all said and done. Johansen closed out a great season in relief throwing for 269 yards and 3 TD's with no Ints.

Next up - Bye week and hopefully resting the wounded.

Recruiting Commitments

Code:

Pos	Name			Ht	Wt	Rank	Nat	AP	Hometown
DE	Samuels, Cris		5-11	210	93	918	22	Magna, UT

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 12:56 AM

Week 14

Bye week

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season
K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Out 8 weeks
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 5 weeks

We somehow lost Lewis in last week's game even though I don't remember seeing it on the play-by-play. This is a big loss.

Next up - Bye week

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 01:00 AM

Week 15

Bye week

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season
K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Out 7 weeks
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 4 weeks

Next up - Bye week

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 01:02 AM

Week 16

Bye week

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season
K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Out 7 weeks
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 4 weeks

Next up - Miami of Ohio vs Duke (Hmmm...interesting.)

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 01:38 AM

Week 17 - Round of 16

#9 Duke (10-1) (-1) vs #11 Miami of Ohio (12-1) TV1

This season: Miami of Ohio 24 Duke 18
Career Record against opponent: 0-1

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season
K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Out 5 weeks
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 3 weeks

Preview - Veeery interesting match-up. Miami gave us our only loss of the year back in the 3rd game of the season in Oxford 24-18. Even though we have the same starting lineup in this game as we did back in that game...the way we're playing is like night and day. In that game they held DiPietro to just 25 yards rushing on 14 carries...and Johansen was just 15-36 for 184 yards and 1 TD. Meanwhile their Wing-T offense controlled the clock and wore our defense down in the 4th quarter as we allowed them to score 17 points and they ended up winning by 6. For Miami in that game it was Ty Jack who ran all over us to the tune of 125 yards on the ground. He ended up with 1649 yards on the season with 8 TD's. The Miami rushing offense ended up 10th in the nation and they attempted the 2nd most rushes on the year. Defensively they are very strong as they ended up 15th in defensive scoring and 1st in creating TO's. I think if we play just like we've been playing for the last 8 weeks...the outcome will be very different than earlier this year.

On the injury front...we'll be w/o Ulmer. We really hope the game doesn't come down to the kicking game.

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Box Score: Duke vs Miami of Ohio  
Pensacola, FL.  
  
Round of Sixteen, 2012  
  
Attendance: 40,800 (67,100).  
  
Weather: 65 degrees, fair.  
  
1Q: 10:29 DUKE - Leon Zatechka 11 pass from Wally Johansen.  
1Q: 10:29 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  

2Q: 11:51 DUKE - Bob Coons 12 pass from Wally Johansen.  
2Q: 11:51 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  
2Q: 01:27 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 3 run.  
2Q: 01:27 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  

3Q: 12:40 MIAO - Korey Casey 62 field goal.  
3Q: 08:20 DUKE - Walt Benton 21 field goal.  
3Q: 01:32 MIAO - Lawrence Fredrickson 37 pass from Mel Graves.  
3Q: 01:32 MIAO - Korey Casey extra point.  

4Q: 07:57 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 2 run.  
4Q: 07:57 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.  
4Q: 06:06 DUKE - Walt Benton 28 field goal.  
  
Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro  
  
Duke              7      14     3      10     -      34  
Miami of Ohio     0      0      10     0      -      10  
  
Team Statistics          DUKE          MIAO  
  
Net Rushing Yards        240           14  
Passing Yards            235           151   
Total Yards              475           165

Sacked/Yards Lost        0-0           6-33  
   
3rd Down Plays           7/15          1/13  
  
Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              36     189    5.2    47     2      13     0  
3 Johansen               5      42     8.4    14     0      0      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               30     17     235    7.8    27     2      2  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
29 Zatechka              6      64     10.6   27     19     1  
22 DiPietro              4      52     13.0   34     27     0  
83 Landeta               2      43     21.5   7      26     0  
86 Coons                 1      12     12.0   0      12     1   
  
Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
44 Johnstone             6      4      3.0    0      0      0  
77 Anderson              5      0      2.0    0      0      0  
99 Olsen                 4      2      0.0    0      0      0

First the positives...it was definitely good to avenge the loss from earlier in the season. It was also great to hold the 10th best rushing team to 14 yards on the ground. Meanwhile...we tallied 240 yards as DiPietro ran for 189 on 36 carries and 2 TD's. Plus we picked up 6 sacks on the day and held them to 1-13 on 3rd down conversions.

Now the negatives...in a season of remaining virtually injury-free...how do we end up with season ending injuries to 3 starters and our nickel back? Just a real shame. We sustained injuries to TE Bob Coons...ILB Tim Sedor...SOLB Stephen Washington and Nickel Back Ike Bensen. Also injured...but should be able to remain in the starting lineup are DE Lenny Anderson and WR Skip Driver. That puts a real negative on a great season. But hey...we're still alive...so let's see if we can piece something together next week against a very powerful Texas squad.

Next up - Texas vs Duke

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 07:08 PM

Week 18 - Quarterfinals

#7 Duke (11-1) vs #1 Texas (13-0) (-6) TV1

Last season: First Meeting
Career Record against opponent: 0-0

Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season
CB Ike Bensen - Dislocated Elbow - Out season
TE Bob Coons - Broken Tibia - Out season
ILB Tim Sedor - Broken Wrist - Out season
OLB Stephen Washington - Arthroscopic Knee Surgery - Out season
K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Questionable 3 weeks
DE Lenny Anderson - Broken Hand - Probable 8 weeks
WR Skip Driver - Strained Hamstring - Probable Unknown
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 2 weeks

Preview - To put it in plain English...the Longhorns can flat out run the ball. UT is first in all major rushing categories as a team in the country. 1st in rushes (662)...1st in yards (3585) and 1st in yards per carry (5.41). What makes their rushing exploits even more impressive is that their top two rushers are QB's. Andy Horton and Bryant Keeler have each spent time under center this year due to injuries and both have been equally effective in running the pill. Horton has 193 carries for 824 yards and 8 TD's. Meanwhile Bryant has 158 carries for 849 yards and 11 TD's. And then let's not forget about their actual "running" back...Scott Hanks...he has 878 yards on 142 carries and 13 TD's. Almost an afterthought...ha. Luckily run defense is our strength on that side of the ball (14th in the nation) so it will be very interesting to see how we match up against this powerhouse. We sustained a ton of injuries last week and had to un-red shirt some players to fill some holes and some will get the start. Here it goes...

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Box Score: Duke vs Texas  
Killeen, TX.  
  
Playoff Quarterfinals, 2012  
  
Attendance: 56,000 (69,400).  
  
Weather: 62 degrees, fair.  
  
1Q: 06:08 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 3 run.  
1Q: 06:08 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
1Q: 02:04 TEXS - Jay Young 30 field goal.  

2Q: 11:08 DUKE - Ricky Landeta 7 pass from Wally Johansen.  
2Q: 11:08 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  
2Q: 05:08 TEXS - Jay Young 21 field goal.  
2Q: 03:17 DUKE - Robert Buchanan 12 pass from Wally Johansen.  
2Q: 03:17 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.  

3Q: 05:37 TEXS - Will Stargell 18 run.  
3Q: 05:37 TEXS - Jay Young extra point.  

4Q: 13:17 TEXS - Jay Young 36 field goal.  
4Q: 05:17 TEXS - Andy Horton 1 run.  
4Q: 05:17 TEXS - Andy Horton pass for conversion failed.  
4Q: 02:09 TEXS - Will Stargell 73 pass from Andy Horton.  
4Q: 02:09 TEXS - Jay Young extra point.  
  
