TCY - Let's Go Duke! Let's Go Duke! (Year 9)

[MikeVick7]

Welcome to year 9 of my Duke Blue Devils TCY Dynasty. Feedback is always welcome.

Check out Year 8 as we made a run to the Final Four.

Primary Offense: Pro Form
Primary Defense: 4-3
Current Prestige: 79
Career Record: 44-49

Year 1 (2-10) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=25759)
Year 2 (2-9) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=25870)
Year 3 (3-8) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=25949)
Year 4 (6-5) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=26000)
Year 5 (5-6) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=26086)
Year 6 (5-6) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=26123)
Year 7 (9-3) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=26151)
Year 8 (12-2) (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?t=26213)


Email Time
Michigan coach Alonzo Parrish wins coach of the year?? (C'mon...the guy's won it 6 out of the 8 years now and for the last 4 years in a row. Shouldn't this team be forced to win the national championship with the talent that they have in order for him to win this award? Terrible.) :mad:

Hirings
Defensive Coordinator - Harris Cooley (63) I think this is the first quality defensive coordinator we've been able to hire.

Scouts
Great Lakes Scout - Myron Steed (53)
Midwest Scout - Bennie Stone (55)
Southwest Scout - Grady Yazzie (46)

Scheduling

2011 Duke Schedule

Team Rank: 26
Rival: North Carolina
Stadium Capacity: 33,900
Season Tickets Sold: 16,400

Week Opponent
1 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
2 OKLAHOMA STATE
3 at Northwestern
$$6 at Maryland
$$7 (27) VIRGINIA
$$8 CLEMSON
$$9 at Wake Forest
$$10 at (16) Florida State
$$11 (49) NORTH CAROLINA STATE
$$12 (22) GEORGIA TECH
$$13 at North Carolina

We tried to schedule a top 10 opponent at home...but nobody would take the bait. So we had to settle for Southern Miss at home. We also accepted OSU's bid to play us at home again.

Recruiting Summary

Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat Cur Fut AP Hometown
K Ulmer, Scott 6-3 202 1 27 35 100 79 Columbus, IN
ILB Johnstone, Earl 6-4 211 2 111 18 100 12 Guilderland Center, NY
T Frazier, Carlos 6-4 269 4 42 27 99 73 Goldsboro, NC
G Bowers, Heath 6-5 296 12 124 42 92 84 Shepherdsville, KY
S Austin, Alex 5-11 178 3 49 27 91 44 Mount Pleasant, SC
P Shepard, Oliver 6-1 181 5 157 52 87 48 Columbia, SC
DT Crook, Billy Joe 6-5 254 8 105 19 86 16 Warrenton, VA
G Zahursky, Preston 6-3 273 13 128 29 84 67 Fort Mitchell, KY
RB Rodney DiPietro 6-0 201 1 9 47 83 66 Lisbon, OH
CB Ellison, Bert 6-0 176 8 172 18 82 42 Powder Springs, GA
DE Anderson, Lenny 5-10 207 11 77 13 73 11 Sutton, MA
CB Hellestrae, Ray 5-10 162 70 -- 21 65 34 Inverness, FL
TE Nelson, Rich 6-4 223 14 428 16 62 27 Williamston, NC
DE Lewis, Chuck 6-2 235 4 22 24 61 77 East Syracuse, NY
CB Posharow, Blake 5-11 174 32 434 22 56 28 Fair Oaks, CA

We somehow ended up with only the #16 ranked class this year. Not that I'm complaining...but I thought we had our best class ever.

[MikeVick7]

Starting Lineups

Offense

Player Pos Elig HT WT Current Future Honors
Pritchett, Ken QB Sr* 6-1 220 60 100 1stACC
Ward, Emmitt RB Sr 6-0 194 65 65 ACCPOY
Hines, Earl FB Sr 6-0 239 70 79
Coons, Bob TE Sr* 6-4 261 64 74
Avalos, Matt WR Sr 6-0 208 82 97 2ndACC
Driver, Skip WR Jr 6-0 196 57 87

Bullock, Shawn C Jr* 6-5 304 62 83
Hartman, Bucky G Jr* 6-5 307 89 89 2ndACC
Levine, Conrad G Sr 6-4 324 59 67
Devine, Steven T Jr* 6-4 311 95 99
McIntyre, Edwin T So* 6-2 273 39 89


Pritchett - If he can cut down on Int's this year...he could compete for ACC POY.
Ward - Can't complain with the reigning conference plyer of the year. Had 15 rushing TD's last season.
Hines - Had 20 catches out of the backfield last year and 2 TD's.
Coons - Takes over for Walton. Still had 12 catches and 2 TD's last year in backup role.
Avalos - The guy that opens up the offense. Has 152 career catches.
Driver - Had 31 catches last year. 3rd on the team.
O-Line - We finally got have an all-conference lineman in Hartman. Our line is the strongest it's ever been.

Defense

Player Pos Elig HT WT Current Future Honors
Robbins, Roy DE Sr 6-3 251 64 90 2ndACC
Baxter, Jermaine DE Jr 6-7 291 45 85 2ndACC
Hilton, Jumbo DT Sr 6-5 320 54 83 2ndACC
Rayburn, Buddy DT Sr* 6-2 295 52 59

McCrory, Tommy ILB Sr 6-3 243 49 66
Reeves, Julio SOLB Sr 6-0 228 60 82 2ndACC
Boyd, Russell WOLB Sr 6-1 259 53 53 2ndACC

Donovan, Ralph CB Sr* 6-0 204 62 69 2ndACC
Bernier, Vincent CB So* 5-10 186 58 81
Blackburn, Johnnie FS Sr 5-11 196 82 82 1stACC
Battle, Lee SS Jr* 5-9 190 79 99

Robbins - Had 12 sacks last season and has 27 in his career.
Baxter - Was 2nd on the team in tackles and sacks before the injury. Was headed towards All-American status.
Hilton - One of three Blue Devils to earn 2nd team all-conference last season.
Rayburn - No sacks but 12 TFL's. Just a solid run-stopper.
McCrory - Had 59 tackles and 16 TFL's last year.
Reeves - Another great run-stopper. Lacks a little in coverage but was 2nd all-ACC last year.
Boyd - Solorio's a better talent but Boyd fits the WOLB mold better. Had 8 sacks last year.
Donovan - Holds record for most Ints in a season (6) last year. Also returned 2 punts for TD's.
Bernier - Great talent as a RS Freshman. Will makes the loss of Kadletz a lot easier.
Blackburn - Our leader on defense. Only 1st Team all-ACC last year. Led team in tackles (84).
Battle - Another good run-stopper. Just a RS sophmore.

Special Teams

Player Pos Elig HT WT Current Future Honors
Copeland, Spencer P Sr 6-5 235 85 92 1stACC
Everett, Kenny K Sr 6-3 208 86 87 1stACC

Copeland - 1st team all-ACC last season. 37.9 career average.
Everett - Redeemed himself after a terrible sophmore year. 23-29 in FG's. 1st team all-ACC.

[MikeVick7]

ACC Predictions

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Florida State 0-0 ACC 16.00 14.50 0.00 0.12 30.62 14
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 22.00 20.50 0.00 0.16 42.66 21
Virginia 0-0 ACC 27.00 31.00 0.00 0.32 58.32 25
**Duke 0-0 ACC 26.00 37.50 0.00 0.08 63.58 27
North Carolina State 0-0 ACC 49.00 43.50 0.00 0.28 92.78 45
Wake Forest 0-0 ACC 62.00 62.50 0.00 0.36 124.8661
North Carolina 0-0 ACC 74.00 78.00 0.00 0.24 152.2474
Clemson 0-0 ACC 92.00 99.00 0.00 0.04 191.0496
Maryland 0-0 ACC 103.00103.000.00 0.20 206.20102

I guess the voters are a little slow to recognize the fact that we've won the conference in back to back years.

Pre-season Top 25

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
Notre Dame 0-0 IND 3.00 3.00 0.00 4.56 10.56 3
Tennessee 0-0 SEC 4.00 5.00 0.00 2.20 11.20 4
Stanford 0-0 P10 6.00 5.00 0.00 1.84 12.84 5
Penn State 0-0 B10 5.00 8.00 0.00 0.72 13.72 6
Oklahoma 0-0 B12 7.00 6.00 0.00 1.12 14.12 7
Boston College 0-0 BEC 8.00 7.50 0.00 1.32 16.82 8
Wisconsin 0-0 B10 10.00 9.00 0.00 0.80 19.80 9
Florida 0-0 SEC 9.00 10.50 0.00 2.04 21.54 10
Syracuse 0-0 BEC 11.00 10.50 0.00 1.48 22.98 11
USC 0-0 P10 13.00 11.00 0.00 1.92 25.92 12
UCLA 0-0 P10 12.00 13.00 0.00 1.88 26.88 13
Florida State 0-0 ACC 16.00 14.50 0.00 0.12 30.62 14
Alabama 0-0 SEC 14.00 16.00 0.00 2.28 32.28 15
Washington 0-0 P10 18.00 16.50 0.00 1.96 36.46 16
Hawaii 0-0 WAC 15.00 19.50 0.00 3.32 37.82 17
Middle Tennessee State 0-0 SBT 19.00 17.50 0.00 4.32 40.82 18
Utah 0-0 MTW 17.00 21.50 0.00 2.76 41.26 19
Colorado State 0-0 MTW 20.00 20.00 0.00 2.60 42.60 20
Georgia Tech 0-0 ACC 22.00 20.50 0.00 0.16 42.66 21
Rice 0-0 WAC 21.00 19.00 0.00 3.44 43.44 22
Texas A&M 0-0 B12 23.00 23.00 0.00 1.24 47.24 23
Georgia 0-0 SEC 28.00 24.50 0.00 2.08 54.58 24
Virginia 0-0 ACC 27.00 31.00 0.00 0.32 58.32 25
**Duke 0-0 ACC 26.00 37.50 0.00 0.08 63.58 27

We're not even in the top 25? C'mon. Crack smokers...all of you.

