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Notes: North Carolina 37, Duke 21
11/26/2011 8:34:00 PM | Football
Anthony Boone
** Accounted for all 75 yards of offense on Duke's scoring drive late in the third quarter, passing for 33 yards, rushing for 21 yards and picking up 21 receiving yards
** The 21-yard catch on a pass from Jamison Crowder on that drive was the first reception of Boone's career
** Also completed his first career touchdown pass on the drive with an 11-yard toss to Donovan Varner
** Completed 12-of-20 pass attempts for 111 yards and one touchdown … the 111 passing yards was a career-high performance
** Tallied 41 of Duke's 46 yards on the ground
** Finished his freshman campaign 30-for-53 in pass attempts for 298 yards, one touchdown and one interception
Ross Cockrell
** Recorded his first interception of the season and the fourth of his career late in the second quarter
** Matched a season-best performance with 10 tackles, including seven solo efforts
Jamison Crowder
** With 180 all-purpose yards against UNC, Crowder pushed his season total to 1,141 yards … The 180 yards rank as the 11th-highest single-game total by a Duke freshman … That season total marks the fourth-highest by a freshman in Duke history … Crowder finished the season with 163 receiving yards, 42 rushing yards, 814 kick-off return yards and 122 punt return yards
** With four kick-off returns for 73 yards, Crowder established new Duke freshman single-season records in both categories with season totals of 38 returns for 814 yards … Both records were previously held by Chris Douglas, who had 35 kick-off returns for 766 yards in 2000
** Crowder becomes the third freshman in a row to lead Duke in kick-off return yardage, joining Desmond Scott (2009) and Josh Snead (2010)
** Crowder notched the first touchdown reception of his career, a 45-yard pass from Sean Renfree in the second quarter. The 45-yard pass completion was also a season-long for Crowder
** Crowder completed the first pass of his career, a 21-yard toss to Anthony Boone to set up a Duke touchdown late in the third quarter … Crowder is now 1-2 in his career on pass attempts
Matt Daniels
** With a career-high 18 tackles against UNC, Daniels finishes the season with a team-high 126 total stops … The season total marks the 57th 100-tackle season in Duke history while the 126 stops rank as the 23rd-highest single-season total in school history
** The double-figure tackle performance for Daniels is his fifth of the season and the ninth of his career
** Daniels becomes the first defensive back to lead the Blue Devils in tackles since Terrell Smith posted a team-best 140 stops in 2003
** Daniels ends his career with 324 tackles to rank 13th on the school's all-time chart … He is one of just 14 players in Duke history to reach the 300-tackle plateau
** Daniels finished the season with at least one pass breakup in six of Duke's 12 games, totaling 14 PBUs on the year to rank tied for second on Duke's single-season chart … He finishes his career with 27 PBUs, good for seventh in school history
** Daniels closes his career with 324 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, four interceptions, 27 pass breakups, seven caused fumbles and three fumble recoveries
Tony Foster
** Totaled a career-high two pass breakups while also recording six tackles on the day
Cooper Helfet
** With four receptions for 24 yards against UNC, Helfet finishes the season with 43 catches for 395 yards
** Helfet's 43 catches on the season rank as the seventh-highest single-season total by a Duke tight end and most since 1966
** Helfet's total of 395 receiving yards rank as the 13th-highest single-season total by a Duke tight end and most since 2010
** Helfet finished his career with 77 receptions for 775 yards … On Duke's career charts for tight ends, he ranks ninth for catches
Sean Renfree
