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12/27/2014 7:43:00 PM | Football
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• Senior wide receiver Jamison Crowder tied the ACC and Duke career reception records, reaching 283 total catches.
- Crowder caught seven passes against Arizona State to tie former Blue Devil Conner Vernon (2009-12/283 catches) for the all-time ACC and school records.
• Crowder finished the game with 102 receiving yards, lifting his career total to 3,641. He will finish third on the ACC career chart. Vernon is second in league history and owns the Duke all-time record with 3,749 yards while Florida State's Rashad Greene has the ACC mark with 3,771 yards.
• Crowder finished the season with 1,044 receiving yards, joining former Blue Devil Clarkston Hines (1987-89) as the only ACC players with three 1,000-yard seasons.
- In 2014, Crowder turned in the ninth 1,000-yard season in Duke history.
• Crowder's 102 yards gave him his 16th career 100-yard performance, the second most in ACC and school history, behind only Hines' 17 such contests.
• Crowder extended his consecutive games streak with two or more receptions to 41. The mark is the second longest streak among active NCAA receivers, trailing only East Carolina's Justin Hardy, who owns 48 consecutive games with two or more receptions.
• Crowder's seven receptions pushed his season total to 85, tied for the second most in a year in Duke history. He set the school's single-season record in 2013 with 108 catches.
• Crowder finished with 173 all-purpose yards against ASU to move up to fourth on the ACC career all-purpose chart with 5,575 yards. Clemson's C.J. Spiller (2006-09) holds the league record with 7,588 all-purpose yards.
• Crowder returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. It was the first time Duke had returned a punt for a TD in a bowl game in program history.
• Crowder's 68 punt return yards are tied for the fourth most in Sun Bowl history. T.J. Porter (Pittsburgh/2008) owns the record with 86 yards.
• Redshirt senior quarterback Anthony Boone accounted for two touchdowns to lift his career total to 54, the sixth most in Duke history.
- His 24 TDs accounted for in 2014 are tied for the fourth most in a year by a Blue Devil.
• Boone's 222 yards of total offense lifted his career total to 6,589 yards, good for the sixth most in Duke history.
• Boone's two touchdown pass lifted his season total to 19, tied for the seventh most in a year in program history.
• Boone's 15 completions gave him 255 for the season, the eighth most in a year in program history.
• Sophomore Johnell Barnes caught his first touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 14-yard pass from Boone.
• Junior running back Shaquille Powell finished with a career-high 169 all-purpose yards.
• Powell finished with a personal-best 117 rushing yards. The total is the third most in a bowl game in Duke history, behind Steve Lach's 124 yards (1942 Rose Bowl) and George Clark's 123 yards (1945 Sugar Bowl).
• The performance was Powell's first career 100-yard rushing game.
• Powell made a season-long 32-yard reception in the second quarter and ended with a personal-best 52 receiving yards.
• Freshman Shaun Wilson rushed for eight yards and finished his rookie campaign with 598 yards, the second most by a Duke freshman running back. B.J. Hill (1998) owns the record with 798 yards.
• Wilson finished the season averaging 7.67 yards per rush, the highest mark for any Duke running back who had at least 75 carries.
• Senior linebacker David Helton tallied nine tackles, including six assists.
- He entered the game ranked second among active FBS players in career assisted tackles with 215.
- Helton began the contest leading the ACC and ranked 15th in the nation in tackles per game this season with 10.42.
• Helton's nine tackles increased his career total to 347, the 10th most in program history. Mike Junkin (1983-86) owns the Duke record with 513 stops.
• Helton's nine tackles gave him 134 this season, tied for the 14th most in a year in program history. Junkin holds the single-season mark with 188 stops in 1986.
• Redshirt sophomore safety DeVon Edwards finished with a team-high 14 tackles and recorded double-digit tackles for the ninth time in his career and six out of the last seven games this season.
• Edwards forced his fifth fumble of the campaign with a second-quarter sack. Edwards' five forced fumbles are tied for the second most in a year in Duke history. David Hawkins owns the record with six forced fumbles in 1994.
• Edwards finished with 135 kickoff return yards, the most in Hyundai Sun Bowl history.
- Edwards' five returns tied the Hyundai Sun Bowl record.
• Junior kicker Ross Martin, the Duke career PAT record holder, converted four PATs and has made 110 consecutive PATs, extending his school record. Will Snyderwine (2009-11) held the previous high for consecutive PATs with 84.
- Martin's extra points lifted his season total to 50, the second most in a single season in Duke history. Martin owns the single-season record with 58 PATs in 2013.
- Martin's extra points also gave him 154 in his career, the eighth most in ACC history. Chandler Catanzaro (Clemson/2010-13) owns the record with 203 PATs.
• Martin made one field goal to bring his season total to 19, the third most in a year in program history. Snyderwine owns the single-season record with 21 field goals in 2010 while Martin had 20 in 2012.
• Martin has scored at least one point in 40 straight games.
• Senior offensive lineman Laken Tomlinson started his 52nd straight game, tied for the longest streak among active NCAA FBS linemen.
TEAM NOTES
• Duke scored 31 points to lift its season total to 421, good for the second most in a year in program history.