[MikeVick7]

Week 1

Southern Mississippi (0-0) at #26 Duke (0-0) (-17) TV3

First meeting

Key Injuries - None

Preview - We didn't want to schedule this game...but after every big gun turned us down the computer generated this week 1 match-up for us. The Eagles don't have a wealth of talent on their squad...but they're not the worst team on the planet. They're led by their QB Derek Broome...a 3rd year starter. Last season he threw for 2085 yards with 20 TD's and 10 Ints. Plus he's not afraid to tuck the ball under and run. On the other side of the ball we really have big expectations this year. We only lost 3 starters and we return 13 all-ACC performers. Injuries aside...we fully expect to be back in the playoffs this season.

Box Score: Southern Mississippi at Duke
Durham, NC.

Week 1, 2011

Attendance: 22,000 (33,900).

Weather: 70 degrees, rain.

1Q: 10:37 DUKE - Skip Driver 2 pass from Ken Pritchett.
1Q: 10:37 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
1Q: 08:14 DUKE - Lee Battle 47 interception return.
1Q: 08:14 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
1Q: 06:48 DUKE - Ralph Donovan 60 interception return.
1Q: 06:48 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
1Q: 04:35 SMIS - Marvin Compton 90 interception return.
1Q: 04:35 SMIS - Rick Peters extra point.
1Q: 00:32 DUKE - Skip Driver 5 pass from Ken Pritchett.
1Q: 00:32 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

2Q: 09:49 DUKE - Kenny Everett 43 field goal.
2Q: 07:34 DUKE - Matt Avalos 5 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 07:34 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
2Q: 01:01 DUKE - Duane Dock 26 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 01:01 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

3Q: 10:03 DUKE - Duane Dock 26 pass from Wally Johansen.
3Q: 10:03 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

4Q: 14:55 DUKE - Kenny Everett 40 field goal.
4Q: 11:56 DUKE - Matt Avalos 18 pass from Kenny Curtis.
4Q: 11:56 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
4Q: 09:24 DUKE - Skip Driver 8 pass from Kenny Curtis.
4Q: 09:24 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

Game MVP: DUKE 25 Duane Dock

Southern Mississippi 7 0 0 0 - 7
Duke 28 17 7 17 - 69

Team Statistics SMIS DUKE

Net Rushing Yards 20 159
Passing Yards 38 283
Total Yards 58 442

Sacked/Yards Lost 9-53 0-0

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
25 Dock 19 66 3.4 18 0 2 0
38 Ward 11 46 4.1 14 0 4 0
41 Herndon 6 18 3.0 9 0 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 23 15 173 7.5 26 4 1
3 Johansen 5 4 44 8.8 26 1 0
7 Curtis 5 5 66 13.2 18 2 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Avalos 5 61 12.2 36 18 2
82 Driver 5 50 10.0 52 20 3
89 Dawson 4 49 12.2 14 17 0
25 Dock 4 54 13.5 72 26 2

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 Blackburn 5 0 0.0 1 17 0
96 Farrell 4 0 2.5 0 0 0
27 Battle 3 0 0.0 1 47 1
91 Lewis 2 1 2.0 0 0 0
79 Hilton 2 0 2.0 0 0 0
92 Baxter 2 1 1.5 0 0 0
45 Donovan 2 0 0.0 1 60 1

Well I guess this means that we're pretty good. We just had a dominant game today in which we set school records for most points scored (69) and fewest yards allowed (58). Plus the 2nd string players played so much in this game that Duane Dock...the back-up RB earned MVP honors with his 19 carries for 66 yards and 4 receptions with 2 TD's. On defense we also sacked Broome 9 times and intercepted 3 passes and took two back for TD's.

Next up - Oklahoma St at Duke

[MikeVick7]

Week 2

Oklahoma State (0-0) at #5 Duke(1-0) (-11) TV5

Last season: Duke 45 OSU 7

Key Injuries
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out seaon

Preview - Our only fear this season is injuries and we've had our first of the year. Although not a huge contributor...losing Earl Hines forces us to take the red-shirt off of Randall Fruth. So we don't lose much with Fruth in there...but what we were hoping to do was red-shirt him in his senior year so we wouldn't have to start a true freshman next year. Well those plans are out the window. But we'll survive. Last year we beat up on the Cowboys and this year we expect some of the same. The Cowboys have to go with first year starter Courtney Thompson as QB and their best player is OLB Neil Copeland who is ranked 65/100 by our scout.

Box Score: Oklahoma State at Duke
Durham, NC.

Week 2, 2011

Attendance: 22,300 (33,900).

Weather: 63 degrees, rain.

1Q: 12:06 DUKE - Duane Dock 17 pass from Ken Pritchett.
1Q: 12:06 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
1Q: 05:20 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 12 run.
1Q: 05:20 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

2Q: 11:42 DUKE - Kenny Everett 26 field goal.
2Q: 06:58 DUKE - Matt Avalos 9 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 06:58 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
2Q: 02:37 DUKE - Kenny Everett 36 field goal.
2Q: 00:03 DUKE - Kenny Everett 36 field goal.

3Q: 10:37 DUKE - Kurt Dawson 14 pass from Ken Pritchett.
3Q: 10:37 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

4Q: 13:34 OKST - Cris Angle 5 pass from Johnny Duncan.
4Q: 13:34 OKST - Joey Suarez extra point.
4Q: 05:59 DUKE - Kenny Everett 32 field goal.

Game MVP: DUKE 92 Jermaine Baxter

Oklahoma State 0 0 0 7 - 7
Duke 14 16 7 3 - 40

Team Statistics OKST DUKE

Net Rushing Yards 32 106
Passing Yards 90 223
Total Yards 122 329

Sacked/Yards Lost 6-36 0-0

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 17 56 3.2 12 1 3 0
25 Dock 11 37 3.3 9 0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 17 12 193 11.3 34 3 0
3 Johansen 6 5 30 5.0 14 0 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Avalos 5 86 17.2 44 32 1
89 Dawson 4 53 13.2 31 28 1
25 Dock 3 21 7.0 1 17 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 Blackburn 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
92 Baxter 5 0 3.5 0 0 0
24 Kennedy 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
23 Ellison 4 1 0.0 0 0 0
79 Hilton 3 1 1.0 0 0 0

Not the most dominant game offensively for us...but our defense did all the damage as this game was over at the half. Last week we held Southern Miss to 58 yards of total offense...this week it was 122 yards. Jermaine Baxter...trying to avenge last year's season ending injury picked up where he left off with 3.5 sacks and 5 tackles on the day. Duane Dock continue to impress at RB. Ward is the current starter but Dock is the future star of this team. He will be enjoyed for the next 4 years.

Next up - Duke at Northwestern

[MikeVick7]

Week 3

#17 Duke (2-0) (-5) at #47 Northwestern (1-0) TV4

Last season: Duke 35 Northwestern 10

Key Injuries
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
S Alex Austin - Torn Triceps Muscle - Out season

Preview - Last season the Wildcats were in this game early in the 3rd as they scored a TD to take a 10-7 lead. But then we scored the final 28 points to put the game away. But even though we have more talent now than the Cats...they still are a scrappy team...especially at home. In fact the last time these two teams played up in Evanston...the Cats won 38-35. This season the Cats come into this game at 1-0 with a week 1 victory over Wyoming 19-17. The only skilled position starter from the last team to beat us is Sr RB Jamal Minter. Despite being a four year starter in an I-Form offense he only has 1862 career yards however. Back-up S Clyde Kennedy was lost for the season in last week's game...which forces us to take another red-shirt off one of our players. This time it's talented freshman Alex Austin who steps right into the back-up role.

Box Score: Duke at Northwestern
Chicago, IL.

Week 3, 2011

Attendance: 35,300 (47,100).

Weather: 55 degrees, rain.

1Q: 12:06 DUKE - Matt Avalos 4 pass from Ken Pritchett.
1Q: 12:06 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
1Q: 06:45 DUKE - Skip Driver 23 pass from Ken Pritchett.
1Q: 06:45 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

2Q: 11:35 DUKE - Kenny Everett 45 field goal.
2Q: 05:40 UNOR - Dan Bleess 16 pass from Shaun Cuomo.
2Q: 05:40 UNOR - Norman Wynn extra point.
2Q: 01:18 DUKE - Bob Coons 13 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 01:18 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point failed.

3Q: 10:44 DUKE - Skip Driver 8 pass from Ken Pritchett.
3Q: 10:44 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
3Q: 00:17 DUKE - Duane Dock 2 run.
3Q: 00:17 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

4Q: 04:00 DUKE - Ken Pritchett 3 run.
4Q: 04:00 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

Game MVP: DUKE 10 Ken Pritchett

Duke 14 9 14 7 - 44
Northwestern 0 7 0 0 - 7

Team Statistics DUKE UNOR

Net Rushing Yards 245 91
Passing Yards 242 183
Total Yards 487 274

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 21 135 6.4 25 0 5 0
25 Dock 16 108 6.7 30 1 0 0
10 Pritchett 2 7 3.5 4 1 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 29 16 242 8.3 38 4 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Avalos 6 83 13.8 24 35 1
82 Driver 3 50 16.6 39 23 2
46 Fruth 2 30 15.0 17 20 0
86 Coons 2 51 25.5 23 38 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 Blackburn 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
71 Robbins 5 0 1.0 0 0 0
42 McCrory 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
31 Austin 4 0 0.0 0 0 0
79 Hilton 3 1 1.0 0 0 0
97 Reeves 3 2 0.0 1 0 0

Ken Pritchett played a great game in the rain today as he passed was 16-29...for 242 yards and 4 TD passes and no Ints. Matt Avalos caught 6 of those passes for 83 yards and a TD. Skip Driver caught only 3 passes but 2 were for TD's. On the ground...both Ward and Dock were excellent today..both gaining over 100 yards each. Northwestern did a good job moving the ball in the game but just couldn't sustain enough drives to keep up. Now we'll enjoy two weeks off until we start the ACC portion of the schedule.