** Renfree completed 13-of-20 pass attempts for 153 yards with two touchdowns and one interception
** Posted the eighth multi-touchdown effort of his career with two touchdown passes on the day
** Matched a career-long with a 70-yard touchdown pass to Juwan Thompson in the first quarter
** For the season, Renfree completed 282-of-434 pass attempts for 2,891 yards with 14 touchdowns and12 interceptions … On Duke's single-season charts, those totals rank fourth for pass completions, seventh for pass attempts and seventh for passing yardage
** Renfree set a new Duke single-season for pass completion percentage (.650), bettering the previous mark of .640 (300-469) set by Ben Bennett in 1983
** Renfree matched the school single-game record for 100-yard passing games with 12, equaling the standard previously set by Thaddeus Lewis (2007) and Renfree (2010)
** Renfree extended his streak of consecutive games with 10+ pass completions to 24 (all 12 games of both the 2010 & 2011 seasons) … That streak is the second-longest in Duke history, trailing only the run of 28 consecutive games by Thaddeus Lewis (last 7 games of 2006; all 12 games of 2007; first 9 games of 2008)
** For his career, Renfree has completed 601-of-948 passes for 6,343 yards with 32 touchdowns and 30 interceptions … On Duke's career charts, he ranks fifth in pass attempts, fifth in pass completions, fifth in passing yards and sixth in passing touchdowns
** Renfree continues to hold the Duke career record for pass completion percentage at .634 (601-of-948)
Sydney Sarmiento
** Notched the first sack of his career, dropping North Carolina's Bryn Renner for a nine-yard loss in the first quarter
** Matched a career-high with six tackles against North Carolina
** Concluded his sophomore campaign with 32 tackles, including 2.5 for a total loss of 13 yards
Will Snyderwine
** With three PATs against UNC, Snyderwine finishes the season with 52 points on eight successful field goals and 28 PAT kicks
** Snyderwine's 222 career points rank as the third-highest total in school history
** With three successful PAT kicks against UNC, Snyderwine finished his career perfect in PAT attempts, making 84-of-84 kicks to tie for first on Duke's all-time chart with a perfect 1.000 career PAT percentage
** Snyderwine closes his career with 84 career made PAT kicks to rank third on the school's all-time chart and first in consecutive PATs made
Juwan Thompson
** Thompson was on the receiving end of Duke's longest pass play of the season, a 70-yard touchdown reception from Sean Renfree in the first quarter
** The 70-yard reception marked the Blue Devils' longest play since Sept. 11, 2010 (Renfree-to-Conner Vernon TD at Wake Forest)
** Totaled five yards on the ground and 70 yards in the air against North Carolina to close out the season with 457 rushing yards on 110 carries and 182 receiving yards on 22 catches
** Led Duke in rushing for the season with his 457 yards
** Finished the season with a team-high eight touchdowns
Donovan Varner
** Varner finished the day with eight pass receptions for 37 yards and one touchdown
** With 61 catches on the season, Varner became the first player in ACC history to register three seasons with 60+ receptions
** Varner closes his Duke career with 207 receptions for 2,660 yards and 13 touchdowns
** On Duke's all-time lists, Varner finishes his career ranking first in receptions, third in yards and tied for eighth in touchdowns
** On the ACC's all-time charts, Varner finishes his career ranking tied for fourth in receptions and 16th in yards
** Varner is one of just six players in ACC history to record 200+ receptions, joining Clemson's Aaron Kelly (232), Wake Forest's Desmond Clark (216), Virginia's Billy McMullen (210), Florida State's Peter Warrick (207) and N.C. State's Jerricho Cotchery (200)
** Combined with WR Conner Vernon for a total of 131 receptions for 1,669 yards on the season, which ranks third and sixth, respectively, on Duke's charts for tandems
Conner Vernon
** Vernon finished the day with two pass receptions for 17 yards
** Vernon led Duke in receptions (70), receiving yards (956) and receiving touchdowns (6)
** Vernon becomes the first player in ACC history with multiple seasons of 70+ catches (73 in 2010; 70 in 2011)
** Vernon closes his junior season with 198 career receptions for 2,675 yards and 13 touchdowns
** On Duke's all-time lists, Vernon ranks second in receptions, second in yards and tied for eighth in touchdowns
** On the ACC's all-time charts, Vernon ranks seventh in receptions and 15th in yards
** Combined with WR Donovan Varner for a total of 131 receptions for 1,669 yards on the season, which ranks third and tied for