Upcoming Event: Football versus #18 Virginia on December 6, 2025 at 8 p.m.
Football
vs #18 Virginia
Notes: Alabama 30, Duke 14
10/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
- Game captains for the Blue Devils were Devil back Ronnie Drummer, WR Ryan Wood, DE Patrick Bailey and RB Justin Boyle
- Ryan Wood's father, Dexter, lettered three seasons as a wide receiver at Alabama from 1970-72 and helped the Crimson Tide to a pair of SEC championships
- Duke won the opening coin toss and elected to defer its decision until the second half ... Alabama then elected to receive the football and defend the north goal
- LB Codey Lowe registered the first quarterback sack of his career in the first quarter ... The sack came on third down and goal to go for the Crimson Tide and forced Alabama to settle for a 37-yard field goal ... On Alabama's second possession, Lowe picked up his second sack of the night ... For the game, Lowe had seven tackles, three tackles for loss and the pair of sacks
- CB John Talley registered his second interception of the year and the 13th of his career ... Talley moves into a tie for second on Duke's career chart and tied for 16th on the ACC's all-time chart ... Talley returned the interception 28 yards to push his career total to 273 ? a total that ranks second all-time at Duke and third all-time in ACC history
- RB Clifford Harris received his first career action at quarterback by taking the snap on the first play of Duke's second offensive possession ... Harris finished the game with five carries for 30 yards
- CB Leon Wright recorded a career-long 22-yard punt return in the first quarter
- WR Eron Riley's touchdown reception in the second quarter marked his first of the season and the third of his career
- QB Thaddeus Lewis' five-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter marked the first of his career
- In the first half, RB Re'quan Boyette rushed five times for a total of 88 yards with four carries covering 16 or more yards (16, 18, 21 & 33) ... Boyette added a 12-yard pass reception in the first period ... Boyette finished the night with nine rushing attempts for 97 yards ? the second-highest single-game total of his career (123 vs. Florida State in 2005)
- DT Casey Camero blocked a PAT attempt in the third quarter ... The blocked kick marked Camero's second of the season and the fifth of his career
- K/P Randy DeSmyter saw his first career action as a punter and averaged 29.8 yards per kick on four punts
- LB Jeramy Edwards finished the game with a team-best 10 tackles
- CB Jabari Marshall returned six kickoffs for 157 yards with a long return of 38 yards
- After averaging just 37.5 rushing yards per game through the first four contests, Duke grinded out 201 yards on the ground on 41 attempts vs. the Crimson Tide ... Eight different Blue Devils carried the football on the night
- The announced attendance for the Duke-Alabama contest was 92,138, marking the eighth largest crowed that the Blue Devils have played in front of ... The seven better audiences for Duke football games are: 104,832 (Duke at Michigan, 1977), 104,772 (Duke at Tennessee, 2003), 96,173 (Duke at Tennessee, 1993), 95,223 (Duke at Tennessee, 1982), 93,659 (Duke at Tennessee, 1989), 93,144 (Duke at Tennessee, 1988) and 93,000 (Duke vs. Southern California in the Rose Bowl in January 2, 1939)
- Tonight's game was played on the 20th anniversary of the death of Hall of Fame head coach Wallace Wade ... Wade served as the head coach at Alabama from 1923-30, leading the Crimson Tide to a 61-13-3 record with national championships in 1925, 1926 and 1930 ... He then moved to Durham and posted a 110-36-7 ledger as the head coach of the Blue Devils from 1931-41 and 1946-50 ... Duke's home stadium is named in Wade's honor while Alabama's home venue ? Bryant-Denny Stadium ? sits on Wallace Wade Avenue in Tuscaloosa
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