Next up - Bye week

[MikeVick7]

Week 4

Bye week

Key Injuries
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
S Alex Austin - Torn Triceps Muscle - Out season

Next up - Bye week

[MikeVick7]

Week 5

Bye week

Key Injuries
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
S Alex Austin - Torn Triceps Muscle - Out season

Next up - Duke at Maryland

Recruiting Commitments

Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown
OLB Richmond, Scott 6-5 227 25 374 43 Newport News, VA

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Week 6

#13 Duke (3-0) (-13) at Maryland (2-2) No TV

Last season: Duke 39 Maryland 14

Key Injuries
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
S Alex Austin - Torn Triceps Muscle - Out season

Preview - Last season Maryland actually had a 14-13 lead at the half before we scored 26 unanswered points in the 2nd half to win the game 39-14. This season the Terapins come into this contest at 2-2..and they're 0-1 in the conference with their loss coming at the hands of Virginia 37-7. The Power-I offense is led by RB Glen Gerbasi...a scat back who takes over the starters role after Billy Webb went down with a rib injury in the last game. So far this year Gerbasi has 229 yards rushing and two 2 TD's. We rolled through the non-conference portion of the schedule with an average score of 51-7. Ken Pritchett is the 4th best passer in the nation with a rating of186.0. He's also thrown for 11 TD's and only 1 Int.

Box Score: Duke at Maryland
College Park, MD.

Week 6, 2011

Attendance: 27,500 (48,100).

Weather: 56 degrees, stormy.

1Q: 05:21 DUKE - Kenny Everett 35 field goal.

2Q: 03:15 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 10 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 03:15 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

3Q: 10:18 MARY - Scott Booker 4 run.
3Q: 10:18 MARY - Phil Fisk extra point.
3Q: 04:43 DUKE - Duane Dock 2 run.
3Q: 04:43 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point failed.

4Q: 14:51 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 5 pass from Ken Pritchett.
4Q: 14:51 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
4Q: 00:40 DUKE - Matt Avalos 30 pass from Ken Pritchett.
4Q: 00:40 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

Game MVP: DUKE 91 Chuck Lewis

Duke 3 7 6 14 - 30
Maryland 0 0 7 0 - 7

Team Statistics DUKE MARY

Net Rushing Yards 134 14
Passing Yards 283 178
Total Yards 417 192

Sacked/Yards Lost 1-4 6-37

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 14 67 4.7 21 0 3 0
25 Dock 13 77 5.9 16 1 1 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 29 21 283 9.7 30 3 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Avalos 7 112 16.0 47 30 1
38 Ward 4 36 9.0 26 15 1
46 Fruth 4 45 11.2 22 18 0
80 Taylor 1 5 5.0 15 5 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 Blackburn 8 0 0.0 0 0 0
42 McCrory 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
27 Battle 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
97 Reeves 5 0 0.0 1 0 0
91 Lewis 4 0 3.5 0 0 0
79 Hilton 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
71 Robbins 3 2 1.5 0 0 0

How many weekends in a row is it going to rain on Saturday? We had our 4th straight rainy game...this time we played during a wind-driven storm...but luckily we were able to take care of business and win our 4th game of the year. Jermaine Baxter...a great talent at DE but is injury prone...had to leave the game in the first quarter cause of fatigue due to Mono. So his back-up Chuck Lewis calmly stepped in a recorded 3.5 sacks and claimed MVP honors. We sacked Tyrell Sanchez 6 times all together. Again Maryland made a game out of this one as they scored on a Scott Booker 4 yd TD run at the 10:18 mark of the 3rd quarter to make it 10-7...but again we scored the final 20 points to win 30-7. Ken Pritchett threw 3 more TD's and Matt Avalos had a great game with 7 catches for 112 yards and 1 TD. Baxter is listed as doubtful for next week's game against Virginia.

Next up - Virginia at Duke

Recruiting Commitments

Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown
DT Walker, Herb 6-5 267 1 9 97 Fort Lauderdale, FL

As happy as we were about signing Walker...we were also disappointed to lose FB David Wiggins. He was a highly touted FB that had the high athletic prep that we were looking for since we'll have to start a freshman at FB next season.

[MikeVick7]

Week 7

#14 Virginia (4-0) at #13 Duke (4-0) (-4) TV4

Last season: Duke 17 Virginia 14

Key Injuries
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
S Alex Austin - Torn Triceps Muscle - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Doubtful 8 weeks
WR Matt Avalos - Concussion - Probable 3 weeks
FB Randall Fruth - Concussion - Probable 3 weeks

Preview - Last season we really got lucky winning a sloppy game against the Cavs as we turned the ball over 6 times yet somehow managed to win by 3. The game winning TD came on a Kadletz blocked punt where Roy Robbins scooped up the loose ball and ran it back 42 yards for a TD. That score came early in the 4th and then we held on for the final 12:03 to win the game. This year Virginia is back and ranked #14 after the first four games. They are led by 2nd year starting QB Shawn Kitchings. Kitchings has thrown for 722 yards and 7 TD's with only 1 Int. Both defenses are ranked in the top 10 nationally in numerous categories so today's game could mirror last year's low scoring affair.

Box Score: Virginia at Duke
Durham, NC.

Week 7, 2011

Attendance: 26,300 (33,900).

Weather: 50 degrees, stormy.

1Q: 10:03 DUKE - Randall Fruth 11 pass from Ken Pritchett.
1Q: 10:03 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

2Q: 14:52 VIRG - Chuck Dole 82 interception return.
2Q: 14:52 VIRG - Winston Harper extra point.
2Q: 05:49 VIRG - Winston Harper 18 field goal.
2Q: 01:43 DUKE - Skip Driver 13 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 01:43 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
2Q: 00:54 VIRG - Tyrell Quinn 62 interception return.
2Q: 00:54 VIRG - Winston Harper extra point.

4Q: 09:17 DUKE - Duane Dock 10 pass from Ken Pritchett.
4Q: 09:17 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

Game MVP: DUKE 82 Skip Driver

Virginia 0 17 0 0 - 17
Duke 7 7 0 7 - 21

Team Statistics VIRG DUKE

Net Rushing Yards 48 147
Passing Yards 62 291
Total Yards 110 438

Penalties 1 12
Penalty Yards 4 105

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
43 Quinn 9 3 0.0 1 62 1
31 Dole 5 2 0.0 1 82 1

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 23 106 4.6 24 0 9 0
25 Dock 9 39 4.3 18 0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 38 23 291 7.6 34 3 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
82 Driver 8 128 16.0 40 34 1
8 Avalos 3 48 16.0 15 19 0
46 Fruth 3 28 9.3 16 13 1
25 Dock 2 9 4.5 6 10 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
42 McCrory 9 3 0.5 1 13 0
37 Blackburn 7 0 0.0 1 0 0
71 Robbins 4 1 0.5 0 0 0

Ok...we've had enough of the rainy games. For the 2nd week in a row we had to play in a storm and for the 5th week overall we had to play in the rain. But our defense stepped up once again and blanked the Cavs in the 2nd half and we scored on a TD pass from Pritchett to Dock with 9:17 left and then we held on to win the game. We actually dominated Virginia all day on defense but it was Ken Pritchett who kinda reverted back to his old ways and threw three picks...2 of which went back for Virginia TD's. But he did step up and throw for 291 yards and 3 TD's to lead us to the win. Skip Driver earned MVP honors this week by catching 8 passes for 128 yards and 1 TD. Next week we pray for dry weather for once.

Next up - Clemson at Duke

Recruiting Commitments

Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown
WR Landeta, Ricky 5-10 176 10 94 96 Layton, UT

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Week 8

Clemson (2-3) at #12 Duke (5-0) (-18) TV5

Last season: Duke 38 Clemson 14

Key Injuries
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
S Alex Austin - Torn Triceps Muscle - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Doubtful 8 weeks

Preview - We're counting our blessings after seeing that Avalos and Fruth have recovered from their concussions...but Baxter's mono didn't improve at all from last week so he'll have to remain out of the starting lineup for the 2nd week in a row. Not that we're complaining however since back-up Chuck Lewis leads the team in sacks with 7.5 and that's with only 1 start. This has been our best defensive unit as we have not allowed the opposition to score more than one offensive TD in any game this year. Right now we're 3rd against the run...1st against the pass and 4th in points given up at 9.0

per game.

Box Score: Clemson at Duke
Durham, NC.

Week 8, 2011

Attendance: 25,300 (33,900).

Weather: 50 degrees, rain.

2Q: 14:12 DUKE - Kenny Everett 35 field goal.
2Q: 00:52 DUKE - Duane Dock 7 run.
2Q: 00:52 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
2Q: 00:44 CLEM - Cory West 80 run.
2Q: 00:44 CLEM - Reuben Shepherd extra point.