Game MVP: TEXS 2 Andy Horton  
  
Duke              7      14     0      0      -      21  
Texas             3      3      7      16     -      29  
  
Team Statistics          DUKE          TEXS  
  
First Downs              18            29  
  
Total Rushes             21            58  
Net Rushing Yards        102           269  
Yards Per Carry          4.8           4.6    
Sacked/Yards Lost        2-14          0-0  
  
Pass Attempts            23            18  
Completions              13            15  
Passing Yards            186           248  
Yards Per Attempt        8.0           13.7  
Interceptions            1             1  
Fumbles/Lost             0/0           1/1  
  
Total Plays              44            76  
Total Yards              288           517  
Yards Per Play           6.5           6.8  
  
3rd Down Plays           0/8           8/14  
 
Time Of Possession       21:51         38:09  
  
Duke Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
22 DiPietro              16     115    7.1    39     1      2      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
3 Johansen               23     13     186    8.0    30     2      1  
  
Receiving                Catch  Yards  Avg    YAC    Long   TD  
22 DiPietro              5      60     12.0   33     15     0  
83 Landeta               3      49     16.3   23     30     1  
82 Driver                2      35     17.5   9      28     0  
80 Taylor                2      30     15.0   11     16     0  
85 Buchanan              1      12     12.0   12     12     1  

Defense                  Tackle Assist Sack   Int    IntYds IntTD  
44 Johnstone             10     3      0.0    0      0      0  
34 Szczepaniak           9      1      0.0    0      0      0  
58 Richmond              8      5      0.0    0      0      0  
77 Anderson              7      2      0.0    0      0      0  
27 Battle                6      7      0.0    1      0      0   

Texas Individual Statistics  
  
Rushing                  Att    Yards  Avg    Long   TD     Stufd  Sackd  
2 Horton                 36     115    3.1    14     1      10     0  
47 Hanks                 11     72     6.5    35     0      4      0   
86 Stargell              2      30     15.0   18     1      0      0  
  
Passing                  Att    Comp   Yards  Yd/Att Long   TD     Int  
2 Horton                 18     15     248    13.7   73     1      1

I'll give it up to the Horns...they were down by 15 points at the half but they stuck by their guns...wore my defense down and eventually won the game 29-21. Everything was rosey in Dukie land at the half. DiPietro was his usual self...slicing through the Longhorn defense and Johansen was picking apart the secondary like they've each done in the last 8 games of the season. Then the Texas D tightened up and the Longhorns offense kept moving the ball and with each passing minute it seemed to get easier and easier and they lit up the 2nd half scoreboards with 23 unanswered points. Andy Horton can best be described as the Energizer Bunny. He ran the ball 36 times for 115 yards and 1 TD and then found time to complete an amazing 15 of 18 passes for 248 yards and another TD. The Longhorns dominated the total offense...517-288 and TOP...38:09 to 21:51. And they held us to 0-8 3rd down conversions. Real solid performance. Now we'll just lick our wounds and look forward to next season.

Next up - The offseason

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 07:13 PM

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Playoff Games for 2012
   
  Game                   Matchup  
Championship Game        Notre Dame (15-1) 41, UCLA (14-2) 17   
                
Semifinal Game 1         UCLA (14-2) 40, Texas (14-1) 14    (Figures.)                        
Semifinal Game 2         Notre Dame (15-1) 24, Stanford (13-1) 23  
             
Quarterfinal Game 1      Notre Dame (15-1) 27, Florida (13-1) 7                 
Quarterfinal Game 2      UCLA (14-2) 14, Michigan (11-2) 12                     
Quarterfinal Game 3      Texas (14-1) 29, Duke (11-2) 21                        
Quarterfinal Game 4      Stanford (13-1) 29, Pittsburgh (11-2) 17   
            
Second Round Game 1      Notre Dame (15-1) 31, Louisville (10-2) 3              
Second Round Game 2      UCLA (14-2) 27, Utah (10-2) 7                          
Second Round Game 3      Pittsburgh (11-2) 12, Boston College (11-2) 6          
Second Round Game 4      Duke (11-2) 34, Miami of Ohio (12-2) 10                
Second Round Game 5      Florida (13-1) 45, Oklahoma (9-4) 19                   
Second Round Game 6      Stanford (13-1) 48, San Diego State (10-3) 3           
Second Round Game 7      Texas (14-1) 20, Barrow (10-3) 14                      
Second Round Game 8      Michigan (11-2) 35, Rice (9-4) 6   
                    
First Round Game 1       Boston College (11-2) 20, Wisconsin (10-2) 13          
First Round Game 2       UCLA (14-2) 41, Hawaii (9-3) 13                        
First Round Game 3       Oklahoma (9-4) 51, Western Michigan (8-5) 24           
First Round Game 4       San Diego State (10-3) 35, Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) 28   
First Round Game 5       Rice (9-4) 37, Ketchikan (9-3) 10                      
First Round Game 6       Barrow (10-3) 28, SMU (10-2) 0                         
First Round Game 7       Miami of Ohio (12-2) 29, Georgia (9-3) 27              
First Round Game 8       Notre Dame (15-1) 34, New Mexico (9-3) 9

Notre Dame is becoming the new Michigan. And it doesn't make us feel real great the UT got clobbered by UCLA the week after we lost to them.

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 07:15 PM

Final ACC Standings

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2012 Season Standings, Atlantic Coast
   
  School                 W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  W  L  T  Pct   PF  PA  Streak  
**Duke                   11 2  0  .846  505 209 8  0  0  1.000 358 116 Lost 1      
Virginia                 9  2  0  .818  478 147 7  1  0  .875  354 86  Won 8       
Georgia Tech             6  5  0  .545  345 288 5  3  0  .625  246 206 Lost 1      
Florida State            6  5  0  .545  216 303 4  4  0  .500  167 246 Lost 2      
Wake Forest              5  6  0  .454  223 318 3  5  0  .375  172 253 Lost 2      
North Carolina State     4  7  0  .363  231 282 3  5  0  .375  181 235 Won 2       
Maryland                 4  7  0  .363  219 300 3  5  0  .375  165 217 Lost 4      
North Carolina           3  8  0  .272  198 339 2  6  0  .250  135 261 Lost 1      
Clemson                  1  10 0  .090  163 369 1  7  0  .125  115 273 Lost 7

Final Top 25

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Overall Rankings
   
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank  
Notre Dame              15-1    IND   1.00  2.00  1.00  0.08  4.08  1       
Stanford                13-1    P10   2.00  3.00  1.00  0.16  6.16  2       
Texas                   14-1    B12   4.25  1.00  1.00  1.72  7.97  3       
UCLA                    14-2    P10   3.25  6.00  2.00  0.04  11.29 4       
Florida                 13-1    SEC   4.75  5.00  1.00  0.60  11.35 5       
Boston College          11-2    BEC   3.75  7.00  2.00  0.64  13.39 6       
Michigan                11-2    B10   7.00  4.00  2.00  0.68  13.68 7       
Wisconsin               10-2    B10   7.50  9.50  2.00  1.32  20.32 8       
Miami of Ohio           12-2    MUS   8.50  11.00 2.00  1.92  23.42 9       
**Duke                  11-2    ACC   10.75 11.00 2.00  1.04  24.79 10      
Pittsburgh              11-2    BEC   11.50 10.50 2.00  2.00  26.00 11      
Utah                    10-2    MTW   13.75 9.00  2.00  1.96  26.71 12      
Oklahoma                9-4     B12   14.00 16.00 4.00  0.76  34.76 13      
SMU                     10-2    WAC   20.25 13.00 2.00  3.44  38.69 14      
Barrow                  10-3    SCE   14.75 19.00 3.00  3.76  40.51 15      
Virginia                9-2     ACC   24.75 13.00 2.00  4.96  44.71 16      
Washington              8-3     P10   22.25 18.00 3.00  2.28  45.53 17      
Georgia                 9-3     SEC   20.50 21.00 3.00  1.76  46.26 18      
Louisville              10-2    USA   22.75 18.00 2.00  4.08  46.83 19      
San Diego State         10-3    MTW   16.25 27.00 3.00  1.44  47.69 20      
Syracuse                8-3     BEC   22.50 19.00 3.00  3.24  47.74 21      
Illinois                8-3     B10   18.25 23.50 3.00  3.72  48.47 22      
Hawaii                  9-3     WAC   28.00 19.00 3.00  1.08  51.08 23      
South Carolina          9-2     SEC   25.00 20.00 2.00  4.68  51.68 24      
Rice                    9-4     WAC   24.00 22.00 4.00  3.60  53.60 25

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 07:28 PM

Post Season Awards

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Atlantic Coast Major Awards for 2012
   
  Award                  Player                  Team  
**Conference MVP         Rodney DiPietro         Duke                       
**Top Offensive Player   Rodney DiPietro         Duke                       
**Top Defensive Player   Lee Battle              Duke                       
Top Offensive Freshman   Craig Jennings          Virginia                   
Top Defensive Freshman   Cory Barnes             Wake Forest    

Atlantic Coast First-Team Awards for 2012
   
  Award                  Player                  Team                   
**Running Back           Rodney DiPietro         Duke                                          
**Tight End              Bob Coons               Duke                            
**Offensive Tackle       Steven Devine           Duke                                                       
**Kicker                 Scott Ulmer             Duke                                    
**Inside Linebacker      Tim Sedor               Duke                                    
**Cornerback             Vincent Bernier         Duke                       
**Safety                 Lee Battle              Duke   

Atlantic Coast Second-Team Awards for 2012
   
  Award                  Player                  Team  
**Quarterback            Wally Johansen          Duke                                         
**Wide Receiver          Skip Driver             Duke                             
**Offensive Guard        Trent Brazinski         Duke                                         
**Offensive Tackle       Edwin McIntyre          Duke                                  
**Outside Linebacker     Stephen Washington      Duke                       
**Cornerback             Ralph Donovan           Duke

We claim our 3rd straight ACC MVP with Rodney DiPietro coming out of nowhere to grab the title. And Lee Battle becomes our first conference Defensive Player of the Year. And we gotta tip our hats to Johansen. He was our 2nd string guy who really played well in place of the injured Pritchett. He'll return as our starter next season.