eighth, respectively, on Duke's all-time charts
** Accounted for all 75 yards of offense on Duke's scoring drive late in the third quarter, passing for 33 yards, rushing for 21 yards and picking up 21 receiving yards
** The 21-yard catch on a pass from Jamison Crowder on that drive was the first reception of Boone's career
** Also completed his first career touchdown pass on the drive with an 11-yard toss to Donovan Varner
** Completed 12-of-20 pass attempts for 111 yards and one touchdown … the 111 passing yards was a career-high performance
** Tallied 41 of Duke's 46 yards on the ground
** Finished his freshman campaign 30-for-53 in pass attempts for 298 yards, one touchdown and one interception
Ross Cockrell
** Recorded his first interception of the season and the fourth of his career late in the second quarter
** Matched a season-best performance with 10 tackles, including seven solo efforts
Jamison Crowder
** With 180 all-purpose yards against UNC, Crowder pushed his season total to 1,141 yards … The 180 yards rank as the 11th-highest single-game total by a Duke freshman … That season total marks the fourth-highest by a freshman in Duke history … Crowder finished the season with 163 receiving yards, 42 rushing yards, 814 kick-off return yards and 122 punt return yards
** With four kick-off returns for 73 yards, Crowder established new Duke freshman single-season records in both categories with season totals of 38 returns for 814 yards … Both records were previously held by Chris Douglas, who had 35 kick-off returns for 766 yards in 2000
** Crowder becomes the third freshman in a row to lead Duke in kick-off return yardage, joining Desmond Scott (2009) and Josh Snead (2010)
** Crowder notched the first touchdown reception of his career, a 45-yard pass from Sean Renfree in the second quarter. The 45-yard pass completion was also a season-long for Crowder
** Crowder completed the first pass of his career, a 21-yard toss to Anthony Boone to set up a Duke touchdown late in the third quarter … Crowder is now 1-2 in his career on pass attempts
Matt Daniels
** With a career-high 18 tackles against UNC, Daniels finishes the season with a team-high 126 total stops … The season total marks the 57th 100-tackle season in Duke history while the 126 stops rank as the 23rd-highest single-season total in school history
** The double-figure tackle performance for Daniels is his fifth of the season and the ninth of his career
** Daniels becomes the first defensive back to lead the Blue Devils in tackles since Terrell Smith posted a team-best 140 stops in 2003
** Daniels ends his career with 324 tackles to rank 13th on the school's all-time chart … He is one of just 14 players in Duke history to reach the 300-tackle plateau
** Daniels finished the season with at least one pass breakup in six of Duke's 12 games, totaling 14 PBUs on the year to rank tied for second on Duke's single-season chart … He finishes his career with 27 PBUs, good for seventh in school history
** Daniels closes his career with 324 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, four interceptions, 27 pass breakups, seven caused fumbles and three fumble recoveries
Tony Foster
** Totaled a career-high two pass breakups while also recording six tackles on the day
Cooper Helfet
** With four receptions for 24 yards against UNC, Helfet finishes the season with 43 catches for 395 yards
** Helfet's 43 catches on the season rank as the seventh-highest single-season total by a Duke tight end and most since 1966
** Helfet's total of 395 receiving yards rank as the 13th-highest single-season total by a Duke tight end and most since 2010
** Helfet finished his career with 77 receptions for 775 yards … On Duke's career charts for tight ends, he ranks ninth for catches
Sean Renfree