3Q: 10:15 DUKE - Skip Driver 92 punt return.
3Q: 10:15 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
3Q: 04:13 DUKE - Skip Driver 2 pass from Ken Pritchett.
3Q: 04:13 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
3Q: 02:34 CLEM - Kennedy Roberts 43 pass from Clyde Hopper.
3Q: 02:34 CLEM - Reuben Shepherd extra point.

4Q: 04:26 CLEM - Kent Watts 3 pass from Clyde Hopper.
4Q: 04:26 CLEM - Reuben Shepherd extra point.
4Q: 03:41 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 48 run.
4Q: 03:41 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

Game MVP: DUKE 91 Chuck Lewis

Clemson 0 7 7 7 - 21
Duke 0 10 14 7 - 31

Team Statistics CLEM DUKE

Net Rushing Yards 180 144
Passing Yards 292 219
Total Yards 472 363

Penalties 14 5
Penalty Yards 119 47

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 19 113 5.9 48 1 9 0
25 Dock 5 21 4.2 18 1 3 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 22 12 219 9.9 51 1 1

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Avalos 4 136 34.0 8 51 0
86 Coons 3 25 8.3 12 10 0
82 Driver 2 34 17.0 15 32 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
82 Driver 4 116 29.0 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
42 McCrory 11 1 0.0 0 0 0
71 Robbins 6 2 1.0 0 0 0
37 Blackburn 6 3 0.0 1 0 0
97 Reeves 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
91 Lewis 5 0 2.5 0 0 0

I guess Clemson was kinda pissed for me not mentioning anything about them in my game preview because they came out and picked apart our defense. I'm really not sure how we won this game...maybe it was the 14 penalties that were called against the Cavs...cause they certainly didn't turn the ball over much. And seriously...what's up with the rain? Six games...six times we are forced to play in the rain. C'mon...this is flat out ridiculous. On a positive note...what about this Lewis kid? 2.5 more sacks and another game MVP. Looks like we have another star in the making.

Next up - Duke at Wake Forest

Recruiting Commitments

Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown
TE Buchanan, Robert 6-2 229 5 232 92 Clarksburg, WV
ILB Carlson, Mike 5-10 210 2 48 95 La Jolla, CA

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Mid-Season Report

2011 Summary for Duke

Record: 6-0
Rank: 12

Duke Team Rank
Rushes 216 65
Rushing Yards 935 47
Yards Per Carry 4.32 23 (T)
Pass Attempts 174 64 (T)
Completions 113 31 (T)
Passing Yards 1541 24
Yards Per Attempt 8.85 13
3rd Down Conversions 41.8 31
Points Per Game 39.1 5
Turnovers 7 12 (T)
Turnover Margin +4 30 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 198 37 (T)
Rushing Yards 385 6
Yards Per Carry 1.94 4
Pass Attempts 156 28
Completions 70 6 (T)
Passing Yards 843 6
Yards Per Attempt 5.40 12
3rd Down Conversions 26.7 16 (T)
Points Per Game 11.0 5
Turnovers 11 58 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 69 SMIS (60) 7
2 40 OKST (95) 7
3 44 at UNOR (116) 7
6 30 at MARY (84) 7
7 21 VIRG (18) 17
8 31 CLEM (91) 21
9 at WAKE (88)
10 at FLST (7)
11 NCST (45)
12 GATC (47)
13 at NCAR (105)

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
10 Pritchett QB 158 99 1401 8.86 18 6
Team --- 174 113 1541 8.85 21 6

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
38 Ward RB 105 523 4.98 2 33 62
25 Dock RB 73 348 4.76 3 10 16
10 Pritchett QB 14 -1 -0.07 1 8 17
41 Herndon RB 12 26 2.16 0 3 0
Team --- 216 935 4.32 6 59 110

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
8 Avalos WR 52 30 526 17.5 174 5
82 Driver WR 42 22 342 15.5 161 7
38 Ward RB 17 11 117 10.6 53 1
86 Coons TE 14 11 149 13.5 63 1
46 Fruth FB 12 10 109 10.9 61 1
89 Dawson WR 12 10 118 11.8 50 1
25 Dock RB 12 9 84 9.3 79 4
85 Jacobs TE 6 5 53 10.6 13 0
Team --- 174 113 1541 13.6 681 21

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
37 Blackburn S 40 7 0.0 5 3 6
42 McCrory ILB 35 10 0.5 10 1 1
27 Battle S 23 7 0.0 4 1 5
71 Robbins DE 21 6 4.5 8 0 1
79 Hilton DT 20 7 5.0 13 0 0
97 Reeves OLB 20 10 0.0 8 2 1
45 Donovan CB 13 4 0.0 1 1 4
91 Lewis DE 13 5 10.0 11 0 0
59 Boyd OLB 12 5 0.0 1 0 3
70 Rayburn DT 11 14 0.5 3 0 1
33 Bernier CB 11 7 0.0 0 1 1
92 Baxter DE 8 1 5.0 5 0 0
93 Sedor ILB 8 2 0.0 3 0 0
1 Lewis WR 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
Team --- 309 101 29.0 78 9 28

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2011 Season Standings, Atlantic Coast

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**Duke 6 0 0 1.000 235 66 3 0 0 1.000 82 45 Won 6
Florida State 5 0 0 1.000 187 33 3 0 0 1.000 118 7 Won 5
Virginia 5 1 0 .833 215 107 3 1 0 .750 126 66 Won 1
Georgia Tech 3 3 0 .500 178 160 2 2 0 .500 93 108 Lost 1
North Carolina State 4 2 0 .666 185 162 1 2 0 .333 86 99 Won 1
North Carolina 1 5 0 .166 45 221 1 2 0 .333 26 82 Lost 1
Maryland 3 4 0 .428 128 186 1 3 0 .250 59 106 Won 1
Clemson 2 4 0 .333 126 176 1 3 0 .250 72 123 Lost 3
Wake Forest 2 5 0 .285 205 211 1 3 0 .250 111 137 Lost 1


Overall Rankings

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Oklahoma 6-0 B12 1.00 3.00 0.00 0.36 4.36 1
Michigan 7-0 B10 3.00 1.00 0.00 3.16 7.16 2
Florida State 5-0 ACC 2.25 5.50 0.00 1.44 9.19 3
Stanford 6-0 P10 5.00 2.00 0.00 3.72 10.72 4
Texas 6-1 B12 5.25 4.50 1.00 0.48 11.23 5
Central Florida 7-0 MUS 5.00 12.50 0.00 0.88 18.38 6
Notre Dame 6-1 IND 10.25 6.00 1.00 2.32 19.57 7
Pittsburgh 6-0 BEC 4.25 13.00 0.00 2.52 19.77 8
Hawaii 7-0 WAC 9.75 7.00 0.00 3.52 20.27 9
Rice 6-0 WAC 9.00 7.50 0.00 4.60 21.10 10
Alabama 6-1 SEC 10.75 12.00 1.00 1.28 25.03 11
**Duke 6-0 ACC 10.75 13.50 0.00 3.84 28.09 12
Penn State 5-1 B10 16.75 10.00 1.00 2.64 30.39 13
Fairbanks 6-0 SCE 13.50 14.00 0.00 4.80 32.30 14
Virginia 5-1 ACC 13.75 20.00 1.00 1.68 36.43 15
Utah 4-1 MTW 15.75 18.50 1.00 2.92 38.17 16
Tennessee 5-1 SEC 24.75 8.50 1.00 4.68 38.93 17
Nebraska 5-2 B12 12.00 28.50 2.00 0.60 43.10 18
UCLA 5-2 P10 23.75 16.50 2.00 2.36 44.61 19
Akron 5-1 MUS 21.00 21.00 1.00 3.64 46.64 20
SMU 6-1 WAC 23.25 19.00 1.00 4.40 47.65 21
Boston College 4-2 BEC 26.25 18.50 2.00 2.68 49.43 22
Florida 3-2 SEC 22.50 25.00 2.00 0.04 49.54 23
Kansas State 5-1 B12 12.25 36.50 1.00 1.36 51.11 24
Illinois 5-2 B10 22.25 27.50 2.00 2.12 53.87 25

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Week 9

#12 Duke (6-0) (-14) at Wake Forest (2-5) No TV

Last season: Duke 36 Wake Forest 14

Key Injuries
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
S Alex Austin - Torn Triceps Muscle - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Doubtful 7 weeks
WR Matt Avalos - Sprained Knee - Doubtful 5 weeks

Preview - There was a time when Wake Forest was a feared team. There was also a time when Wake Forest beat us 79-0. Well those days are long gone and the talent that was once at Wake is now somewhat depleted. And of course...we're just fine with that. Wake enters this game 2-5 on the season and the 2011 version of this team has mirrored the version that has been Wake Forest for the last 5-6 years. Great passing stats...but bad rushing and bad defense. QB Andre Richmond has thrown for a lot of yards so far (1980) and a lot of TD's (18) but also a lot of Ints (15). In fact he's thrown 40 Ints in the last 18 games going back to last year when we intercepted him 5 times. Our season keeps on rolling on. It looks like Matt Avalos isn't going to see the field today. Today's game looks to be a good time to rest him and his sprained knee. And Jermaine Baxter has made little progress as he's missed the last three games...but Chuck Lewis has done an amazing job this year as he leads the team in sacks with 10.

Box Score: Duke at Wake Forest
Winston-Salem, NC.

Week 9, 2011

Attendance: 23,600 (31,500).

Weather: 43 degrees, stormy.

1Q: 08:26 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 8 run.
1Q: 08:26 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
1Q: 02:42 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 1 run.
1Q: 02:42 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

2Q: 12:15 WAKE - Ricky Weigel 44 field goal.