The National Player of the Year is SMU RB Rich Gunn.

Rushing: 465-2105 yards and 17 TD's.
Receiving: 44 catches for 436 yards and 2 TD's.

Gunn ends his college career as the NCAA's all-time leading rusher. He ends up with 1484 carries for 6851 yards (both records) and 70 TD's.

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 07:30 PM

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2012 Summary for Duke
   
Record: 11-2
Rank: 9
   
Duke                    Team      Rank  
Rushes                  457       32 (T)      
Rushing Yards           1994      24          
Yards Per Carry         4.36      8           
Pass Attempts           376       25          
Completions             237       9           
Passing Yards           3267      12          
Yards Per Attempt       8.68      17          
3rd Down Conversions    37.8      26 (T)      
Points Per Game         38.8      5           
Turnovers               18        40 (T)      
Turnover Margin         +13       8 (T)       
   
Opponents               Team      Rank  
Rushes                  443       103 (T)     
Rushing Yards           1207      26 (T)      
Yards Per Carry         2.72      16          
Pass Attempts           381       119         
Completions             192       100 (T)     
Passing Yards           2550      98          
Yards Per Attempt       6.69      44          
3rd Down Conversions    32.2      38          
Points Per Game         16.0      19          
Turnovers               31        5 (T)       
   
Primary Formation: Pro Formation
   
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt  
1     37    MDTN (34)     24      
3     37    UNOR (115)    6       
4     18    at MIAO (13)  24      
5     34    VIRG (12)     31      
6     45    at NCST (80)  23      
7     44    GATC (44)     14      
8     41    FLST (35)     7       
10    56    at MARY (89)  14      
11    38    at CLEM (119) 7       
12    55    WAKE (75)     10      
13    45    at NCAR (101) 10      
17    34    vs MIAO (13)  10      
18    21    vs TEXS (1)   29      
   
Passing             Pos   Att   Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  
3 Johansen          QB    292   175   2387  8.17  28    14      
10 Pritchett        QB    58    40    603   10.39 3     1       
Team                ---   376   237   3267  8.68  34    15      
   
Rushing             Pos   Att   Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst  
22 DiPietro         RB    297   1718  5.78  20    90    164     
3 Johansen          QB    60    -35   -0.58 1     33    178     
41 Herndon          RB    58    201   3.46  3     11    9       
Team                ---   457   1994  4.36  25    149   400     
   
Receiving           Pos   Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC   TD  
82 Driver           WR    82    46    764   16.6  292   6       
22 DiPietro         RB    68    56    651   11.6  360   6       
80 Taylor           WR    66    37    664   17.9  212   5       
83 Landeta          WR    45    26    470   18.0  164   5       
29 Zatechka         FB    44    28    225   8.0   111   3       
86 Coons            TE    35    24    298   12.4  153   5       
2 Foster            WR    16    10    100   10.0  41    3       
Team                ---   376   237   3267  13.7  1375  34      
   
Defense             Pos   Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL   Ints  Defn  
27 Battle           S     81    39    0.0   14    4     11      
93 Sedor            ILB   78    19    10.0  26    1     4       
34 Szczepaniak      S     70    20    0.0   8     0     4       
57 Washington       OLB   45    20    3.5   10    1     3       
70 Rayburn          DT    42    17    1.0   11    0     2       
77 Anderson         DE    40    17    8.0   14    0     0       
45 Donovan          CB    35    16    0.0   3     4     9       
99 Olsen            OLB   34    7     1.0   5     2     7    
33 Bernier          CB    32    8     0.0   4     5     9       
44 Johnstone        ILB   26    9     3.0   7     0     1       
39 Bensen           CB    25    6     0.0   1     1     1       
96 Farrell          DT    22    8     1.0   11    0     0       
91 Lewis            DE    21    6     9.5   13    0     0       
94 Crook            DT    18    6     5.0   9     0     0       
58 Richmond         OLB   16    6     0.0   3     0     0       
90 Catalano         DT    15    7     1.0   6     0     0       
Team                ---   706   230   49.0  155   21    56

MikeVick7 · 06-08-2004, 07:36 PM

Duke Season Records

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Category		Players			Record	Year
Pass Completions	Ken Pritchett		258	2010
Passing Yards		Ken Pritchett		3377	2010
Passing Touchdowns	Ken Pritchett		31	2011
Quarterback Rating	Ken Pritchett		159.7	2011
Rushing Attempts	Emmitt Ward		323	2010
Rushing Yards		Rodney DiPietro		1718	2012
Rushing Touchdowns	Rodney DiPietro		20	2012
Yards Per Carry		Rodney DiPietro		5.7	2012
Receptions		Matt Avalos		66	2010
Receiving Yards		Matt Avalos		1032	2009
Receiving Touchdowns	Skip Driver		11	2011
Interceptions		Ralph Donovan		6	2010
Tackles			Johnnie Blackburn	84	2010
Sacks			Chuck Lewis		13.5	2011
Field Goals		Kenny Everett		23	2010
Key Run Blocks		Steven Devine		43	2011
Tackles for Loss	Tim Sedor		26	2012
Passes Defensed		Ellis Kadletz		16	2010
Touchdown Scored	Rodney DiPietro		26	2012
All-Purpose Yards	Rodney DiPietro		2369	2012

Duke Career Records

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Category		Players			Record	Year
Pass Completions	Matt Kimball		591	2007
Passing Yards		Matt Kimball		7556	2007
Passing Touchdowns	Ken Pritchett		61	2012
Rushing Attempts	Emmitt Ward		907	2011
Rushing Yards		Emmitt Ward		3967	2011
Rushing Touchdowns	Emmitt Ward		44	2011
Receptions		Matt Avalos		203	2011
Receiving Yards		Matt Avalos		3207	2011
Receiving Touchdowns	Kerry Huffman		25	2011
Interceptions		Ralph Donovan		16	2012
Tackles			Hunter Hickman		299	2007
Sacks			Roy Robbins		36.5	2011
Field Goals		Kenny Everett		64	2011
Key Run Blocks		Steven Devine		104	2012
Tackles for Loss	Roy Robbins		64	2011
Passes Defensed		Johnnie Blackburn	45	2011
Touchdown Scored	Emmitt Ward		55	2011
All-Purpose Yards	Emmitt Ward		5267	2011

