Duke Football Game Notes: at East Carolina, Sept. 3, CSTV

Blue Devils Open 2005 Season At East Carolina
Duke kicks off the 2005 season at East Carolina on September 3 ... Kickoff is scheduled for 1:06 p.m. at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and the game will be televised live by CSTV ... Both the Blue Devils and Pirates are coming off 2-9 campaigns a season ago ... Duke and East Carolina last met in 2002, with the Blue Devils posting a 23-16 win in Durham.

Duke-East Carolina on CSTV
CSTV will televise the Duke-East Carolina tilt live, with Tom Hart handling the play-by-play chores and Bill Burke as the analyst ... The game is part of CSTV's football package with Conference USA.

Duke Prepares For 93rd Year Of Intercollegiate Football
The 2005 season will mark Duke's 93rd campaign of intercollegiate football, and the Blue Devils hold an all-time record of 442-417-31 ... Football was introduced at Duke by Dr. John Crowell, who coached then Trinity College to victories in its first two games ever ? wins of 16-0 and 25-17 over North Carolina in 1888 ... After the 1894 season, football was banned at Duke by the Board of Trustees, but returned in high form in 1920 when Floyd Egan guided the team to a 4-0-1 ledger.

Season Openers
Duke enters 2004 with a 54-35-3 all-time record in season openers ... The Blue Devils have won three out of their last 11 season lid-lifters ... The last time Duke won a season-opener on the road came when quarterback Anthony Dilweg led the Blue Devils to a 31-21 victory at Northwestern on September 3, 1988.

Duke On September 3
Duke owns an all-time record of 2-1 when playing on September 3 ... The last time the Blue Devils opened the season with a game on September 3 ? 1994 ? a 49-16 victory over Maryland opened the door for an 8-4 season that included seven straight wins to start the year and an appearance in the Hall of Fame Bowl.

Duke Football Game Notes: at East Carolina, Sept. 3, CSTV

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