3Q: 08:07 DUKE - Kurt Dawson 4 pass from Ken Pritchett.
3Q: 08:07 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
3Q: 05:00 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 1 run.
3Q: 05:00 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

4Q: 05:45 DUKE - Kenny Everett 34 field goal.

Game MVP: DUKE 38 Emmitt Ward

Duke 14 0 14 3 - 31
Wake Forest 0 3 0 0 - 3

Team Statistics DUKE WAKE

Net Rushing Yards 132 22
Passing Yards 279 134
Total Yards 411 156
Yards Per Play 5.9 2.8

3rd Down Plays 7/16 0/12

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 24 101 4.2 30 3 6 0
25 Dock 8 37 4.6 14 0 3 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 31 20 279 9.0 31 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Coons 5 62 12.4 31 18 0
46 Fruth 3 50 16.6 41 20 0
89 Dawson 3 40 13.3 17 22 1
82 Driver 3 54 18.0 15 31 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 Blackburn 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Reeves 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Battle 5 0 0.0 1 17 0
79 Hilton 4 0 0.5 0 0 0
91 Lewis 3 1 1.5 0 0 0

For the 2nd year in a row Emmitt Ward took home game MVP honors as he rushed for 101 yards and 3 TD's in Duke's 31-3 win. We...ONCE AGAIN...had to play in a storm. 7 games...3 storms...4 rain. When's the madness going to stop?!?! Seriously guys. :D Ok...well maybe I should embrace the rain at this point cause we're 7-0 in it. But we don't have the offense to muck it around in the rain...so please...stop it! Ok...on to positives. Ken Pritchett continues to have a great season...currently he is the 7th highest rated QB in the nation. And Chuck Lewis added 1.5 sacks to his total...he has 11.5 on the season.

Next up - Duke at Florida St

Recruiting Commitments

Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown
FB Zatechka, Leon 6-0 212 14 619 58 McHenry, IL
WR McKnight, Lonnie 6-1 188 13 159 38 Sand Springs, OK
OLB Jones, Wayne 6-1 217 19 298 50 Millersville, PA
S Nixon, Jake 5-11 174 4 122 36 Wynne, AR

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Week 10

#11 Duke (7-0) at #7 Florida State (6-0) (-10) TV1

Last season: Duke 26 FSU 23

Key Injuries
LB Russell Boyd - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
S Alex Austin - Torn Triceps Muscle - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Doubtful 7 weeks
WR Matt Avalos - Sprained Knee - Questionable 4 weeks

Preview - I'm not sure how we've done it the last three years...but we've had the Noles number. Last season's game was a classic. In front of a sold out Doak Campbell stadium and on national TV...we won the game in double overtime to win the ACC championship in the last regular season of the year. This season both teams come in with highly touted defenses. FSU allowed 24 points to Georgia in the opening game of the season but since then...they have allowed 12 points in the last 5 games. That's given them the title of best scoring defense in the nation at 6.0 points per game. We're not chopped liver on this side of the ball either as we're ranked 5th in the nation in scoring defense allowing 9.8 points per game. Matt Avalos is questionable but will get the start in this important game. Jermaine Baxter will be a scratch once again. And we lost Russell Boyd for the season in the last game. Solorio will get the nod at WOLB.

Box Score: Duke at Florida State
Tallahassee, FL.

Week 10, 2011

Attendance: 86,600 (86,600).

Weather: 79 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:29 DUKE - Kenny Everett 37 field goal.

4Q: 05:44 FLST - Shane Harper 1 run.
4Q: 05:44 FLST - Jeremy Wetzel extra point.
4Q: 00:14 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 29 pass from Ken Pritchett.
4Q: 00:14 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

Game MVP: FLST 70 Allen Pukenas

Duke 3 0 0 7 - 10
Florida State 0 0 0 7 - 7

Team Statistics DUKE FLST

Net Rushing Yards 92 13
Passing Yards 299 166
Total Yards 391 179

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 23 86 3.7 16 0 7 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 36 20 299 8.3 49 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
46 Fruth 5 63 12.6 14 18 0
38 Ward 4 34 8.5 32 13 0
8 Avalos 3 23 7.6 2 8 0
82 Driver 3 66 22.0 27 28 0
80 Taylor 1 29 29.0 45 29 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 Blackburn 7 0 0.0 1 17 0
27 Battle 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
33 Bernier 6 0 0.0 0 0 0
51 Solorio 5 4 1.0 0 0 0

Florida State Individual Statistics

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
70 Pukenas 9 2 3.0 0 0 0

Ahhh...the TCY 4th quarter sim engine can bring some wacky endings to some big games. With :43 left in the game and the Blue Devils starting out on their own 22 yard line Ken Pritchett hit Kurt Dawson with 49 yard bomb that he brought in with no TO's left...then with just :25 left he finds Oscar Taylor in the end zone for a 29 yard TD pass with :14 left to win the game. This game was dominated by the defenses until midway through the 3rd period when we put together an 11-play 6:18 drive that didn't end up in a score but it really wore down the Noles defense and we really started to rack up yards after that...but they still would not allow us in the end zone. Then in a turn of events...they broke out a 6-play...91 yard TD drive that put them up 7-3 with 5:44 left in the 4th. But somehow Pritchett pulled some throws out of his rear end to preserve the perfect season and to claim our 4th straight win over the Noles. And it didn't rain!! Woohoo!! :D

Next up - NC State at Duke

Recruiting Commitments

Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown
RB Salter, Louis 5-11 209 7 92 45 Fairmont, NC
WR Rellford, Geoff 6-0 174 52 665 13 Jacksboro, TN
G Hynes, Kevin 6-5 278 11 125 68 Columbia, SC

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Week 11

#49 North Carolina State (5-3) at #10 Duke (8-0) (-19) TV4

Last season: Duke 26 NC State 17

Key Injuries
LB Russell Boyd - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
WR Kurt Dawson - Hip Pointer - Doubtful 8 weeks
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Doubtful 6 weeks
WR Matt Avalos - Sprained Knee - Questionable 3 weeks
LB Daniel Solorio - Sprained Knee - Questionable 2 weeks
DE Chuck Lewis - Broken Finger - Probable 2 weeks

Preview - We're starting to rack up a nice little Injured List here...but it's nothing that's too serious yet. If we can get by the next 3 games then we "should" have Baxter back for the playoffs. Last week was a big win and hopefully with this week's game being played at home will help us out against a decent NC State team. They've had a so-so ACC season so far at 2-3 but they did shutout the Terps in their last game 30-0. Solorio and Lewis sustained minor injuries in the last game but should be able to go. Dawson is doubtful at 3rd WR however and will probably not see the field.

Box Score: North Carolina State at Duke
Durham, NC.

Week 11, 2011

Attendance: 28,600 (33,900).

Weather: 71 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:43 DUKE - Kenny Everett 41 field goal.
1Q: 04:38 DUKE - Randall Fruth 11 pass from Ken Pritchett.
1Q: 04:38 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

2Q: 14:51 DUKE - Randall Fruth 8 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 14:51 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
2Q: 11:15 NCST - Gus Mueller 20 field goal.
2Q: 04:17 DUKE - Matt Avalos 12 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 04:17 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

3Q: 10:28 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 5 run.
3Q: 10:28 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
3Q: 09:05 DUKE - Skip Driver 33 punt return.
3Q: 09:05 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point failed.
3Q: 06:40 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 58 run.
3Q: 06:40 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
3Q: 04:36 DUKE - J.J. Foster 6 pass from Wally Johansen.
3Q: 04:36 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
3Q: 00:48 NCST - Julio Devine 3 pass from Tyrus McClinton.
3Q: 00:48 NCST - Gus Mueller extra point.

4Q: 09:59 NCST - Tyrone Matson 5 pass from Tyrus McClinton.
4Q: 09:59 NCST - Gus Mueller extra point.
4Q: 04:39 NCST - Tyrone Matson 9 pass from Tyrus McClinton.
4Q: 04:39 NCST - Gus Mueller extra point.

Game MVP: DUKE 38 Emmitt Ward

North Carolina State 0 3 7 14 - 24
Duke 10 14 27 0 - 51

Team Statistics NCST DUKE

Net Rushing Yards 66 170
Passing Yards 242 253
Total Yards 308 423

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
25 Dock 12 61 5.0 11 0 0 0
38 Ward 10 107 10.7 58 2 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 21 14 240 11.4 37 3 0
3 Johansen 6 4 13 2.1 7 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Avalos 5 97 19.4 40 37 1
38 Ward 4 67 16.7 55 28 0
46 Fruth 3 38 12.6 22 19 2
2 Foster 1 6 6.0 7 6 1

Punt Returns Att Yards Avg TD
82 Driver 5 55 11.0 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
42 McCrory 7 0 1.0 0 0 0
23 Ellison 6 1 0.0 0 0 0
27 Battle 5 2 0.0 0 0 0
34 Szczepaniak 5 0 0.0 0 0 0
71 Robbins 4 1 2.0 0 0 0
91 Lewis 2 3 1.5 0 0 0

It was nice to play in some sunny weather against a team that wasn't rated as the top defense in the nation and put 51 points up on the board. Emmitt Ward had a solid day on the ground with 107 yards and 2 TD's. Ken Pritchett had a turnover free day and threw 3 TD's. One of those was caught by Matt Avalos who seems to be healthy once again. He caught 5 balls for 97 yards along with his 1 TD. Skip Driver took his 2nd punt return back for a TD. He leads the team with 9 total TD's this year.