06-07-2004, 12:44 AM	#5
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 1 #27 Middle Tennessee State (0-0) at #17 Duke (0-0) (-15) TV4 First meeting Key Injuries - None Preview - MTSU has been one of the more successful programs in the first 9 years of my dynasty at 83-27...but have had a terrible time in the playoffs going 1-9. Yeah yeah I know...they are using their weak conference to breeze through the regular season and then they meet their maker in the playoffs against the "big boys." Although this is very true they have been able to use there Team Prestige to form a pretty good roster. And they've always had a pretty potent offense as they've used the Run and Shoot to set some pretty impressive passing records...including most passing touchdowns in a career. That record is held by 2010 graduate Ted Elliott who threw 124 TD's. They also graduated one of the best WR's ever to play college ball Al Forrester. Al holds the NCAA records for most receptions (355)...most receiving yards (5732) and most Receiving TD's (59) in a career. They also hold the mark for most passing yards averaged in a season by a team. 384.5 is the top mark set back in 2007. This season they start a little bit more inexperienced QB in RS So Seth Hilliard who has no career starts. Meanwhile we bring our most successful QB's back for his Senior year as Ken Pritchett...who was 2nd team All-American last year as a Junior. Pritchett threw for 31 TD's last year and has 58 in his career. Code: Box Score: Middle Tennessee State at Duke Durham, NC. Week 1, 2012 Attendance: 24,200 (33,900). Weather: 69 degrees, stormy. 1Q: 02:54 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 24 field goal. 1Q: 02:08 MDTN - Rob Maxey 74 run. 1Q: 02:08 MDTN - Blake Robson extra point. 2Q: 12:03 DUKE - Troy Farrell -1 fumble return. 2Q: 12:03 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 2Q: 07:26 MDTN - Blake Robson 25 field goal. 2Q: 02:31 MDTN - Lester Dunlap 5 pass from Seth Hilliard. 2Q: 02:31 MDTN - Blake Robson extra point. 3Q: 09:52 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 31 field goal. 3Q: 01:37 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 23 pass from Ken Pritchett. 3Q: 01:37 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 4Q: 10:41 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 2 run. 4Q: 10:41 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 4Q: 06:48 MDTN - Tyrus Boyer 7 pass from Seth Hilliard. 4Q: 06:48 MDTN - Blake Robson extra point. 4Q: 02:03 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 12 pass from Ken Pritchett. 4Q: 02:03 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 4Q: 00:19 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 34 field goal. Game MVP: DUKE 93 Tim Sedor Middle Tennessee State 7 10 0 7 - 24 Duke 3 7 10 17 - 37 Team Statistics MDTN DUKE Net Rushing Yards 65 114 Passing Yards 241 362 Total Yards 306 476 Sacked/Yards Lost 7-41 0-0 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 25 63 2.5 15 1 10 0 41 Herndon 8 30 3.7 14 0 2 0 10 Pritchett 3 16 5.3 11 0 1 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 10 Pritchett 34 24 362 10.6 28 2 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Taylor 5 96 19.2 43 24 1 82 Driver 4 82 20.5 16 28 0 22 DiPietro 4 52 13.0 35 21 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 93 Sedor 12 0 3.0 0 0 0 27 Battle 5 1 0.0 0 0 0 34 Szczepaniak 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 92 Baxter 3 1 2.0 0 0 0 57 Washington 3 0 1.0 0 0 0 99 Olsen 2 0 0.0 1 49 0 77 Anderson 0 2 1.0 0 0 0 Well first let me say that we had to play in a storm. There's a big shock there. But despite the rainy and windy conditions...both teams put on an offensive display. And I guess when you play over half your games in the rain every year you really learn how to play effectively...and that's exactly what Ken Pritchett did. The all-american senior went 24-34 for 362 yards and 2 TD's in leading the Blue Devils to a season opening win. MTSU actually led 17-10 at the half before Pritchett took over. He hit Oscar Taylor on a 23 yard TD pass with 1:37 left in the 3rd to take a 20-17 lead. Then he iced the game with a 12 yard TD pass to Rodney DiPietro with 2:03 left to make it 34-24. The Dukie defense was also on fire today as they sacked a pair of MTSU QB's a total of 7 times. ILB Tim Sedor had a memorable first start as he racked up 12 tackles to go along with his 3 sacks. Jermaine Baxter...proving that when he's healthy he's a terror...picked up 2 sacks as well. Next up - Bye week. __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-07-2004, 01:01 AM	#6
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 2 Bye week Next up - Northwestern at Duke __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-08-2004, 12:24 AM	#20
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 12 Wake Forest (5-5) at #10 Duke (8-1) (-13) No TV Last season: Duke 31 Wake 3 Career Record against opponent: 5-4 Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 2 weeks Preview - With Wake's run and shoot offense there's always a chance that they could go off...but even though they might put some points on the board...more than likely their defense won't do their job. This year could be their worst as they are 115th against the run and 119th against the pass...but somehow they're only 72nd in scoring defense giving up 26.3 points per game. Right now I can't believe that we've won our last six games in a row. I thought we would be involved in a lot of close conference games...but the Virginia game was our closest and the rest have been blowouts. If we win today's game against the Deacons then we clinch our 4th ACC title in a row. Code: Box Score: Wake Forest at Duke Durham, NC. Week 12, 2012 Attendance: 31,400 (33,900). Weather: 50 degrees, rain. 1Q: 14:47 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 46 run. 1Q: 14:47 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 1Q: 13:11 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 48 run. 1Q: 13:11 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 1Q: 06:46 DUKE - Skip Driver 14 pass from Wally Johansen. 1Q: 06:46 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 1Q: 01:49 DUKE - J.J. Foster 9 pass from Wally Johansen. 1Q: 01:49 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 1Q: 00:32 DUKE - Vincent Bernier 71 interception return. 1Q: 00:32 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 2Q: 13:19 WAKE - Teddy Barajas 25 run. 2Q: 13:19 WAKE - Lonnie Walters extra point. 2Q: 07:55 DUKE - Walt Benton 19 field goal. 2Q: 02:05 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 17 run. 2Q: 02:05 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 3Q: 10:01 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 10 pass from Kenny Curtis. 3Q: 10:01 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 3Q: 03:35 WAKE - Lonnie Walters 36 field goal. 4Q: 13:13 DUKE - Walt Benton 29 field goal. Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro Wake Forest 0 7 3 0 - 10 Duke 35 10 7 3 - 55 Team Statistics WAKE DUKE Net Rushing Yards 46 228 Passing Yards 163 259 Total Yards 209 487 Interceptions 5 0 Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 19 175 9.2 48 3 4 0 41 Herndon 16 55 3.4 14 0 4 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 3 Johansen 19 13 152 8.0 22 2 0 14 Dunlap 8 6 67 8.3 20 0 0 7 Curtis 5 4 40 8.0 11 1 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 82 Driver 5 62 12.4 40 18 1 80 Taylor 5 69 13.8 15 22 1 83 Landeta 4 61 15.2 20 20 0 2 Foster 2 18 9.0 10 9 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 94 Crook 5 0 1.0 0 0 0 27 Battle 5 1 0.0 1 21 0 34 Szczepaniak 5 1 0.0 0 0 0 90 Catalano 2 1 1.0 0 0 0 99 Olsen 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 91 Lewis 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 79 Van Pelt 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 33 Bernier 1 0 0.0 2 71 1 21 Hellestrae 1 0 0.0 2 27 0 Two words: Steam Roller. Things couldn't have gotten off to a better start in this game as the first two plays from scrimmage for us were both Rodney DiPietro TD runs. One for 46 and one for 48. He ended up with game MVP honors and 175 yards with 3 TD's. Johansen cruised going 13-19 for 152 yards and 2 TD's. The defense ended up with 5 sacks and 5 Ints. Again with the win we clinched the ACC title...our 4th in a row. On the injury front...this may sound silly but we lost Kicker Scott Ulmer for 9 weeks with a torn calf muscle. With the way the offense is working...you would think who cares...but we're gonna have close games in the playoffs and his leg will be missed. Next up - Duke at North Carolina __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367) Last edited by MikeVick7 : 06-08-2004 at 04:14 PM.

