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11/15/2014 8:00:00 AM | Football
Virginia Tech (4-5, 1-4 ACC) at [19] Duke (8-1, 4-1 ACC)
Saturday, November 15, 2014 • 12 noon ET • ESPNU
Durham, N.C. • Wallace Wade Stadium (33,941 • Natural grass)
• A winner of four consecutive games, No. 19 Duke plays the first of three straight home games to close the regular season by hosting Virginia Tech on Saturday, November 15 at 12 noon ... The game will be televised live by ESPNU with Adam Amin (play-byplay) & John Congemi (analyst) on the call
• Duke enters the week at 8-1 overall and 4-1 in ACC action after defeating Syracuse, 27-10, last week ... Coming off an open date, Virginia Tech is 4-5 overall and 1-4 in league play after falling to Boston College, 33-31, on November 1
• Duke is ranked No. 19 in this week's Associated Press national poll after moving up three spots from a week ago ... The Blue Devils also are ranked No. 19 in this week's Amway Coaches Poll
• Duke holds an all-time record of 90-36-5 (.706) as a nationally-ranked team (AP poll)
• Duke is 16-1 in its last 17 regular season games dating back to 2013
• The Blue Devils have won 10 of their last 11 ACC regular season games
• Prior to 2013-14, the last time the Blue Devils played as a nationally-ranked team (AP poll) in back-to-back seasons came in 1956-57
• Bojangles' serves as the official game sponsor for this week's contest ... In addition, Duke will celebrate Band Day & Youth Day this week
• Saturday's game will mark the 22nd on the gridiron between the two schools, with Virginia Tech holding a 13-8 series advantage ... The series began in 1937 with a 25-0 Duke win in Greensboro ... The Blue Devils snapped a 12-game losing streak to the Hokies with last season's 13-10 victory in Blacksburg
• Duke Assistant Head Coach & Run Game Coordinator John Latina is a 1981 graduate of Virginia Tech ... Latina lettered three seasons as an offensive lineman for the Hokies and spent the 1981 season as a graduate assistant coach, helping his alma mater to the Peach Bowl
• The Blue Devils enter this week's game with Virginia Tech having won eight straight home contests dating back to last season ... A season ago, Duke enjoyed the friendly confines of Wallace Wade Stadium, where the Blue Devils matched the school single-season record for home victories with five
• This week, Duke plays its first home game as a Top-20 team (AP poll) since hosting No. 4 Navy as the No. 13 squad in the nation on November 5, 1960 ... The Blue Devils defeated the Midshipmen, 19-10
• Duke has secured consecutive seasons of 8+ wins for the second time in school history, joining the back-to-back campaigns of 1938 (9 wins) and 1939 (8)
• With his game-winning, 52-yard punt return for a TD against Syracuse, Duke WR Jamison Crowder became the 13th player in school history to reach the 150-point plateau ... In 48 career games, Crowder has 150 points on 25 TDs via rush (1), pass reception (21) & punt return (3)
Blue Devils by the Numbers
• 18-3 — Duke's overall record in¬cluding a 18-1 ledger in regular sea¬son action with Anthony Boone as the starting QB ... Boone owns the school's highest career winning per¬centage (.857) by a starting QB (mini¬mum 10 wins) just ahead of Worth Lutz (.846; 11-2; 1951-54)
• 6 — In ACC regular season games decided by seven points or less, con¬secutive wins for Duke ... The active streak includes three games in 2013 (Virginia Tech [13-10], Wake Forest [28- 21] & North Carolina [27-25]) & three games in 2014 (Georgia Tech [31-25], Virginia [20-13] & Pitt [51-48 in 2 OT])
• 47-7 — Record for David Cutcliffe when his teams allow 20 or fewer points: 22-3 at Duke & 25-4 at Ole Miss
• 100.5 — Duke's ACC-leading de¬fensive pass efficiency rating
• 14 — Combined lost yards on 234 attempts by Duke's four RBs — Jo¬seph Ajeigbe (3 yards on 40 at-tempts), Shaquille Powell (2 yards on 74 attempts), Josh Snead (4 yards on 62 attempts) & Shaun Wilson (5 yards on 58 attempts)
• 5,118 — Career all-purpose yards for WR Jamison Crowder ... Last week at Syracuse, he became 11th player in ACC history to reach the 5,000-yard plateau
• 13 — Points off turnovers allowed by Duke this season
• 10.44 — ACC-leading tackles per game average for LB David Helton ... With his 18-stop performance on No¬vember 1 at Pitt, Helton became the 15th player in Duke history to reach the 300-tackle plateau ... The Chatta¬nooga, Tenn., native currently has 307 career stops
• 0.44 — Quarterback sacks allowed per game by Duke this season, an av¬erage which ranks first in the nation ... The Blue Devils have attempted 325 passes while allowing just four sacks to surrender one sack per every 81.25 passes
• +9 — Duke's turnover margin on the season, a total which leads the ACC ... The Blue Devils have forced 15 turn¬overs (5 FR & 10 INT) while losing six possessions on two fumbles and four thrown interceptions
• 280 — Duke all-time record total points for K Ross Martin ... With nine points on one FG & 6 PATs against Tulane, Martin surpassed K Sims Lenhardt (240 points; 1996-99) as the school's career scoring leader ... Martin has 142 PATs & 46 FGs in 36 career games ... Martin currently ranks 28th on the ACC's all-time scor¬ing chart
