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Notes: Florida State 51, Duke 24
10/14/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Game captains for Duke vs. Florida State were senior DT Casey Camero, junior RB Aaron Fryer, junior CB Evalio Harrell, senior LB Jeramy Edwards and senior NG Eli Nichols
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Senior CB John Talley returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter ... The interception return for a touchdown is the third of Talley's career, matching the Duke all-time record held by Wyatt Smith (1988-91) ... Talley is one interception return for a touchdown shy of the ACC career mark held by
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Talley secured his second interception of the game later in the second period (35-yard return) ... Talley now has two multi-interception games in his career (also had 2 vs. Clemson in 2003) ... The 15 interceptions rank tied for 12th on the ACC's all-time chart and stand in second place on Duke's list behind Rich Searl (16 from 1969-71)
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Talley moved into first place on the ACC's all-time list for interception return yardage with 358 career yards ... With his 85 return yards on the day, Talley passed Maryland's Tom Brown (275; 1960-62) and Virginia's Pat Chester (296; 1978-82) ... Talley's 358 career interception return yards are tops among active players nationally, passing California's Daymeion Hughes, who entered the weekend with 324
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Talley's 113 interception return yards this season match the seventh-best single-season total in Duke history ... Talley owns the school's single-season mark with 172 set in 2004
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Of his 15 career interceptions, Talley has recorded three against both
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Freshman DT Vince Oghobaase's tackle of Lorenzo Booker in the end zone marked Duke's first safety by a defensive player since Charles Porter secured a safety with a tackle for loss of Northwestern's Damien Anderson in 2000
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Junior RB Ronnie Drummer registered career single-game highs with six pass receptions for 72 yards
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Sophomore CB Jabari Marshall recovered his second fumble of the season ... He added a career-long 67-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter and finished with three kickoff returns for 109 yards (36.3 average per return)
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Freshman CB Leon Wright recorded the first interception of his career
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Sophomore LB Michael Tauiliili led Duke with eight tackles on the afternoon to push his season total to a team-best 47
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Freshman FB Brandon King recorded the first pass reception (12 yards) of his career in the first quarter
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Sophomore WR Eron Riley caught a pass in the opening quarter to extend his streak of consecutive games with at least one reception to 12 ... Riley finished the game with a career-high six receptions for 110 yards including a 41-yard touchdown ... The touchdown marked Riley's second in as many weeks and the fourth of his career ... Riley now has two 100-yard receiving games of his career (130 vs. Clemson in 2005)
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Seniors DT Casey Camero and CB John Talley each played in his 40th career game for the Blue Devils ... Camero started for the 31st time (28th in a row) in his career while Talley earned his 27th career starting assignment
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Freshman NG Ayanga Okpokowuruk received the first starting assignment of his career while freshman DT Brandon Harper saw his first game action
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Senior NG Eli Nichols did not play due to injury, ending his streak of consecutive games played at 27 contests
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