** Renfree completed 13-of-20 pass attempts for 153 yards with two touchdowns and one interception
** Posted the eighth multi-touchdown effort of his career with two touchdown passes on the day
** Matched a career-long with a 70-yard touchdown pass to Juwan Thompson in the first quarter
** For the season, Renfree completed 282-of-434 pass attempts for 2,891 yards with 14 touchdowns and12 interceptions … On Duke's single-season charts, those totals rank fourth for pass completions, seventh for pass attempts and seventh for passing yardage
** Renfree set a new Duke single-season for pass completion percentage (.650), bettering the previous mark of .640 (300-469) set by Ben Bennett in 1983
** Renfree matched the school single-game record for 100-yard passing games with 12, equaling the standard previously set by Thaddeus Lewis (2007) and Renfree (2010)
** Renfree extended his streak of consecutive games with 10+ pass completions to 24 (all 12 games of both the 2010 & 2011 seasons) … That streak is the second-longest in Duke history, trailing only the run of 28 consecutive games by Thaddeus Lewis (last 7 games of 2006; all 12 games of 2007; first 9 games of 2008)
** For his career, Renfree has completed 601-of-948 passes for 6,343 yards with 32 touchdowns and 30 interceptions … On Duke's career charts, he ranks fifth in pass attempts, fifth in pass completions, fifth in passing yards and sixth in passing touchdowns
** Renfree continues to hold the Duke career record for pass completion percentage at .634 (601-of-948)
Sydney Sarmiento
** Notched the first sack of his career, dropping North Carolina's Bryn Renner for a nine-yard loss in the first quarter
** Matched a career-high with six tackles against North Carolina
** Concluded his sophomore campaign with 32 tackles, including 2.5 for a total loss of 13 yards
Will Snyderwine
** With three PATs against UNC, Snyderwine finishes the season with 52 points on eight successful field goals and 28 PAT kicks
** Snyderwine's 222 career points rank as the third-highest total in school history
** With three successful PAT kicks against UNC, Snyderwine finished his career perfect in PAT attempts, making 84-of-84 kicks to tie for first on Duke's all-time chart with a perfect 1.000 career PAT percentage
** Snyderwine closes his career with 84 career made PAT kicks to rank third on the school's all-time chart and first in consecutive PATs made
Juwan Thompson
** Thompson was on the receiving end of Duke's longest pass play of the season, a 70-yard touchdown reception from Sean Renfree in the first quarter
** The 70-yard reception marked the Blue Devils' longest play since Sept. 11, 2010 (Renfree-to-Conner Vernon TD at Wake Forest)
** Totaled five yards on the ground and 70 yards in the air against North Carolina to close out the season with 457 rushing yards on 110 carries and 182 receiving yards on 22 catches
** Led Duke in rushing for the season with his 457 yards
** Finished the season with a team-high eight touchdowns
Donovan Varner
** Varner finished the day with eight pass receptions for 37 yards and one touchdown
** With 61 catches on the season, Varner became the first player in ACC history to register three seasons with 60+ receptions
** Varner closes his Duke career with 207 receptions for 2,660 yards and 13 touchdowns
** On Duke's all-time lists, Varner finishes his career ranking first in receptions, third in yards and tied for eighth in touchdowns
** On the ACC's all-time charts, Varner finishes his career ranking tied for fourth in receptions and 16th in yards
** Varner is one of just six players in ACC history to record 200+ receptions, joining Clemson's Aaron Kelly (232), Wake Forest's Desmond Clark (216), Virginia's Billy McMullen (210), Florida State's Peter Warrick (207) and N.C. State's Jerricho Cotchery (200)
** Combined with WR Conner Vernon for a total of 131 receptions for 1,669 yards on the season, which ranks third and sixth, respectively, on Duke's charts for tandems
Conner Vernon
** Vernon finished the day with two pass receptions for 17 yards
** Vernon led Duke in receptions (70), receiving yards (956) and receiving touchdowns (6)
** Vernon becomes the first player in ACC history with multiple seasons of 70+ catches (73 in 2010; 70 in 2011)
** Vernon closes his junior season with 198 career receptions for 2,675 yards and 13 touchdowns
** On Duke's all-time lists, Vernon ranks second in receptions, second in yards and tied for eighth in touchdowns
** On the ACC's all-time charts, Vernon ranks seventh in receptions and 15th in yards
** Combined with WR Donovan Varner for a total of 131 receptions for 1,669 yards on the season, which ranks third and tied for eighth, respectively, on Duke's all-time charts
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