Duke 35, Navy 7October 12, 2013Durham, N.C. (Wallace Wade Stadium)CAPTAINS & COIN TOSS: Duke's captains for the game were QB
Anthony Boone, CB
Ross Cockrell, DE
Justin Foxx and OG
Dave Harding … Navy won the opening coin toss and elected to defer … Duke defended the south goal
101st SEASON: Duke is in its 101st season of football and played its 991st game … Duke now holds an all-time record of 469-492-31
SCORING AT HOME: The Blue Devils scored at least 28 points for the 11th time in their past 13 home games … Duke is averaging 37.4 points per game at home this season and 38.8 points per game at home since the 2012 season
BIG PLAYS: Duke had four offensive plays of 20+ yards on the day … the Blue Devils have recorded at least three plays of 20+ yards in every game this season
DUKE SCORES ON FIVE CONSECUTIVE POSSESSIONS: Duke scored on five consecutive possessions, beginning at the 14:27 mark in the second quarter … the drives covered 80, 62, 72, 72 and 33 yards … Duke scored touchdowns on four consecutive drives in the previous game against Troy on Sept. 28
SOPHOMORES SCORE TOUCHDOWNS: Three of Duke's five touchdowns came from members of Duke's sophomore class … true sophomores
Jela Duncan and
Shaquille Powell scored on the ground, while classmate
Max McCaffrey found the endzone on a three-yard touchdown reception from QB
Anthony BooneDUKE SCORES FIRST: Duke found the endzone in the second quarter to take a 7-0 lead … the score broke a streak of three straight games in which Duke's opponent scored the first points of the game
RED ZONE DEFENSE: Duke entered the game ranked fifth in the ACC in red zone defense at 76.5 percent (13-17) … the Blue Devils limited Navy to one score in three opportunities to lower their season percentage to .700 (14-of-20)
DE KENNY ANUNIKE: Carded a sack and forced fumble to force a turnover after Navy drove to Duke's six-yard line … the sack was his third of the year and 12th of his career, moving him into a tie for eighth place all-time on Duke's career chart … logged a tackle for a loss in the sixth consecutive game to increase his team-leading total to 7.5
WR ISSAC BLAKENEY: Caught two touchdown passes for his first career multi-touchdown game … scored from 27 yards at the 9:35 mark in the second quarter and again from 18 yards at the 9:52 mark in the third quarter … finished with a career-high five grabs and matched a career high with 57 receiving yards
QB ANTHONY BOONE: Made his first start since suffering a fractured collarbone against Memphis Sept. 7 … set career highs in pass completions, attempts and passing yards by hitting 31-of-38 (.816) passes for 295 yards … the .816 completion percentage was the sixth highest by a Duke quarterback in a single game and the team's highest since
Sean Renfree completed 28-of-30 (.933) against Navy in 2010 … threw three touchdowns passes for his second career multi-passing touchdown game
WR BRANDON BRAXTON: Caught a season-high seven receptions for 41 yards … the seven catches were Braxton's most since a nine-catch performance against Boston College in 2011
LB KELBY BROWN: Recovered a Navy fumble just before halftime for his first fumble recovery since his freshman season … the turnover ended a Navy drive at Duke's six-yard line with Duke leading 14-7 … now has five career fumble recoveries
CB JEREMY CASH: Notched his second career interception in the second quarter, setting up an eventual Duke touchdown … the interception was his second in as many games … increased his team-leading tackle total to 58 with seven tackles against Navy
WR JAMISON CROWDER: Finished with 10 receptions for 88 yards, marking his third career game with 10 or more catches … has caught six or more passes in all six games this season … has a streak of eight consecutive games with six or more receptions, dating back to last fall … had a catch of 23 yards for his team-leading ninth reception of 20+ yards
TE BRAXTON DEAVER: Had two receptions of 20+ yards … finished with three receptions for 54 yards for his sixth straight game with multiple catches
RB JELA DUNCAN: Scored his third rushing touchdown of the season … led the team in rush attempts (9) and rushing yards (45) for the third time this season
DE JUSTIN FOXX: Recorded his second sack of the season in the first quarter … now has 9.5 career sacks … finished with a team-high eight tackles
WR MAX MCCAFFREY: Notched a receiving touchdown for the third consecutive game, hauling in a three-yard pass from Boone late in the second quarter to increase Duke's lead to 14-7 … grabbed at least three receptions for the third straight game
WR ANTHONY NASH: Caught his first career reception, a 14-yard reception on 3rd-and-10 … followed with a six-yard catch on the next play … both catches came on Duke's second scoring drive … finished with three receptions, two of which were third-down conversions
RB SHAQUILLE POWELL: Registered his first career rushing touchdown to put Duke ahead by 28 in the fourth quarter … rushed three times for 27 yards
RT PERRY SIMMONS: Started his 43rd consecutive game … paved the way for a Duke running game that totaled at least 130 rushing yards for the eighth consecutive game, dating back to 2012
RB JOSH SNEAD: Pushed his career rushing total to 997, putting himself within three yards of becoming the 41st Duke player to reach 1,000 career rushing yards and second this season (
Juwan Thompson)
LB DEION WILLIAMS: Made his first career start … recorded a career-high seven tackles
DE JONATHAN WOODRUFF: Posted his third sack of the season and the eighth of his career … sack came on third down and pushed Navy back seven yards … recorded a tackle for loss in the third straight game and a sack in the second straight game
DT CARLOS WRAY: Tallied the first fumble recovery of his career in the fourth quarter