06-08-2004, 12:56 AM	#22
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 14 Bye week Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Out 8 weeks P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 5 weeks We somehow lost Lewis in last week's game even though I don't remember seeing it on the play-by-play. This is a big loss. Next up - Bye week __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-08-2004, 01:00 AM	#23
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 15 Bye week Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Out 7 weeks P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 4 weeks Next up - Bye week __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-06-2004, 11:28 PM	#3
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Starting Lineups Offense Code: Player Pos Elig HT WT Current Future Honors Pritchett, Ken QB Sr 6-1 220 70 100 ACCPOY DiPietro, Rodney RB So* 6-0 216 69 83 Zatechka, Leon FB Fr 6-0 226 35 78 Coons, Bob TE Sr 6-4 261 65 74 Driver, Skip WR Sr 6-0 196 70 87 Taylor, Oscar WR Jr* 6-0 193 43 82 Bullock, Shawn C Sr* 6-5 305 70 83 Hartman, Bucky G Sr* 6-5 307 98 98 2ndACC Brazinski, Trent G Sr 6-3 297 78 100 Devine, Steven T Sr* 6-4 311 92 99 1stACC McIntyre, Edwin T Jr* 6-2 278 55 89 Pritchett - We don't return as many starters all-ACC starters but we have our 2nd team all-american QB. DiPietro - Very talented as a RS Sophmore. Gets the nod for the departed Duane Dock. Zatechka - Was recruited to start right away. Coons - Had 27 catches last season. Great hands...doesn't drop many passes. Driver - Actually became our best WR last year statistically. Scored on 11 TD catches and 2 punt returns Taylor - Had only 10 catches last season but 3 were for TD's. Bullock - 3rd year starter. Has 53 career run blocks. Hartman - 2-time 2nd team All-ACC performer. Still just a Jr. Brazinski - First year starter but this guy is a monster. Devine - Earned 1st team All-ACC last year. Had 43 run blocks. Just a Jr. McIntyre - Started as a RS Freshman last year. 15 KRB's. This is our best offensive line. Defense Code: Player Pos Elig HT WT Current Future Honors Baxter, Jermaine DE Sr 6-7 296 54 84 Anderson, Lenny DE So* 5-10 227 39 73 Rayburn, Buddy DT Sr 6-2 298 52 60 Farrell, Troy DT Sr 6-3 270 26 68 Sedor, Tim ILB Jr* 6-1 227 61 73 Washington, Stephen SOLB Sr 6-2 261 60 62 Olsen, Pat WOLB Sr 6-0 231 27 68 Bernier, Vincent CB Jr* 5-10 187 77 80 Donovan, Ralph CB Sr 6-0 204 63 69 2ndACC Battle, Lee FS Sr* 5-9 190 84 99 Szczepaniak, Bobby SS Sr 6-1 201 52 59 Baxter - Injury prone...but still the best talent we have on the d-line. Has 28 career sacks. Anderson - Gets the nod over Lewis this year cause he has so much potential. Rayburn - This 3rd year starter is a pure run-stopper. What he does doesn't show up in the stat column. Farrell - Hasn't had a chance to develop much in his career but still has great potential. Sedor - First year starter. Not great in any one category...just solid all-around. Washington - Stephen's been waiting in the wings for three years...he's now earned the starting spot. Olsen - Our most obvious weak spot on the defense. All the LB's are first year starters. Bernier - Has developed into our #1 CB jumping over Donovan. Had 3 Ints last year. Donovan - Two-time all-ACC 2nd teamer has 12 career INts...that's a school record. Battle - Moves over to the FS spot. Big shoes to fill. Szczepaniak - Kinda like Washington...just been waiting for a chance. Was a big surprise coming out of HS. Special Teams Code: Player Pos Elig HT WT Current Future Honors Shepard, Oliver P So* 6-1 188 71 87 Ulmer, Scott K So* 6-3 219 81 100 Shepard - First year starter. Just a good all-around punter. Ulmer - Had the biggest off season improvement. Great accuracy. Could break Everett's records. __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-07-2004, 01:38 AM	#7
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 3 Northwestern (0-1) at #11 Duke (1-0) (-9) No TV Last season: Duke 44 Northwestern 7 Career Record against opponent: 7-2 Key Injuries - None Preview - Last year against the Cats we ran around them and we passed over them for a total of 487 yards...which was 5th best in school history. Ken Pritchett threw 4 TD's and both Ward and Dock each ran for over 100 yards. This season the Cats don't look much better as they lost their opening game to Sitka...at home no less...17-3. They've got a brand new starting QB and RB...so things don't look so good up in Evanston. And well...we might as well embrace this but we're gonna play in the rain again. Code: Box Score: Northwestern at Duke Durham, NC. Week 3, 2012 Attendance: 25,000 (33,900). Weather: 60 degrees, rain. 1Q: 04:58 UNOR - Norman Wynn 40 field goal. 1Q: 00:18 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 33 field goal. 2Q: 09:39 UNOR - Norman Wynn 30 field goal. 2Q: 00:00 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 36 field goal. 3Q: 14:51 DUKE - Vincent Bernier 99 kickoff return. 3Q: 14:51 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 3Q: 10:43 DUKE - Skip Driver 18 pass from Ken Pritchett. 3Q: 10:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 3Q: 00:29 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 36 field goal. 4Q: 07:26 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 3 pass from Wally Johansen. 4Q: 07:26 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 4Q: 03:12 DUKE - J.J. Foster 3 pass from Wally Johansen. 4Q: 03:12 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro Northwestern 3 3 0 0 - 6 Duke 3 3 17 14 - 37 Team Statistics UNOR DUKE Net Rushing Yards 78 76 Passing Yards 171 291 Total Yards 249 367 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 24 83 3.4 34 0 11 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 10 Pritchett 24 16 241 10.0 51 1 0 3 Johansen 5 4 50 10.0 30 2 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 22 DiPietro 8 111 13.8 66 51 1 86 Coons 3 29 9.6 7 10 0 82 Driver 3 59 19.6 27 31 1 2 Foster 1 3 3.0 4 3 1 Kick Returns Att Yards Avg TD 33 Bernier 1 99 99.0 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 93 Sedor 11 1 0.0 0 0 0 34 Szczepaniak 7 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Battle 5 3 0.0 1 46 0 57 Washington 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 94 Crook 3 2 1.5 0 0 0 45 Donovan 2 1 0.0 1 1 0 79 Van Pelt 1 1 1.5 0 0 0 Well we're definitely happy with the win today as blanked the Cats 31-0 after a sluggish first half that saw both teams connect on 2 FG's each. The rain obviously had some effect on both team's offenses. Then the sparkplug came right after halftime when Vincent Bernier took the kick off back 99 yards for a TD. That score kinda lit a fire under our butts as we scored on three TD passes. The last two TD passes came from back-up Wally Johansen and it's Johansen's arm that we'll have to rely on the rest of the year as Ken Pritchett had to come out of the game because his smoking problem caught up with him. Yes people...our All-American QB saw his career come to an end due to tobacco withdrawal syndrome. Oh boy. And that's not all. Our much injured DE Jermaine Baxter suffered a compound leg fracture that ended his up and down career as well. We can...and have replaced Baxter in the past. That shouldn't be a problem going forward...but I'm not sure if we can as easily replace Pritchett. Next up - Duke at Miami of Ohio __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367) Last edited by MikeVick7 : 06-07-2004 at 11:29 AM.

06-07-2004, 11:38 AM	#8
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06-07-2004, 07:27 PM	#10
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 4 #13 Duke (2-0) at #25 Miami of Ohio (1-0) (-4) TV1 Last season: First Meeting Career Record against opponent: 0-0 Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season Sad to see two careers coming to an end. Especially Pritchett's Preview - Well...now it gets interesting. With Pritchett out for the rest of the season...the fate of this team falls into the hands of RS Jr QB Wally Johansen. The positives about Johansen is that we get a bit more of a scrambling QB. We haven't had that yet...so that could make for some interestings twists. Otherwise we should be fine for all intensive purposes...Lewis will step back in the starting lineup for Baxter. You know...Duke's record-holder for most sacks in a season 13.5...and that was when he was a freshman. Our opponent for this week is Miami of Ohio...like MTSU...they are another mid-major that has become somewhat of a mini-powerhouse. Last season they beat UCLA in the first round of the playoffs and then got shutout by Michigan in Round 2. With Pritchett out and the game in Oxford OH...we're a 4 pt dog. Code: Box Score: Duke at Miami of Ohio Oxford, OH. Week 4, 2012 Attendance: 29,900 (30,000). Weather: 60 degrees, fair. 1Q: 11:39 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 38 field goal. 1Q: 00:28 MIAO - Lawrence Fredrickson 19 pass from Mel Graves. 1Q: 00:28 MIAO - Korey Casey extra point. 3Q: 09:40 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 14 run. 3Q: 09:40 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 4Q: 13:49 MIAO - Lawrence Fredrickson 6 pass from Mel Graves. 4Q: 13:49 MIAO - Korey Casey extra point. 4Q: 07:18 MIAO - Norm Briscoe 35 fumble return. 4Q: 07:18 MIAO - Korey Casey extra point. 4Q: 03:20 DUKE - Bob Coons 10 pass from Wally Johansen. 4Q: 03:20 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro run for conversion. 4Q: 00:55 MIAO - Korey Casey 20 field goal. Game MVP: MIAO 92 Andre Calabrese Duke 3 0 7 8 - 18 Miami of Ohio 7 0 0 17 - 24 Team Statistics DUKE MIAO Net Rushing Yards 37 130 Passing Yards 184 227 Total Yards 221 357 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 14 25 1.7 14 1 7 0 3 Johansen 8 4 0.5 36 0 1 5 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 3 Johansen 36 15 184 5.1 40 1 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 22 DiPietro 7 47 6.7 32 11 0 86 Coons 2 31 15.5 25 21 1 82 Driver 2 30 15.0 20 19 0 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 93 Sedor 10 5 1.0 0 0 0 34 Szczepaniak 10 2 0.0 0 0 0 57 Washington 9 5 0.0 0 0 0 27 Battle 9 5 0.0 0 0 0 33 Bernier 3 1 0.0 2 1 0 39 Bensen 1 1 0.0 1 21 0 Miami of Ohio Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 29 Jack 36 125 3.4 13 0 10 0 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 92 Calabrese 4 3 3.0 0 0 0 Hmm...is this an indication of things to come? Miami used a ball control running attack that wore down our defense with some sustained drives in the 3rd and 4th quarter to score 17 in the 4th and win the game 24-18. Johansen definitely struggled in his first career start going 15-36 for 184 yards and the running game did not help him at all. DiPietro couldn't get anything going...14-25 yards and Johansen actually had our longest run of the day with a 36 yard scramble in the 3rd quarter. Our defense played very well but were just on the field for too long and eventually wore down. Next up - Virginia at Duke __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367) Last edited by MikeVick7 : 06-08-2004 at 01:06 AM.

