[Careless Whisper]

Tartans Wallow at Wallace Wade, Smoke Hapless Duke
CMU opened the season with 52 points, 498 yards of total offense, six sacks, and five interceptions



CMU tight end David Young hauls in this second-quarter touchdown pass. (Mark Frazier / Getty Images)

by Jayson Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter

DURHAM, N.C. -- Fresh off a breakout 7-7 season, Carnegie Mellon handled its new expectations with relative ease, easily disposing of Duke, 52-7, in both teams’ regular-season opener this afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium.

Carnegie Mellon (1-0) was selected to finish second in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East division – compared to Duke’s (0-1) basement projection in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Coastal division – and returned 17 starters as well as its entire special teams unit, and showed no rust by jumping out to a 21-0 lead over the opening 20 minutes. The Tartans’ multi-faceted offense accumulated 498 yards (274 pass, 224 rush), while the defense collected six sacks and five interceptions.

“You really can’t ask for a better start to the season,” said CMU fifth-year head coach John Elliott. “Our team has looked great all fall camp on both sides of the ball, and really proved today that it wasn’t a mirage. The defense was phenomenal, and I love the tweaks (offensive coordinator) Jules Nottingham made with the spread look. I really have nothing to complain about after today, though I’m sure as we comb through the film tomorrow, there’ll be a few things that jump out.”

The Tartans defense kicked things off by forcing consecutive three-and-outs, the second one ending in David Brown’s first of three sacks. CMU took advantage following the takedown, churning out a 10-play, 70-yard drive that concluded with a Justin Keyes eight-yard touchdown run. Duke followed that up with a strong drive of its own, only to see it end in nothing after a Charlie Cohen interception.

The CMU offense went right back to work, rattling off 75 yards in eight plays with Keyes finding new favorite target Eddie Williams on a seven-yard score to make it 14-0. Erik Sellers brought in the second interception in as many drives to set up Nate Satele, as his two yard plunge finished off a six-play, 51-yard drive to paydirt. Keyes and crew made it 28-0 on their next drive by finding David Young on 16-yard post, and after an Aaron Crosby interception, Williams took a jet sweep and raced 29 yards untouched to set the halftime tally at 35-0.

The visitors’ streak continued to open the third quarter, as Keyes’ three-yard scramble capped a seven-play, 75-yard drive. Another Blue Devil three-and-out set up a 35-yard punt return for Kelvin Butler, but the hosts were able to salvage some pride by forcing a 50-yard field goal attempt by Jon Foster. That semblance of pride turned into exasperation quickly as Foster booted it through the uprights to up the score to 45-0.

Duke finally dented the scoreboard with 2:22 remaining in the third quarter as backup quarterback Mike Cappetto found Jeremy Ringfield on a six-yard slant. Both teams would play the majority of the final frame with their reserves in, and redshirt senior Clarence Cabral scored his first collegiate touchdown with 4:04 to play to set the final at 52-7.

Williams was arguably the game’s biggest star, as the redshirt freshman compiled 124 yards on nine catches and two total touchdowns. Keyes was pretty much perfect, compiling 284 yards (230 pass, 54 rush) and four scores (2 pass, 2 rush) on 16-of-20 passing.

“There were times last year where I wanted to pull the redshirt off of Eddie (Williams),” said Elliott. “But I knew that we had a bigger plan for him, and boy, did he deliver today. Between him and the rest of the receiving corps, we really have a multitude of ways we can move the ball on teams.”

As for the biggest pregame storyline of replacing now Chicago Bears runningback Jim Manning, the answer is still incomplete. Five different runningbacks received a carry – as well as Keyes and two wide receivers – but none eclipsed 54 rushing yards. Satele, who scored in the second quarter, led all Tartans with 12 totes, but his yards-per-carry mark of 2.9 paled in comparison to true freshman Lawrence McIntire, who scampered for 49 yards on seven carries.