Next up - Georgia Tech at Duke

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Week 12

#33 Georgia Tech (5-3) at #8 Duke (9-0) (-14) TV3

Last season: Duke 37 Tech 6

Key Injuries
LB Russell Boyd - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Fruth - Broken Jaw - Out 11 weeks
WR Kurt Dawson - Hip Pointer - Doubtful 7 weeks
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Questionable 5 weeks
WR Matt Avalos - Sprained Knee - Probable 1 weeks
LB Daniel Solorio - Sprained Knee - Probable 1 weeks
DE Chuck Lewis - Broken Finger - Probable 1 weeks

Preview - Georgia Tech was the last of our demons exercised last season as they were the last ACC team that we hadn't beat. Well we definitely made a statement with a dominant 37-6 win on our way to the post-season. The defense held them to 166 total yards meanwhile we racked up 369. This season the Yellowjackets are led by one of their few starters from last season WR Allen Prior. Prior had 1084 yard receiving last year and this year he's up to 717 to go along with his 48 catches. He also has 23 career TD catches. We continue to truck along despite some key injuries. We hope Kurt Dawson and Jermaine Baxter can recover at some point this season. And it looks like we'll have Avalos...Solorio and Lewis all healthy after this week's game.

Box Score: Georgia Tech at Duke
Durham, NC.

Week 12, 2011

Attendance: 28,600 (33,900).

Weather: 54 degrees, fair.

1Q: 12:21 DUKE - Skip Driver 25 pass from Ken Pritchett.
1Q: 12:21 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

2Q: 14:11 GATC - Allen Prior 3 pass from Troy Hopfner.
2Q: 14:11 GATC - Fred Singleton extra point.
2Q: 13:06 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 36 run.
2Q: 13:06 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
2Q: 10:46 DUKE - Tommy McCrory 56 fumble return.
2Q: 10:46 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
2Q: 06:40 GATC - Allen Prior 16 pass from Troy Hopfner.
2Q: 06:40 GATC - Fred Singleton extra point.
2Q: 00:41 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 4 run.
2Q: 00:41 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

3Q: 02:10 DUKE - Kenny Everett 22 field goal.

4Q: 05:10 DUKE - Matt Avalos 29 pass from Ken Pritchett.
4Q: 05:10 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
4Q: 02:24 DUKE - Skip Driver 8 pass from Ken Pritchett.
4Q: 02:24 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

Game MVP: DUKE 38 Emmitt Ward

Georgia Tech 0 14 0 0 - 14
Duke 7 21 3 14 - 45

Team Statistics GATC DUKE

Net Rushing Yards 129 160
Passing Yards 176 304
Total Yards 305 464

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 20 109 5.4 36 2 7 0
25 Dock 8 50 6.2 29 0 2 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 29 19 304 10.4 29 3 2

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
82 Driver 6 80 13.3 59 25 2
8 Avalos 5 105 21.0 39 29 1
38 Ward 2 32 16.0 31 19 0
25 Dock 2 34 17.0 18 25 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 Blackburn 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
42 McCrory 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Reeves 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
33 Bernier 5 0 0.0 2 10 0
71 Robbins 4 3 1.5 0 0 0
51 Solorio 4 2 0.0 1 22 0

Georgia Tech definitely put up some good numbers today...but just couldn't keep up with the numbers we were putting up. They were only outgained by 159 yards but they were outscored by 31. After a quiet middle of the season...Emmitt Ward is starting to pick up as he picked up another MVP award in leading the team to victory. He just topped the century mark with 109 yards and added 2 TD's. Skip Driver and Matt Avalos combined for 185 yards and 3 TD's and Matt Pritchett threw for 304 yards. We now have to avenge last year's surprise loss to rival Carolina to preserve our perfect season and our third ACC title in a row.

Next up - Duke at North Carolina

Recruiting Commitments

Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown
DE Van Pelt, Floyd 6-5 268 29 315 94 Icard, NC

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Week 13

#8 Duke (10-0) (-14) at North Carolina (3-7) TV5

Last season: UNC 31 Duke 24

Key Injuries
LB Russell Boyd - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Randall Fruth - Broken Jaw - Out 10 weeks
WR Kurt Dawson - Hip Pointer - Questionable 6 weeks
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Questionable 4 weeks

Preview - Last season RB Darren McCarthy almost spoiled our chances of taking home a 2nd ACC title as they beat us 31-24. McCarthy did it on the ground with 113 yards and 3 TD's and in the air with 65 receiving yards and another TD. Luckily for us...he's not here this season...so now we just need to focus on shutting their surprisingly potent offense. Not that they're normally potent...but you could have fooled us last year. Really no one on the Heels roster puts the fear of god in us...but last year...with a similiar roster...they tore us up. Plus they've won they're on a two game winning streak. On the injury front...we're gonna put Baxter back in the starting lineup and Dawson will benefit greatly from the three weeks off between this game and the first round of the playoffs. We hold the tie-breaker with the Noles...so with our win last week we clinched our 3rd ACC crown in a row.

Box Score: Duke at North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC.

Week 13, 2011

Attendance: 42,100 (60,000).

Weather: 66 degrees, fair.

1Q: 10:21 DUKE - Kenny Everett 20 field goal.
1Q: 03:31 NCAR - Morris Keith 72 pass from Arnold Hardy.
1Q: 03:31 NCAR - Trent Sanders extra point.

2Q: 10:12 NCAR - Trent Sanders 21 field goal.
2Q: 05:02 DUKE - Skip Driver 3 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 05:02 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
2Q: 00:01 DUKE - Kenny Everett 40 field goal.

3Q: 09:54 DUKE - Kenny Everett 19 field goal.

4Q: 14:12 DUKE - Kenny Everett 42 field goal.
4Q: 08:31 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 33 pass from Ken Pritchett.
4Q: 08:31 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
4Q: 03:31 DUKE - Kenny Everett 38 field goal.
4Q: 01:45 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 4 pass from Ken Pritchett.
4Q: 01:45 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point failed.

Game MVP: DUKE 38 Emmitt Ward

Duke 3 10 3 19 - 35
North Carolina 7 3 0 0 - 10

Team Statistics DUKE NCAR

Net Rushing Yards 110 37
Passing Yards 321 189
Total Yards 431 226

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 21 97 4.6 28 0 6 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 33 21 321 9.7 37 3 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Avalos 5 108 21.6 21 37 0
38 Ward 4 67 16.7 67 33 1
82 Driver 4 55 13.7 16 23 1
25 Dock 3 36 12.0 29 15 0
80 Taylor 2 13 6.5 10 9 1

Kicking FG FGA Long PAT Att
12 Everett 5 5 42 2 3

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
37 Blackburn 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
51 Solorio 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
97 Reeves 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
27 Battle 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
92 Baxter 2 0 2.0 0 0 0

Oh sure we won going away in this one...but they were up 10-3 at one point deep into the 3rd quarter. What is it with North Carolina? Does a team being one's rival have that much of a factor in the game? This actually could have been a lot worse...but Carolina forced us to kick 5 FG's. But once again it was the steady play of Emmitt Ward...picking up another MVP award down the stretch. Today he had 160 yards of total offense and a TD. Matt Avalos again led us in receiving yards with 108 and Pritchett threw 3 more TD's to give him 29 on the year. That's tied for the most in the nation. And Jermaine Baxter came up with 2 more sacks in today's game but had to leave with an injury. Now we have 3 weeks to recoup some of our injuries before the playoffs.

Next up - Bye week.

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Week 14

Bye week

Key Injuries
LB Russell Boyd - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Randall Fruth - Broken Jaw - Out 10 weeks
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Doubtful 8 weeks
WR Kurt Dawson - Hip Pointer - Questionable 6 weeks
LB Daniel Solorio - Bruised Ribcage - Questionable 6 weeks
WR Matt Avalos - Deep Thigh Bruise - Probable - 2 weeks

Next up - Bye week.

Recruiting Commitments

Pos Name Ht Wt Rank Nat AP Hometown
OLB Glover, Howie 6-1 200 46 819 39 Mars Hill, ME
S Fields, JC 5-11 179 84 -- 11 Warren, NJ

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Week 15

Bye week

Key Injuries
LB Russell Boyd - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Randall Fruth - Broken Jaw - Out 8 weeks
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Doubtful 8 weeks
WR Kurt Dawson - Hip Pointer - Questionable 5 weeks
LB Daniel Solorio - Bruised Ribcage - Questionable 5 weeks
WR Matt Avalos - Deep Thigh Bruise - Probable - 1 weeks

Next up - Bye week.

Week 16 ACC Tournament Games
Rice vs Florida State
Middle Tennessee State vs Virginia

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Week 16

Bye week

Last season:

Key Injuries
LB Russell Boyd - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Randall Fruth - Broken Jaw - Out 6 weeks
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Questionable 6 weeks
WR Kurt Dawson - Hip Pointer - Questionable 4 weeks
LB Daniel Solorio - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 4 weeks

Next up - Tennessee vs Duke

ACC Tournament Results
Florida State 38 Rice 0
Virginia 35 Middle Tennessee State 24

Wow...two ACC opening round wins? C'mon.

In a surprising outcome...Texas absolutely destroyed Oklahoma 80-0. How does this happen? OU beat them 13-3 in the regular season.

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Week 17 - Round of Sixteen

#4 Duke (11-0) vs #7 Tennessee (11-2) (-3) TV1

First meeting

Key Injuries
LB Russell Boyd - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Randall Fruth - Broken Jaw - Out 6 weeks
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Questionable 6 weeks
WR Kurt Dawson - Hip Pointer - Questionable 4 weeks
LB Daniel Solorio - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 4 weeks

Preview - The Vols definitely come into this game with some impressive numbers. Lenny Terry leads the nation in TD throws with 34. And he's thrown for 3716 yards. Actually Tennesse is the top passing team in the country and their primary offense is the I-Form. Then in the rushing dept...RB Derrick Hoover has rushed for 1700 yards on the season with 13 TD's He has 5266 rushing yards in his career. Defensively their numbers are solid...but nothing that sticks out at you. And even though they are a 3 pt favorite...looking down their schedule...the best win of their year was against Georgia who finished #34 in the nation. The other teams they played that were ranked higher (Florida and Alabama)...they lost to them. So that gives us a little hope. Defensively for us...we finished 3rd against the run and 10th against the pass in the regular season. All three players that are listed questionable or probable will be in the starting lineup this week.