06-07-2004, 08:12 PM	#11
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 5 #43 Virginia (1-1) at #29 Duke (2-1) (-10) TV5 Last season: Duke 21 Virginia 17 Career Record against opponent: 3-6 Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season Preview - Virginia had quite a run through the playoffs last year as they got to the final four before losing to Michigan by only 7 points. So far this year...they've also gotten off to a rough start losing their opener to Michigan State and then coming back with a win over Miss St last week 45-10. Virginia is always tough and they gave us a very competitive game last year only losing by 4 points. We were actually down 17-7 at one point before scoring 14 2nd half points to steal a win against the Cavs. The Cavs have always run the Veer offense and it's led by RB Randall Horner. Horner was a workhorse last year running the ball 428 times...which is 3rd all time...for 1626 yards and 16 TD's. This year he's upped his ypc a bit from 3.7 to 4.9 and he has 352 yards in just two games so far. We'll definitely have to pass and run much better this week if we want a chance against this quality progrum. Code: Box Score: Virginia at Duke Durham, NC. Week 5, 2012 Attendance: 25,900 (33,900). Weather: 56 degrees, fair. 1Q: 04:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 27 field goal. 2Q: 06:53 VIRG - Hugh Shelton 23 field goal. 2Q: 01:34 VIRG - Craig Jennings 10 run. 2Q: 01:34 VIRG - Hugh Shelton extra point. 3Q: 12:14 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 53 pass from Wally Johansen. 3Q: 12:14 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 3Q: 10:13 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 13 pass from Wally Johansen. 3Q: 10:13 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 3Q: 08:13 VIRG - Marco Willis 9 pass from Shawn Kitchings. 3Q: 08:13 VIRG - Hugh Shelton extra point. 3Q: 06:46 VIRG - Bruce Barlow 49 interception return. 3Q: 06:46 VIRG - Hugh Shelton extra point. 3Q: 02:48 VIRG - Craig Jennings 27 run. 3Q: 02:48 VIRG - Hugh Shelton extra point. 4Q: 11:22 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 6 run. 4Q: 11:22 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 4Q: 06:55 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 30 field goal. 4Q: 03:20 DUKE - Skip Driver 28 pass from Wally Johansen. 4Q: 03:20 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. Game MVP: DUKE 93 Tim Sedor Virginia 0 10 21 0 - 31 Duke 3 0 14 17 - 34 Team Statistics VIRG DUKE Net Rushing Yards 181 54 Passing Yards 252 322 Total Yards 433 376 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 22 54 2.4 11 1 9 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 3 Johansen 31 19 322 10.3 53 3 2 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 22 DiPietro 6 64 10.6 44 13 1 82 Driver 5 98 19.6 44 31 1 80 Taylor 3 82 27.3 25 53 1 83 Landeta 2 70 35.0 13 41 0 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 77 Anderson 11 2 0.5 0 0 0 93 Sedor 9 6 2.0 0 0 0 27 Battle 8 11 0.0 0 0 0 57 Washington 6 2 0.0 1 22 0 21 Hellestrae 1 0 0.0 1 36 0 I'm a little speechless after this one. We really didn't have any chance to win this game down 31-17 after 3 quarters but for some reason...the Cavs defensive coordinator refused to get out of his 8-man front and Johansen finally realized that when there's 8 in the box...passing should be a little bit easier. So once he got that through his thick skull...scoring was a breeze. In the 4th quarter...we scored on a 5-play 91 yard drive that took just 2:14 off the clock as DiPietro took it in from 6 yards out. Then after a punt we had an 8-play 42 yard drive that took 2:51 off the clock and ended with a Scotty Ulmer FG. Then after another punt. We had a quick 7-play 35 yard drive that took 2:29 off the clock and ended with a 28 yard TD pass to Skip Driver to take a 34-31 lead. UVA put together one last drive that got down to the 10 yard line with just :12 left but Wyse missed a gimme as Virginia suffered a tough loss...with much of the thanks going to their defensive coordinator. I applaud their strategy of putting more pressure on our QB to complete passes...and it worked great for 3 quarters...why they didn't get out of it late...I'll never know. Next up - Duke at North Carolina State __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-07-2004, 09:06 PM	#12
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 6 #24 Duke (3-1) (-13) at North Carolina State (1-3) TV5 Last season: Duke 51 NC State 24 Career Record against opponent: 3-6 Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season Preview - I'm not sure what's up with the Wolfpack so far this season. A 1-3 start is very non-Pack -like...but who are we to complain. We're on the verge of self-destructing ourselves...so we're gonna take it where we can get it. One thing we have to do is get our running game in order. DiPietro is only averaging 2.64 ypc so far this season and has been stuffed on 37 of 85 carries. His importance has gone up two-fold since Pritchett's injury. Last week Wally Johansen actually had his best game of his short career as he led us to victory after trailing by 14 in the 4th quarter. The defense has really been tested so far and Tim Sedor has been a very pleasant surprise. He's accumulated 42 tackles in just 4 games and 15 of those have been TFL's. That's 2nd in the country. Code: Box Score: Duke at North Carolina State Raleigh, NC. Week 6, 2012 Attendance: 42,400 (51,500). Weather: 53 degrees, rain. 1Q: 05:11 NCST - Cary Dion 18 field goal. 1Q: 03:55 DUKE - Bob Coons 63 fumble return. 1Q: 03:55 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 2Q: 14:43 DUKE - Antoine Herndon 5 run. 2Q: 14:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 2Q: 12:40 NCST - Harvey Emmons 55 run. 2Q: 12:40 NCST - Cary Dion extra point. 2Q: 09:21 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 4 run. 2Q: 09:21 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 2Q: 01:27 NCST - Cary Dion 40 field goal. 2Q: 00:50 NCST - Desmond Beauregard 26 interception return. 2Q: 00:50 NCST - Cary Dion extra point. 3Q: 12:32 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 5 pass from Wally Johansen. 3Q: 12:32 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 4Q: 12:12 NCST - Cary Dion 32 field goal. 4Q: 07:45 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 21 field goal. 4Q: 02:27 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 14 run. 4Q: 02:27 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 4Q: 00:40 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 9 run. 4Q: 00:40 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro Duke 7 14 7 17 - 45 North Carolina State 3 17 0 3 - 23 Team Statistics DUKE NCST Net Rushing Yards 196 120 Passing Yards 161 149 Total Yards 357 269 Avg. Drive Start OWN 43 OWN 22 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 23 173 7.5 33 3 4 0 3 Johansen 8 14 1.7 15 0 2 1 41 Herndon 3 8 2.6 5 1 0 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 3 Johansen 30 15 161 5.3 29 1 3 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Taylor 4 59 14.7 6 20 0 29 Zatechka 4 25 6.2 9 13 0 82 Driver 3 49 16.3 12 29 0 22 DiPietro 3 18 6.0 13 9 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 27 Battle 13 4 0.0 0 0 0 34 Szczepaniak 7 3 0.0 0 0 0 57 Washington 5 3 0.5 0 0 0 33 Bernier 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 91 Lewis 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 93 Sedor 3 0 1.0 0 0 0 45 Donovan 2 1 0.0 1 0 0 See...this is what can happen when you have a running game. You can watch your QB throw 3 Ints...yet still be in control of the game because you have a presence on the ground. Rodney DiPietro finally woke up after a four game slumber and rushed for 173 yards on 23 carries for 3 TD's. He followed that up with 3 more catches and a receiving TD. Another factor was that our defense and special teams put us in great starting field positions all day long. And I think we just have to admit that we love playing in the rain. Hey...we're 4-1 now. We'll take it. Next up - Georgia Tech at Duke Recruiting Commitments Code: Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown RB Rhoden, Donald 5-10 180 13 150 66 Levittown, NY WR Finch, Victor 5-9 175 2 55 94 Anniston, AL C Wooden, Benjamin 6-1 266 2 26 93 Naperville, IL G McNally, Les 6-3 263 3 64 40 Louisville, KY CB Williamson, Terrell 5-11 163 2 31 71 Lancaster, PA We really went after some big-time recruits this year and it's paying off so far. Four top 100 recruits committed this week and Rhoden committed after just one visit. Got lucky there as our top guy committed somewhere else. __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367) Last edited by MikeVick7 : 06-07-2004 at 09:06 PM.

