Upcoming Event: Football versus #18 Virginia on December 6, 2025 at 8 p.m.
Football
vs #18 Virginia
Notes: Duke 20, Boston College 19
9/17/2011 5:03:00 PM | Football
- The touchdown reception of 53 yards gives Conner Vernon four career scoring catches covering 50+ yards ... That total ranks tied for second in Duke history with Dave Dunaway and Walter Jones and is one shy of the school standard of five held by Eron Riley
- Vernon finished with six catches for 116 yards and now has eight career 100-yard games ... The eight career 100-yard games rank third on Duke's all-time list behind Clarkston Hines (17) and Wes Chesson (9)
- Donovan Varner caught a career-high 12 passes for 78 yards ... he now has three career games with 10 or more receptions
- On Duke's all-time list for pass receptions, Donovan Varner moved into a tie for fifth with Wes Chesson with 164 career catches ... Conner Vernon moved into eighth place with 148 career receptions
- On Duke's all-time list for receiving yardage, Varner moved into sixth place (2,111 yards), while Vernon jumped to eighth place (2,011 yards).
- Brandon Braxton caught a career-high nine passes for 60 yards ... he entered the game with eight receptions in the first two games
- Sean Renfree completed 41-of-53 passes for 368 yards with two touchdowns and one interception ... It marks the sixth 300-yard passing game of his career ... The 41 completions are a new school single-game record, bettering the previous mark of 40 set by Thaddeus Lewis vs. N.C. State (2009)
- Renfree's two scoring strikes give him 20 career touchdown throws ... he is the 10th quarterback in Duke history to throw for at least 20 touchdowns ... Renfree also moved into eighth place all-time in career passing yardage
- Renfree's .773 completion percentage is the ninth-best single-game mark in school history (Renfree now owns 3 of the top 9 performances)
- Renfree completed 20 passes in the first half to match the 12th-highest single-half total in Duke history ... The 21 pass completions in the second half match the eighth-best single-half total in school history
- The 368 yards set a career-high, and stand as the 24th-highest single-game total in school history
- Kenny Anunike recorded two sacks on the afternoon to push his team-leading season total to four ... Anunike finished the day with three total tackles with all three coming behind the line of scrimmage
- Vernon finished with six catches for 116 yards and now has eight career 100-yard games ... The eight career 100-yard games rank third on Duke's all-time list behind Clarkston Hines (17) and Wes Chesson (9)
- Donovan Varner caught a career-high 12 passes for 78 yards ... he now has three career games with 10 or more receptions
- On Duke's all-time list for pass receptions, Donovan Varner moved into a tie for fifth with Wes Chesson with 164 career catches ... Conner Vernon moved into eighth place with 148 career receptions
- On Duke's all-time list for receiving yardage, Varner moved into sixth place (2,111 yards), while Vernon jumped to eighth place (2,011 yards).
- Brandon Braxton caught a career-high nine passes for 60 yards ... he entered the game with eight receptions in the first two games
- Sean Renfree completed 41-of-53 passes for 368 yards with two touchdowns and one interception ... It marks the sixth 300-yard passing game of his career ... The 41 completions are a new school single-game record, bettering the previous mark of 40 set by Thaddeus Lewis vs. N.C. State (2009)
- Renfree's two scoring strikes give him 20 career touchdown throws ... he is the 10th quarterback in Duke history to throw for at least 20 touchdowns ... Renfree also moved into eighth place all-time in career passing yardage
- Renfree's .773 completion percentage is the ninth-best single-game mark in school history (Renfree now owns 3 of the top 9 performances)
- Renfree completed 20 passes in the first half to match the 12th-highest single-half total in Duke history ... The 21 pass completions in the second half match the eighth-best single-half total in school history
- The 368 yards set a career-high, and stand as the 24th-highest single-game total in school history
- Kenny Anunike recorded two sacks on the afternoon to push his team-leading season total to four ... Anunike finished the day with three total tackles with all three coming behind the line of scrimmage
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