In other news...RB Duane Dock was caught committing a serious violation of team rules and will be suspended for the rest of the playoffs. This is a somewhat big blow.

Box Score: Duke vs Tennessee
Goldsboro, NC.

Round of Sixteen, 2011

Attendance: 33,400 (49,500).

Weather: 60 degrees, fair.

1Q: 08:49 TENN - Derrick Hoover 4 run.
1Q: 08:49 TENN - Darren Cass extra point.
1Q: 05:12 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 18 run.
1Q: 05:12 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

2Q: 12:00 DUKE - Skip Driver 13 pass from Ken Pritchett.
2Q: 12:00 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

3Q: 12:38 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 6 run.
3Q: 12:38 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
3Q: 06:22 TENN - Derrick Hoover 1 run.
3Q: 06:22 TENN - Darren Cass extra point.

4Q: 12:50 TENN - Derrick Hoover 3 run.
4Q: 12:50 TENN - Darren Cass extra point.
4Q: 06:01 DUKE - Kenny Everett 31 field goal.
4Q: 01:34 DUKE - Antoine Herndon 13 run.
4Q: 01:34 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.

Game MVP: DUKE 82 Skip Driver

Duke 7 7 7 10 - 31
Tennessee 7 0 7 7 - 21

Team Statistics DUKE TENN

Net Rushing Yards 182 43
Passing Yards 231 272
Total Yards 413 315

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 21 131 6.2 23 2 6 0
10 Pritchett 5 11 2.2 5 0 0 1
41 Herndon 5 40 8.0 13 1 0 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 26 16 231 8.8 30 1 3

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
82 Driver 9 141 15.6 44 30 1
38 Ward 2 16 8.0 0 10 0
8 Avalos 2 26 13.0 1 16 0
86 Coons 2 35 17.5 2 21 0

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
51 Solorio 12 2 0.5 0 0 0
97 Reeves 10 1 0.0 0 0 0
37 Blackburn 8 3 0.0 0 0 0
70 Rayburn 7 0 2.0 0 0 0

Tennessee Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
44 Hoover 32 50 1.5 8 3 14 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
7 Terry 29 21 272 9.3 30 0 1

Another good playoff win for us as we were tested by the Vols...but coming down the stretch in the 4th the Duke D stepped up and shut them down. Tennesse struck first with a Derrick Hoover 4 yd TD and then we went on a 21-0 run the took us midway into the 3rd quarter. Emmitt Ward scored two TD's...on from 18 yards out and one from 6 yards out and then Ken Pritchett hit Skip Driver for a 13 yd TD pass. Then Prichett had flashbacks of last season and his Int prone ways. Tennesse picked off two passes deep in our territory that led to 2 more Hoover TD's to tie up the game with 12:50 left. Then our D shut the door and we added a Kenny Everett FG and a Antoine Herndon TD run. Herndon had a nice day in place of the suspended Duane Dock. We were really happy with the way we shut down Derrick Hoover...despite him scoring 3 TD's...we held him to just 50 yards on 32 carries...a 1.5 average. And Skip Driver continued his surprise huge season by picking up game MVP. He had 9 catches for 141 yards...1 TD and his 79 yard kick off return to start the 2nd half really got us going.

Next up - Stanford at Duke

Other ACC action
Florida State 31 Cincinnati 19
Virginia 41 Alabama 14

Here comes the ACC!

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Week 17 - Quarterfinals

#4 Duke (12-0) vs #2 Stanford (12-0) (-3) TV1

First meeting

Key Injuries
LB Russell Boyd - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Earl Hines - Torn Knee Ligament - Out season
FB Randall Fruth - Broken Jaw - Out 6 weeks
DE Jermaine Baxter - Mononucleosis - Questionable 5 weeks
WR Kurt Dawson - Hip Pointer - Questionable 3 weeks
LB Daniel Solorio - Bruised Ribcage - Probable 4 weeks

Preview - Stanford comes into this game ranked #2 in the nation and like us...12-0. They're the 2nd team in two weeks that has the I-Form as their primary offensive formation. So as expected...their main cog is RB Sedrick Heflin. Heflin has 1500 rushing yards this year and 14 TD's. The one break we may have is that the Cardinal starting QB Cedric Resnick went down in game 6 this year with a torn tricep muscle...so it's been Ricky Pritchett's team for the final 6 games and although he doesn't have as much talent as Resnick...he's guided them to a 6-0 record as a starter. In six games he's thrown 22 TD passes and only 6 Ints. The strength of the Cardinal is their offense as they are the top scoring team in the nation at 46.4 points per game. Defensively they are a little bit better than Tennessee. On our side of the ball we had a great game from Ward last week and he will have to show up big time today as well. Pritchett will have to watch his Ints this week as the two he threw last week let the Vols back in the game and actually made it a contest. We made it through last week with no addtional injuries and our walking wounded actually healed a bit during the week.

Box Score: Duke vs Stanford
Roswell, NM.

Playoff Quarterfinals, 2011

Attendance: 29,800 (33,000).

Weather: 69 degrees, fair.

1Q: 12:04 DUKE - Emmitt Ward 21 pass from Ken Pritchett.
1Q: 12:04 DUKE - Kenny Everett extra point.
1Q: 08:35 DUKE - Kenny Everett 34 field goal.

2Q: 03:57 STAN - Lonnie Marsh 14 pass from Ricky Pritchett.
2Q: 03:57 STAN - Kirk Downs extra point.

3Q: 11:43 STAN - Ron Berryman 40 field goal.
3Q: 01:27 DUKE - Kenny Everett 36 field goal.

4Q: 08:37 STAN - Tyrone Bottoms 21 pass from Ricky Pritchett.
4Q: 08:37 STAN - Ron Berryman extra point.

Game MVP: STAN 42 Sedrick Heflin

Duke 10 0 3 0 - 13
Stanford 0 7 3 7 - 17

Team Statistics DUKE STAN

Net Rushing Yards 71 100
Passing Yards 238 136
Total Yards 309 236

Duke Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
38 Ward 22 46 2.0 12 0 12 0

Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
10 Pritchett 30 14 238 7.9 31 1 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
86 Coons 4 71 17.7 37 29 0
82 Driver 4 79 19.7 33 31 0
89 Dawson 3 38 12.6 3 16 0
38 Ward 1 21 21.0 3 21 1

Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
42 McCrory 7 3 0.0 0 0 0
97 Reeves 6 8 0.0 0 0 0
37 Blackburn 6 1 0.0 1 16 0
27 Battle 6 2 0.0 0 0 0
92 Baxter 5 0 2.0 0 0 0

Stanford Individual Statistics

Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
42 Heflin 32 105 3.2 19 0 11 0

Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
42 Heflin 6 64 10.6 29 19 0
46 Bottoms 2 26 13.0 3 21 1
81 Marsh 2 24 12.0 13 14 1

Well he didn't score but Sedrick Heflin was the difference in this game for the Cardinal as they advanced to the national final four. He touched the ball 38 times tonight for 169 yards and converted many 3rd downs and a few 4th downs. We started out like gang-busters scoring the first two times we touched the ball as it was 10-0 with 8:35 left in the 1st quarter. Then on D Jermaine Baxter was back to his old self as he got to the QB twice for sacks. But then the Stanford D tightened up some screws and the offense woke up and took the lead with 8:37 left on a Tryone Bottoms TD catch. Then in almost miracle fashion...Ken Pritchett almost led another great comeback. We forced Stanford to punt with 2:12 left in the game and they pinned us deep on our own 9 yard line. Then Ken Pritchett hit on some big pass plays including two 4th down conversions and took us on a 9 play drive. Finally he got us down to the 2 yard line with :09 left but got sacked as time expired and our season came to a close.

Next up - The offseason

Other ACC action
Virginia 20 FSU 0

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Playoff Games for 2011

Game Matchup
Championship Game Notre Dame (15-1) 24, Michigan (14-1) 21

Semifinal Game 1 Notre Dame (15-1) 42, Stanford (13-1) 16
Semifinal Game 2 Michigan (14-1) 26, Virginia (12-3) 19

Quarterfinal Game 1 Notre Dame (15-1) 20, Texas (11-3) 17
Quarterfinal Game 2 Stanford (13-1) 17, Duke (12-1) 13
Quarterfinal Game 3 Virginia (12-3) 20, Florida State (12-2) 0
Quarterfinal Game 4 Michigan (14-1) 43, Boston College (10-4) 24

Second Round Game 1 Florida State (12-2) 31, Cincinnati (8-4) 19
Second Round Game 2 Notre Dame (15-1) 49, Utah (10-2) 16
Second Round Game 3 Texas (11-3) 42, Pittsburgh (11-1) 14
Second Round Game 4 Duke (12-1) 31, Tennessee (11-3) 21
Second Round Game 5 Virginia (12-3) 41, Alabama (10-3) 14
Second Round Game 6 Stanford (13-1) 31, Illinois (10-3) 20
Second Round Game 7 Boston College (10-4) 45, Missouri (8-5) 33
Second Round Game 8 Michigan (14-1) 37, Miami of Ohio (9-5) 0

First Round Game 1 Texas (11-3) 80, Oklahoma (10-3) 0
First Round Game 2 Florida State (12-2) 38, Rice (10-2) 0
First Round Game 3 Tennessee (11-3) 55, Central Michigan (8-5) 21
First Round Game 4 Virginia (12-3) 35, Middle Tennessee State (8-4) 24
First Round Game 5 Miami of Ohio (9-5) 17, UCLA (9-3) 12
First Round Game 6 Illinois (10-3) 31, Barrow (9-3) 0
First Round Game 7 Boston College (10-4) 35, Hawaii (10-2) 3
First Round Game 8 Notre Dame (15-1) 17, Penn State (8-4) 13

Nice run for Virginia this year. Again god bless Notre Dame. They claim their 2nd straight title and beat an always good Michigan team in doing it.