06-07-2004, 09:54 PM	#13
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 7 #38 Georgia Tech (3-1) at #21 Duke (4-1) (-9) TV4 Last season: Duke 45 GTech 14 Career Record against opponent: 2-7 Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season LB Pat Olsen - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 4 weeks Preview - It's amazing how one game can change the perception of a player. Rodney DiPietro had a great game last week and now after looking at his stats...he ain't sittin too bad. Right now he's up to 398 yards on the ground with 6 TD's and he's caught an amazing 28 of 33 passes thrown to him for 292 more yards and 4 more TD's. He leads the team in both rushing and receiving TD's. GTech's off to a good start this year at 3-1...but they lost their starting QB Troy Hopfner to a torn calf muscle in last week's game against Maryland so now they must rely on Soph Ernie Brock who has only 3 games under his belt and no career starts. In a passing offense...they're in a spot of trouble. Clifton Smedley is a respectable running back so we'll really have to key on him to have our best chance at shutting down this offense. Tech used to be the biggest thorn in our side...winning the first 7 meeting. Since then...we've taken the last two. Code: Box Score: Georgia Tech at Duke Durham, NC. Week 7, 2012 Attendance: 28,600 (33,900). Weather: 46 degrees, rain. 1Q: 04:12 GATC - Myron Crockett 17 pass from Ernie Brock. 1Q: 04:12 GATC - Matt Carney extra point. 2Q: 06:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 21 field goal. 2Q: 03:38 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 4 run. 2Q: 03:38 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 2Q: 00:43 DUKE - Ricky Landeta 53 pass from Wally Johansen. 2Q: 00:43 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 3Q: 12:42 DUKE - Ricky Landeta 5 pass from Wally Johansen. 3Q: 12:42 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 3Q: 04:20 DUKE - Skip Driver 18 pass from Wally Johansen. 3Q: 04:20 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point failed. 3Q: 00:05 DUKE - Leon Zatechka 8 pass from Wally Johansen. 3Q: 00:05 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 4Q: 02:16 GATC - Broderick Sullivan 8 pass from Jeffrey Coker. 4Q: 02:16 GATC - Matt Carney extra point. 4Q: 01:02 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 29 run. 4Q: 01:02 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro Georgia Tech 7 0 0 7 - 14 Duke 0 17 20 7 - 44 Team Statistics GATC DUKE Net Rushing Yards 39 136 Passing Yards 236 311 Total Yards 275 447 Sacked/Yards Lost 5-30 3-19 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 19 152 8.0 58 2 4 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 3 Johansen 29 20 264 9.1 53 4 2 7 Curtis 2 2 47 23.5 37 0 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 22 DiPietro 5 71 14.2 27 37 0 86 Coons 4 53 13.2 17 26 0 82 Driver 4 57 14.2 44 18 1 83 Landeta 4 73 18.2 31 53 2 29 Zatechka 1 8 8.0 8 8 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 45 Donovan 9 1 0.0 0 0 0 27 Battle 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 93 Sedor 5 1 2.0 1 16 0 77 Anderson 4 0 1.0 0 0 0 Wow...it's like we're looking at a totally different player the last two weeks. After a terrible first quarter...we had a drive to begin the 2nd quarter that seemed to change the complexion of the game. After a punt to our own 14 we proceeded to go on a 14-play 93 yard drive that only amounted into a 21 yard Scott Ulmer FG. But it left the Tech D on the field for 6 1/2 minutes and seemed to just tire them out. After that drive we proceeded to score TD's on our next 5 drives to blow this game open. Johansen had a great game going 20-29 for 264 yards and 4 TD's. And DiPietro continued his hot streak by rushing for 152 more yards and 2 TD's. He also brought in 5 passes for 71 more yards. And we played in the rain again. The rain is our friend. Next up - Florida State at Duke Recruiting Commitments Code: Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown QB Buchanan, Jonathan 5-11 194 1 8 89 Pasadena, MD OLB Castagnola, Kim 6-2 211 23 388 87 Sugar Land, TX Buchanan was a excellent score for us. The first time we've been able to land the #1 QB in the high school ranks. __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-07-2004, 10:40 PM	#14
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 8 #12 Florida State (3-1) at #15 Duke (5-1) (-14) TV3 Last season: Duke 10 FSU 7 Career Record against opponent: 4-5 Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season LB Pat Olsen - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 3 weeks Preview - I said it last year before the game and I'll say it again. I'm not sure what we do to this team...but we've had their number for the last 4 years. The games are always low scoring and the winning margin is always in single digits. Last season was no different. Down 7-3 in the 4th quarter...the Devils put together a 2-play drive with no TO's and :43 left and we hit on a TD pass to win the game. Since losing the 3rd game of the year...we've put together a nice three game winning streak and are actually playing some pretty good ball. FSU is back strong once again this year but they've run into a little bit of a snag. They lost their 2nd team all-ACC QB Brian Stolowitz to broken Ribs in the 2nd game of the year. With him out...it didn't affect them until last game when they got blown out by Wake Forest 42-13. It's definitely not the same Noles squad as in year's past at least offensively. Right now they're 108th in rushing offense and 96th in passing offense. Their defense is still strong as they are #1 against the pass but their lack of O has put a big strain on their offense. Despite their problems...the fact that we are 14 pt favorites is kinda scary. Code: Box Score: Florida State at Duke Durham, NC. Week 8, 2012 Attendance: 30,000 (33,900). Weather: 59 degrees, fair. 1Q: 11:08 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 2 run. 1Q: 11:08 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 1Q: 06:35 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 54 run. 1Q: 06:35 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 1Q: 00:00 DUKE - Wally Johansen 8 run. 1Q: 00:00 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 2Q: 12:27 DUKE - Ricky Landeta 11 pass from Wally Johansen. 2Q: 12:27 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 2Q: 03:36 FLST - Ethan Ellis 4 pass from Tommie Tyler. 2Q: 03:36 FLST - Jeremy Wetzel extra point. 2Q: 00:55 DUKE - Ralph Donovan 61 interception return. 2Q: 00:55 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 3Q: 08:15 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 43 field goal. 3Q: 03:19 DUKE - Scott Ulmer 30 field goal. Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro Florida State 0 7 0 0 - 7 Duke 21 14 6 0 - 41 Team Statistics FLST DUKE Net Rushing Yards 50 133 Passing Yards 216 197 Total Yards 266 330 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 24 153 6.3 54 2 6 0 3 Johansen 9 -27 -3.0 8 1 1 5 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 3 Johansen 24 14 197 8.2 44 1 0 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 80 Taylor 4 90 22.5 9 44 0 86 Coons 3 41 13.6 8 25 0 82 Driver 3 34 11.3 11 14 0 83 Landeta 1 11 11.0 11 11 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 93 Sedor 8 1 0.0 0 0 0 57 Washington 5 2 1.0 0 0 0 33 Bernier 5 1 0.0 1 0 0 91 Lewis 3 1 2.0 0 0 0 45 Donovan 3 1 0.0 1 61 1 I'm not sure what's up with the Noles...but they're in trouble. I thought defensively they would be strong enough to make this a game but we moved through them like swiss cheese to the tune of 35 points in the first half. DiPietro continued his brilliance as he rushed for 153 more yards and 2 more TD's. Defensively this was the poorest showing by a Noles defense and with their starting QB down for the rest of the year...they're really gonna have to carry them. This win makes it four in a row and we're on fire. Next up - Bye week. Recruiting Commitments Code: Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown DT Shepherd, Mo 6-1 253 11 147 49 Piedmont, SC __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367) Last edited by MikeVick7 : 06-08-2004 at 03:36 PM.

