Notes: Virginia 24, Duke 13

9/8/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football

By: Duke Sports Information

Duke vs. Virginia Notes
Saturday, September 8, 2007

Pregame:

Game captains: Duke ? Ronnie Drummer, Adrian Aye-Darko, Zach Maurides, Chris Davis; Virginia ? Branden Albert, Andrew Dewey, Tom Santi

Duke won the coin toss and elects to receive. Virginia will defend the North endzone.

Duke Game Starters: Offense ? QB Thaddeus Lewis, FB Tielor Robinson, WR Jomar Wright, WR Raphael Chestnut, WR Eron Riley, TE Nick Stefanow, LT Cameron Goldberg, LG Zach Maurides, C Matt Rumsey, RG Rob Schirmann, RT Fred Roland; Defense ? RUE Greg Akinbiyi, DT Vince Oghobaase, NG Ayanga Okpokowuruk, DT Kinney Rucker, RUE Patrick Bailey, MLB Michael Tauiliili, WLB Vincent Rey, CB Leon Wright, SS Chris Davis, FS Adrian Aye-Darko, CB Glenn Williams

Virginia - 24, Duke - 13:

Virginia leads the overall series between the two schools 32-27 after a 24-13 victory over the Blue Devils on Saturday. The Cavaliers have won eight straight meetings since 2000, the longest winning streak in the series. Virginia now has a 16-10 record in Charlottesville against Duke.

Long snapper Casey Hales made his team-leading 36th consecutive start. Matt Rumsey extended his starts streak to 25 straight games, earning the start at center. Rush end Patrick Bailey has now started 22 consecutive games and Eron Riley earned his 15th straight starting nod. Junior Michael Tauiliili returned to the starting lineup after his 22-game starting streak was snapped in week one due to a violation of team rules. Fred Roland also makes his first start of the season after starting all 12 games last year but missing the opener due to an injury. Defensive lineman Kinney Rucker made his first career start against Virginia.

Sophomore quarterback Thaddeus Lewis threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Jomar Wright in the third quarter. The touchdown was Lewis' 13th career touchdown pass, moving him to within one of 10th on the all-time list at Duke. The touchdown is the fifth career receiving touchdown for Wright and first of the season. Lewis finished the game 14-of-30 for 137 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

Senior fullback Tielor Robinson had a career-high nine carries in the game for 31 yards. He fell just shy of his career high for rushing yards as he tallied 32 yards on seven carries against Virginia Tech last season. Robinson also had a reception for a two-point conversion against Virginia on Saturday.

True freshman wide receiver Austin Kelly hauled in his first career catch, a 16-yard grab for a first down in the first quarter.

Vincent Rey blocked a field goal in the second quarter, his first career blocked kick. Rodney Ezzard returned the blocked field goal 60 yards. Later in the game Jomar Wright blocked a punt for his first career blocked kick. He blocked another punt attempt but Virginia's punter was ruled out-of-bounds on the play. The two blocks give Duke three on the season as Vince Oghobaase blocked an extra point in the season opener. Under Ted Roof Duke has blocked 16 kicks in just four seasons.

Jabari Marshall recorded five kick returns for 124 yards in the game. He now has 1,258 career return yards, which moves into seventh on the all-time list at Duke. He passes Quinton McCracken and is 26 yards shy of Leroy Gallman for sixth.

Redshirt freshman Kevin Jones kicked the longest punt of his career when he booted one 53 yards in the first quarter. He had four punts in the game of over 40 yards with two downed inside the 20-yard line. He finished the game with five punts for 214 yards, an average of 42.8 per punt. He averaged just 31 yards per punt in his first collegiate game.

Wesley Oglesby recorded his first career forced fumble in the first quarter. Oglesby was playing in just his second career game. He posted five tackles as well.

Michael Tauiliili tallied his fifth career forced fumble in the third quarter. Marcus Jones came away with the recovery on the play for Duke.

True freshman Adam Banks forced and recovered a fumble in the third quarter, the first in his career for both.

Junior safety Adrian Aye-Darko posted a career-high eight tackles against Virginia. His previous career high was seven, which he accomplished three times in 2006. Junior rush end Greg Akinbiyi also had a career high in tackles with seven as he saw the most playing time of his career.

Patrick Bailey led the team with nine tackles, including two tackles for a loss. It is the eighth time in his career he has had eight or more tackles in a game.

The Blue Devils were 3-for-3 on fourth down conversions in the game and are now 3-for-4 on the season.

Duke outscored Virginia 11-0 in the third quarter, a 25-point turnaround from week one when they were outscored 14-0 by Connecticut.

Duke will play its next game against Northwestern on Saturday, September 15 at 8 p.m. (ET) in Evanston, Ill. The game will be televised by the Big Ten Network.