Todd Andriano and Hayden Temple also snagged interceptions in addition to Cohen, Crosby, and Sellers. Mark Toth led all players with 10 tackles.

Jon Crowell, an Associated Press Freshman All-America pick as a return specialist last season, was helped off the field in the second quarter with an ankle injury and didn’t return.

Carnegie Mellon begins the toughest two-game stretch of its Division I era next weekend as it plays rival Pitt in the annual Steel City Showdown.

Carnegie Mellon Tartans at Duke Blue Devils
Sep 4, 2010	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Carnegie Mellon Tartans (1-0)	7	28	10	7	52
Duke Blue Devils (0-1)	0	0	7	0	7

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CMU	DUKE
5:25	(CMU) Justin Keyes 8-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CMU	DUKE
14:58	(CMU) Justin Keyes 7-yard pass to Eddie Williams (Jon Foster kick)	14	0
10:29	(CMU) Nate Satele 2-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	21	0
6:25	(CMU) Justin Keyes 16-yard pass to David Young (Jon Foster kick)	28	0
2:02	(CMU) Eddie Williams 29-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	35	0
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CMU	DUKE
10:23	(CMU) Justin Keyes 3-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	42	0
6:03	(CMU) Jon Foster 50-yard field goal	45	0
2:22	(DUKE) Mike Cappetto 6-yard pass to Jeremy Ringfield (John Gunn kick)	45	7
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CMU	DUKE
4:04	(CMU) Clarence Cabral 1-yard run (Jon Foster kick)	52	7

Carnegie Mellon Tartans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Justin Keyes 16/20 230 2 0 Kevin Wilson 3/8 44 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Justin Keyes 12 54 4.5 2 Lawrence McIntire 7 49 7.0 0 Nate Satele 15 44 2.9 1 Eddie Williams 2 31 15.5 1 Austin Jones 4 25 6.2 0 Kelvin Butler 2 9 4.5 0 Clarence Cabral 3 6 2.0 1 Brandon Brewer 1 6 6.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Eddie Williams 9 124 13.7 1 Travis Sledge 3 45 15.0 0 Stephen Carter 3 40 13.3 0 David Young 2 49 24.5 1 Issac Schroeder 1 12 12.0 0 Kelvin Butler 1 4 4.0 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Mark Toth 10 1 0 0 Todd Andriano 9 0 1 0 Aaron Crosby 9 1 1 0 Hayden Temple 7 0 1 0 David Brown 6 3 0 0 Erik Sellers 5 1 1 0 Charlie Cohen 5 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG Jon Foster 1/1 7/7 10 50 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Andy Fitzhugh 6 277 46.1 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Kelvin Butler 2 33 16.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Kelvin Butler 3 40 13.3 0 Jon Crowell 2 19 9.5 0

Duke Blue Devils PASSING C/A YDS TD INT Mike Cappetto 11/23 121 1 2 Nate Henry 4/12 63 0 3 Brandon King 1/1 29 0 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Brandon King 18 61 3.3 0 Kurt Bell 1 13 13.0 0 Damien Gross 2 1 0.5 0 Tracy Rogers 1 -1 -1.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Kurt Bell 5 65 13.0 0 Danny Parker 5 64 12.8 0 Garrett Utt 2 36 18.0 0 Brandon King 2 26 13.0 0 Jeremy Ringfield 2 22 11.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD Joseph Gause 9 0 0 0 Cornelius Edwards 9 0 0 0 Zach Anderson 7 0 0 0 Sean Cook 6 0 0 0 Ryan Radloff 6 0 0 0 Tommy Hardy 2 1 0 0 Catron Gainey 2 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG John Gunn 0/0 1/1 1 -- PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 Kevin Jones 6 257 42.8 2 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Jeremy Ringfield 5 94 18.7 0 Kurt Bell 2 27 13.5 0 Kevin Wu 1 13 13.5 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD Jeremy Ringfield 4 13 3.2 0 Maurice Paschal 1 5 5.0 0