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Final ACC Standings

2011 Season Standings, Atlantic Coast

School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
**Duke 12 1 0 .923 451 162 8 0 0 1.000 254 103 Lost 1
Florida State 12 2 0 .857 405 136 7 1 0 .875 250 59 Lost 1
Virginia 12 3 0 .800 456 238 6 2 0 .750 225 130 Lost 1
Georgia Tech 5 6 0 .454 281 298 4 4 0 .500 161 208 Lost 3
North Carolina State 6 5 0 .545 281 286 3 5 0 .375 182 223 Won 1
North Carolina 3 8 0 .272 165 345 3 5 0 .375 146 206 Lost 1
Clemson 4 7 0 .363 217 304 3 5 0 .375 153 224 Lost 1
Maryland 3 8 0 .272 159 304 1 7 0 .125 90 224 Lost 4
Wake Forest 2 9 0 .181 284 348 1 7 0 .125 190 274 Lost 5

Final Top 25

Overall Rankings

School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Michigan 14-1 B10 1.25 1.00 1.00 0.36 3.61 1
Notre Dame 15-1 IND 1.50 2.00 1.00 0.12 4.62 2
Stanford 13-1 P10 2.75 3.00 1.00 1.56 8.31 3
Florida State 12-2 ACC 4.25 5.50 2.00 0.24 11.99 4
Texas 11-3 B12 5.50 4.50 3.00 0.32 13.32 5
**Duke 12-1 ACC 4.75 7.00 1.00 2.44 15.19 6
Pittsburgh 11-1 BEC 7.00 6.00 1.00 2.64 16.64 7
Utah 10-2 MTW 8.50 11.00 2.00 1.68 23.18 8
Rice 10-2 WAC 9.50 9.50 2.00 3.44 24.44 9
Oklahoma 10-3 B12 10.25 10.50 3.00 1.16 24.91 10
Tennessee 11-3 SEC 12.75 8.00 3.00 1.84 25.59 11
Virginia 12-3 ACC 8.00 16.50 3.00 0.16 27.66 12
Hawaii 10-2 WAC 15.25 10.00 2.00 2.76 30.01 13
Alabama 10-3 SEC 17.50 13.00 3.00 0.52 34.02 14
Boston College 10-4 BEC 14.50 16.50 4.00 0.40 35.40 15
Illinois 10-3 B10 10.75 21.00 3.00 1.36 36.11 16
UCLA 9-3 P10 16.75 14.50 3.00 2.36 36.61 17
Central Florida 9-2 MUS 18.50 16.00 2.00 4.08 40.58 18
SMU 9-2 WAC 20.00 16.50 2.00 4.12 42.62 19
Colorado State 8-3 MTW 17.00 20.50 3.00 3.04 43.54 20
Oregon 9-2 P10 18.50 20.00 2.00 4.36 44.86 21
Barrow 9-3 SCE 19.75 22.50 3.00 3.80 49.05 22
Wisconsin 7-4 B10 21.25 26.00 4.00 2.04 53.29 23
Washington 7-4 P10 21.25 29.00 4.00 0.96 55.21 24
Penn State 8-4 B10 29.75 21.00 4.00 0.48 55.23 25

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Post Season Awards

League-Wide Awards Second-Team Awards for 2011

Award Player Team
**Quarterback Ken Pritchett Duke

League-Wide Awards Freshman Team Awards for 2011

Award Player Team
**Defensive End Chuck Lewis Duke

Atlantic Coast Major Awards for 2011

Award Player Team
**Conference MVP Ken Pritchett Duke
**Top Offensive Player Ken Pritchett Duke
Top Defensive Player Tyrell Quinn Virginia
Top Offensive Freshman Ricky Reck Florida State
Top Defensive Freshman Gino Simmons Virginia

Atlantic Coast First-Team Awards for 2011

Award Player Team
**Quarterback Ken Pritchett Duke
**Offensive Tackle Steven Devine Duke
**Kicker Kenny Everett Duke
**Inside Linebacker Tommy McCrory Duke
**Outside Linebacker Julio Reeves Duke
**Safety Johnnie Blackburn Duke

Atlantic Coast Second-Team Awards for 2011

Award Player Team
**Running Back Emmitt Ward Duke
**Fullback Randall Fruth Duke
**Offensive Guard Bucky Hartman Duke
**Defensive End Roy Robbins Duke
**Cornerback Ralph Donovan Duke

Another great haul for us this season. For the first time we land someone on one of the all-american teams. Ken Pritchett takes home 2nd team All-American QB and the ACC Player of the Year. Johnnie Blackburn and Kenny Everett take home 1st team All-ACC honors for the 2nd year in a row.

The National Player of the Year is Notre Dame So RB Pat LaMontagne.

Rushing: 419-2064 and 31 TD's.
Receiving: 44-552 and 5 TD's.

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2011 Summary for Duke

Record: 12-1
Rank: 5

Duke Team Rank
Rushes 447 35
Rushing Yards 1852 32
Yards Per Carry 4.14 23
Pass Attempts 386 24
Completions 241 12
Passing Yards 3466 7
Yards Per Attempt 8.97 9
3rd Down Conversions 37.5 51 (T)
Points Per Game 34.6 13
Turnovers 15 15 (T)
Turnover Margin +5 37 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 431 91
Rushing Yards 795 3
Yards Per Carry 1.84 3
Pass Attempts 366 109
Completions 185 88 (T)
Passing Yards 2158 50
Yards Per Attempt 5.89 16
3rd Down Conversions 28.4 18 (T)
Points Per Game 12.4 6
Turnovers 20 75 (T)

Primary Formation: Pro Formation

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 69 SMIS (75) 7
2 40 OKST (113) 7
3 44 at UNOR (120) 7
6 30 at MARY (102) 7
7 21 VIRG (16) 17
8 31 CLEM (87) 21
9 31 at WAKE (108) 3
10 10 at FLST (7) 7
11 51 NCST (53) 24
12 45 GATC (56) 14
13 35 at NCAR (96) 10
17 31 vs TENN (8) 21
18 13 vs STAN (3) 17

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
10 Pritchett QB 364 223 3313 9.10 31 11
Team --- 386 241 3466 8.97 35 11

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
38 Ward RB 246 1200 4.87 11 79 132
25 Dock RB 112 526 4.69 3 18 27
10 Pritchett QB 44 -50 -1.13 1 25 126
Team --- 447 1852 4.14 16 134 301

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
82 Driver WR 98 52 828 15.9 363 11
8 Avalos WR 97 51 896 17.5 280 7
38 Ward RB 41 28 354 12.6 241 3
86 Coons TE 41 27 406 15.0 167 1
46 Fruth FB 25 21 260 12.3 138 3
25 Dock RB 25 16 162 10.1 128 4
89 Dawson WR 23 19 267 14.0 97 2
80 Taylor WR 16 10 107 10.7 93 3
Team --- 386 241 3466 14.3 1581 35

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
37 Blackburn S 83 19 0.0 17 5 12
42 McCrory ILB 67 21 2.5 18 1 6
97 Reeves OLB 60 25 0.0 19 2 3
27 Battle S 57 20 0.0 13 2 9
51 Solorio OLB 40 16 1.5 7 1 1
71 Robbins DE 39 18 9.5 18 0 1
79 Hilton DT 36 16 7.5 19 0 0
33 Bernier CB 36 10 0.0 1 3 12
45 Donovan CB 34 5 0.0 2 2 10
70 Rayburn DT 32 25 2.5 7 0 1
91 Lewis DE 22 10 13.5 14 0 0
92 Baxter DE 17 1 9.5 11 0 0
23 Ellison CB 16 7 0.0 0 0 2
39 Bensen CB 15 4 0.5 3 1 1
93 Sedor ILB 14 4 0.0 3 0 0
8 Avalos WR 13 0 0.0 0 0 0
Team --- 699 226 53.0 161 17 63

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Duke Season Records

Category Players Record Year
Pass Completions Ken Pritchett 258 2010
Passing Yards Ken Pritchett 3377 2010
Passing Touchdowns Ken Pritchett 31 2011
Quarterback Rating Matt Kimball 159.7 2011
Rushing Attempts Emmitt Ward 323 2010
Rushing Yards Emmitt Ward 1318 2010
Rushing Touchdowns Emmitt Ward 15 2010
Yards Per Carry Emmitt Ward 4.8 2011
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 Roy Robbins 21 2010
Passes Defensed Ellis Kadletz 16 2010
Touchdown Scored Emmitt Ward 19 2010
All-Purpose Yards Emmitt Ward 1727 2010

Duke Career Records

Category Players Record Year
Pass Completions Matt Kimball 591 2007
Passing Yards Matt Kimball 7556 2007
Passing Touchdowns Ken Pritchett 58 2011
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 12 2011
Tackles Hunter Hickman 299 2007
Sacks Roy Robbins 36.5 2011
Field Goals Kenny Everett 64 2011
Key Run Blocks Alonzo Ramsey 74 2007
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