06-07-2004, 10:49 PM	#17
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 9 Bye week Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season LB Pat Olsen - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 2 weeks P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 5 weeks Next up - Duke at Maryland Recruiting Commitments Code: Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown OLB Breiten, JR 5-11 200 28 462 80 Rocky Mount, NC __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-08-2004, 01:02 AM	#24
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 16 Bye week Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Out 7 weeks P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 4 weeks Next up - Miami of Ohio vs Duke (Hmmm...interesting.) __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-08-2004, 01:38 AM	#25
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 17 - Round of 16 #9 Duke (10-1) (-1) vs #11 Miami of Ohio (12-1) TV1 This season: Miami of Ohio 24 Duke 18 Career Record against opponent: 0-1 Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Out 5 weeks P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 3 weeks Preview - Veeery interesting match-up. Miami gave us our only loss of the year back in the 3rd game of the season in Oxford 24-18. Even though we have the same starting lineup in this game as we did back in that game...the way we're playing is like night and day. In that game they held DiPietro to just 25 yards rushing on 14 carries...and Johansen was just 15-36 for 184 yards and 1 TD. Meanwhile their Wing-T offense controlled the clock and wore our defense down in the 4th quarter as we allowed them to score 17 points and they ended up winning by 6. For Miami in that game it was Ty Jack who ran all over us to the tune of 125 yards on the ground. He ended up with 1649 yards on the season with 8 TD's. The Miami rushing offense ended up 10th in the nation and they attempted the 2nd most rushes on the year. Defensively they are very strong as they ended up 15th in defensive scoring and 1st in creating TO's. I think if we play just like we've been playing for the last 8 weeks...the outcome will be very different than earlier this year. On the injury front...we'll be w/o Ulmer. We really hope the game doesn't come down to the kicking game. Code: Box Score: Duke vs Miami of Ohio Pensacola, FL. Round of Sixteen, 2012 Attendance: 40,800 (67,100). Weather: 65 degrees, fair. 1Q: 10:29 DUKE - Leon Zatechka 11 pass from Wally Johansen. 1Q: 10:29 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 2Q: 11:51 DUKE - Bob Coons 12 pass from Wally Johansen. 2Q: 11:51 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 2Q: 01:27 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 3 run. 2Q: 01:27 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 3Q: 12:40 MIAO - Korey Casey 62 field goal. 3Q: 08:20 DUKE - Walt Benton 21 field goal. 3Q: 01:32 MIAO - Lawrence Fredrickson 37 pass from Mel Graves. 3Q: 01:32 MIAO - Korey Casey extra point. 4Q: 07:57 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 2 run. 4Q: 07:57 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point. 4Q: 06:06 DUKE - Walt Benton 28 field goal. Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro Duke 7 14 3 10 - 34 Miami of Ohio 0 0 10 0 - 10 Team Statistics DUKE MIAO Net Rushing Yards 240 14 Passing Yards 235 151 Total Yards 475 165 Sacked/Yards Lost 0-0 6-33 3rd Down Plays 7/15 1/13 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 36 189 5.2 47 2 13 0 3 Johansen 5 42 8.4 14 0 0 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 3 Johansen 30 17 235 7.8 27 2 2 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 29 Zatechka 6 64 10.6 27 19 1 22 DiPietro 4 52 13.0 34 27 0 83 Landeta 2 43 21.5 7 26 0 86 Coons 1 12 12.0 0 12 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 44 Johnstone 6 4 3.0 0 0 0 77 Anderson 5 0 2.0 0 0 0 99 Olsen 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 First the positives...it was definitely good to avenge the loss from earlier in the season. It was also great to hold the 10th best rushing team to 14 yards on the ground. Meanwhile...we tallied 240 yards as DiPietro ran for 189 on 36 carries and 2 TD's. Plus we picked up 6 sacks on the day and held them to 1-13 on 3rd down conversions. Now the negatives...in a season of remaining virtually injury-free...how do we end up with season ending injuries to 3 starters and our nickel back? Just a real shame. We sustained injuries to TE Bob Coons...ILB Tim Sedor...SOLB Stephen Washington and Nickel Back Ike Bensen. Also injured...but should be able to remain in the starting lineup are DE Lenny Anderson and WR Skip Driver. That puts a real negative on a great season. But hey...we're still alive...so let's see if we can piece something together next week against a very powerful Texas squad. Next up - Texas vs Duke __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367)

06-08-2004, 07:08 PM	#26
MikeVick7 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ron, Mexico	Week 18 - Quarterfinals #7 Duke (11-1) vs #1 Texas (13-0) (-6) TV1 Last season: First Meeting Career Record against opponent: 0-0 Key Injuries QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season DE Chuck Lewis - ACL Damage to the Knee - Out season CB Ike Bensen - Dislocated Elbow - Out season TE Bob Coons - Broken Tibia - Out season ILB Tim Sedor - Broken Wrist - Out season OLB Stephen Washington - Arthroscopic Knee Surgery - Out season K Scott Ulmer - Torn Calf Muscle - Questionable 3 weeks DE Lenny Anderson - Broken Hand - Probable 8 weeks WR Skip Driver - Strained Hamstring - Probable Unknown P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 2 weeks Preview - To put it in plain English...the Longhorns can flat out run the ball. UT is first in all major rushing categories as a team in the country. 1st in rushes (662)...1st in yards (3585) and 1st in yards per carry (5.41). What makes their rushing exploits even more impressive is that their top two rushers are QB's. Andy Horton and Bryant Keeler have each spent time under center this year due to injuries and both have been equally effective in running the pill. Horton has 193 carries for 824 yards and 8 TD's. Meanwhile Bryant has 158 carries for 849 yards and 11 TD's. And then let's not forget about their actual "running" back...Scott Hanks...he has 878 yards on 142 carries and 13 TD's. Almost an afterthought...ha. Luckily run defense is our strength on that side of the ball (14th in the nation) so it will be very interesting to see how we match up against this powerhouse. We sustained a ton of injuries last week and had to un-red shirt some players to fill some holes and some will get the start. Here it goes... Code: Box Score: Duke vs Texas Killeen, TX. Playoff Quarterfinals, 2012 Attendance: 56,000 (69,400). Weather: 62 degrees, fair. 1Q: 06:08 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 3 run. 1Q: 06:08 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 1Q: 02:04 TEXS - Jay Young 30 field goal. 2Q: 11:08 DUKE - Ricky Landeta 7 pass from Wally Johansen. 2Q: 11:08 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 2Q: 05:08 TEXS - Jay Young 21 field goal. 2Q: 03:17 DUKE - Robert Buchanan 12 pass from Wally Johansen. 2Q: 03:17 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point. 3Q: 05:37 TEXS - Will Stargell 18 run. 3Q: 05:37 TEXS - Jay Young extra point. 4Q: 13:17 TEXS - Jay Young 36 field goal. 4Q: 05:17 TEXS - Andy Horton 1 run. 4Q: 05:17 TEXS - Andy Horton pass for conversion failed. 4Q: 02:09 TEXS - Will Stargell 73 pass from Andy Horton. 4Q: 02:09 TEXS - Jay Young extra point. Game MVP: TEXS 2 Andy Horton Duke 7 14 0 0 - 21 Texas 3 3 7 16 - 29 Team Statistics DUKE TEXS First Downs 18 29 Total Rushes 21 58 Net Rushing Yards 102 269 Yards Per Carry 4.8 4.6 Sacked/Yards Lost 2-14 0-0 Pass Attempts 23 18 Completions 13 15 Passing Yards 186 248 Yards Per Attempt 8.0 13.7 Interceptions 1 1 Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1 Total Plays 44 76 Total Yards 288 517 Yards Per Play 6.5 6.8 3rd Down Plays 0/8 8/14 Time Of Possession 21:51 38:09 Duke Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 22 DiPietro 16 115 7.1 39 1 2 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 3 Johansen 23 13 186 8.0 30 2 1 Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD 22 DiPietro 5 60 12.0 33 15 0 83 Landeta 3 49 16.3 23 30 1 82 Driver 2 35 17.5 9 28 0 80 Taylor 2 30 15.0 11 16 0 85 Buchanan 1 12 12.0 12 12 1 Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD 44 Johnstone 10 3 0.0 0 0 0 34 Szczepaniak 9 1 0.0 0 0 0 58 Richmond 8 5 0.0 0 0 0 77 Anderson 7 2 0.0 0 0 0 27 Battle 6 7 0.0 1 0 0 Texas Individual Statistics Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd 2 Horton 36 115 3.1 14 1 10 0 47 Hanks 11 72 6.5 35 0 4 0 86 Stargell 2 30 15.0 18 1 0 0 Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int 2 Horton 18 15 248 13.7 73 1 1 I'll give it up to the Horns...they were down by 15 points at the half but they stuck by their guns...wore my defense down and eventually won the game 29-21. Everything was rosey in Dukie land at the half. DiPietro was his usual self...slicing through the Longhorn defense and Johansen was picking apart the secondary like they've each done in the last 8 games of the season. Then the Texas D tightened up and the Longhorns offense kept moving the ball and with each passing minute it seemed to get easier and easier and they lit up the 2nd half scoreboards with 23 unanswered points. Andy Horton can best be described as the Energizer Bunny. He ran the ball 36 times for 115 yards and 1 TD and then found time to complete an amazing 15 of 18 passes for 248 yards and another TD. The Longhorns dominated the total offense...517-288 and TOP...38:09 to 21:51. And they held us to 0-8 3rd down conversions. Real solid performance. Now we'll just lick our wounds and look forward to next season. Next up - The offseason __________________ Hattrick - Seattle Reign (224367) Last edited by MikeVick7 : 06-08-2004 at 10:18 PM.

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