#GoDuke
Saturday, November 15, 2014 • 12 noon ET • ESPNU
Durham, N.C. • Wallace Wade Stadium (33,941 • Natural grass)
• A winner of four consecutive games, No. 19 Duke plays the first of three straight home games to close the regular season by hosting Virginia Tech on Saturday, November 15 at 12 noon ... The game will be televised live by ESPNU with Adam Amin (play-byplay) & John Congemi (analyst) on the call
• Duke enters the week at 8-1 overall and 4-1 in ACC action after defeating Syracuse, 27-10, last week ... Coming off an open date, Virginia Tech is 4-5 overall and 1-4 in league play after falling to Boston College, 33-31, on November 1
• Duke is ranked No. 19 in this week's Associated Press national poll after moving up three spots from a week ago ... The Blue Devils also are ranked No. 19 in this week's Amway Coaches Poll
• Duke holds an all-time record of 90-36-5 (.706) as a nationally-ranked team (AP poll)
• Duke is 16-1 in its last 17 regular season games dating back to 2013
• The Blue Devils have won 10 of their last 11 ACC regular season games
• Prior to 2013-14, the last time the Blue Devils played as a nationally-ranked team (AP poll) in back-to-back seasons came in 1956-57
• Bojangles' serves as the official game sponsor for this week's contest ... In addition, Duke will celebrate Band Day & Youth Day this week
• Saturday's game will mark the 22nd on the gridiron between the two schools, with Virginia Tech holding a 13-8 series advantage ... The series began in 1937 with a 25-0 Duke win in Greensboro ... The Blue Devils snapped a 12-game losing streak to the Hokies with last season's 13-10 victory in Blacksburg
• Duke Assistant Head Coach & Run Game Coordinator John Latina is a 1981 graduate of Virginia Tech ... Latina lettered three seasons as an offensive lineman for the Hokies and spent the 1981 season as a graduate assistant coach, helping his alma mater to the Peach Bowl
• The Blue Devils enter this week's game with Virginia Tech having won eight straight home contests dating back to last season ... A season ago, Duke enjoyed the friendly confines of Wallace Wade Stadium, where the Blue Devils matched the school single-season record for home victories with five
• This week, Duke plays its first home game as a Top-20 team (AP poll) since hosting No. 4 Navy as the No. 13 squad in the nation on November 5, 1960 ... The Blue Devils defeated the Midshipmen, 19-10
• Duke has secured consecutive seasons of 8+ wins for the second time in school history, joining the back-to-back campaigns of 1938 (9 wins) and 1939 (8)
• With his game-winning, 52-yard punt return for a TD against Syracuse, Duke WR Jamison Crowder became the 13th player in school history to reach the 150-point plateau ... In 48 career games, Crowder has 150 points on 25 TDs via rush (1), pass reception (21) & punt return (3)
Blue Devils by the Numbers
• 18-3 — Duke's overall record in¬cluding a 18-1 ledger in regular sea¬son action with Anthony Boone as the starting QB ... Boone owns the school's highest career winning per¬centage (.857) by a starting QB (mini¬mum 10 wins) just ahead of Worth Lutz (.846; 11-2; 1951-54)
• 6 — In ACC regular season games decided by seven points or less, con¬secutive wins for Duke ... The active streak includes three games in 2013 (Virginia Tech [13-10], Wake Forest [28- 21] & North Carolina [27-25]) & three games in 2014 (Georgia Tech [31-25], Virginia [20-13] & Pitt [51-48 in 2 OT])
• 47-7 — Record for David Cutcliffe when his teams allow 20 or fewer points: 22-3 at Duke & 25-4 at Ole Miss
• 100.5 — Duke's ACC-leading de¬fensive pass efficiency rating
• 14 — Combined lost yards on 234 attempts by Duke's four RBs — Jo¬seph Ajeigbe (3 yards on 40 at-tempts), Shaquille Powell (2 yards on 74 attempts), Josh Snead (4 yards on 62 attempts) & Shaun Wilson (5 yards on 58 attempts)
• 5,118 — Career all-purpose yards for WR Jamison Crowder ... Last week at Syracuse, he became 11th player in ACC history to reach the 5,000-yard plateau
• 13 — Points off turnovers allowed by Duke this season
• 10.44 — ACC-leading tackles per game average for LB David Helton ... With his 18-stop performance on No¬vember 1 at Pitt, Helton became the 15th player in Duke history to reach the 300-tackle plateau ... The Chatta¬nooga, Tenn., native currently has 307 career stops
• 0.44 — Quarterback sacks allowed per game by Duke this season, an av¬erage which ranks first in the nation ... The Blue Devils have attempted 325 passes while allowing just four sacks to surrender one sack per every 81.25 passes
• +9 — Duke's turnover margin on the season, a total which leads the ACC ... The Blue Devils have forced 15 turn¬overs (5 FR & 10 INT) while losing six possessions on two fumbles and four thrown interceptions
• 280 — Duke all-time record total points for K Ross Martin ... With nine points on one FG & 6 PATs against Tulane, Martin surpassed K Sims Lenhardt (240 points; 1996-99) as the school's career scoring leader ... Martin has 142 PATs & 46 FGs in 36 career games ... Martin currently ranks 28th on the ACC's all-time scor¬ing chart
#GoDuke
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