- Of the five highest scoring seasons at Duke, three have come under Cutcliffe.
• The Blue Devils' 14 points in the second quarter marked the third-highest scoring quarter for Duke in bowl history. Duke scored 24 in the second quarter against Texas A&M in the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl and 16 in the first quarter versus Cincinnati of the 2012 Belk Bowl.
• The Blue Devils averaged 32.38 points per game, surpassing the 30.00 or more points per game for the third straight year, and just the sixth time in program history.
• Duke gained 400 yards in the contest to end the season averaging 398.31 yards per game.
- Duke just missed having its third consecutive season averaging 400.00 or more yards per game, a feat accomplished just one other time by Duke, from 1987-89.
• The Blue Devils reached 5,178 yards of total offense for the season, surpassing the 5,000-yard mark for the third straight season, a first in program history.
- The only time Duke had even consecutive 5,000-yard campaigns was 1988-89.
• Duke threw for 235 yards, surpassing the 200-yard plateau in three consecutive games for the first time this season.
• With 165 ground yards against Arizona State, Duke finished the year averaging 181.85 rushing yards a contest, its highest average since gaining 198.64 yards per game in 1977.
• Duke had just seven fumbles lost this season, the second fewest in program history. The 1994 squad finished with four fumbles lost.
• The Blue Devils threw eight interceptions this season, the fewest since 1943 and tied for the third fewest in program history. This year's team trailed only the 1939 (three) and 1938 (six) squads in picks thrown.
• Duke allowed opponents to score 21.76 points per game this season, the fifth-best mark in program history. The 1977 group owns the mark with 20.09 points per game surrendered.
• The Blue Devils recorded 3.0 sacks, giving the squad 17.0 in the last five games.
• Duke tallied 4.0 tackles for loss, lifting the team's total to 30.0 in the last five games.
• The Blue Devils forced two fumbles. It was the third time in the last four games Duke had caused two or more fumbles.
• Duke allowed zero punt return yards to Arizona State. In the last eight games, foes totaled just eight punt return yards.
- The Blue Devils entered the game ranked third among FBS programs in punt return yards allowed with 2.06.
• Senior wide receiver Jamison Crowder tied the ACC and Duke career reception records, reaching 283 total catches.
- Crowder caught seven passes against Arizona State to tie former Blue Devil Conner Vernon (2009-12/283 catches) for the all-time ACC and school records.
• Crowder finished the game with 102 receiving yards, lifting his career total to 3,641. He will finish third on the ACC career chart. Vernon is second in league history and owns the Duke all-time record with 3,749 yards while Florida State's Rashad Greene has the ACC mark with 3,771 yards.
• Crowder finished the season with 1,044 receiving yards, joining former Blue Devil Clarkston Hines (1987-89) as the only ACC players with three 1,000-yard seasons.
- In 2014, Crowder turned in the ninth 1,000-yard season in Duke history.
• Crowder's 102 yards gave him his 16th career 100-yard performance, the second most in ACC and school history, behind only Hines' 17 such contests.
• Crowder extended his consecutive games streak with two or more receptions to 41. The mark is the second longest streak among active NCAA receivers, trailing only East Carolina's Justin Hardy, who owns 48 consecutive games with two or more receptions.
• Crowder's seven receptions pushed his season total to 85, tied for the second most in a year in Duke history. He set the school's single-season record in 2013 with 108 catches.
• Crowder finished with 173 all-purpose yards against ASU to move up to fourth on the ACC career all-purpose chart with 5,575 yards. Clemson's C.J. Spiller (2006-09) holds the league record with 7,588 all-purpose yards.
• Crowder returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. It was the first time Duke had returned a punt for a TD in a bowl game in program history.
• Crowder's 68 punt return yards are tied for the fourth most in Sun Bowl history. T.J. Porter (Pittsburgh/2008) owns the record with 86 yards.
• Redshirt senior quarterback Anthony Boone accounted for two touchdowns to lift his career total to 54, the sixth most in Duke history.
- His 24 TDs accounted for in 2014 are tied for the fourth most in a year by a Blue Devil.
• Boone's 222 yards of total offense lifted his career total to 6,589 yards, good for the sixth most in Duke history.
• Boone's two touchdown pass lifted his season total to 19, tied for the seventh most in a year in program history.
• Boone's 15 completions gave him 255 for the season, the eighth most in a year in program history.
• Sophomore Johnell Barnes caught his first touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 14-yard pass from Boone.
• Junior running back Shaquille Powell finished with a career-high 169 all-purpose yards.
• Powell finished with a personal-best 117 rushing yards. The total is the third most in a bowl game in Duke history, behind Steve Lach's 124 yards (1942 Rose Bowl) and George Clark's 123 yards (1945 Sugar Bowl).
• The performance was Powell's first career 100-yard rushing game.
• Powell made a season-long 32-yard reception in the second quarter and ended with a personal-best 52 receiving yards.
• Freshman Shaun Wilson rushed for eight yards and finished his rookie campaign with 598 yards, the second most by a Duke freshman running back. B.J. Hill (1998) owns the record with 798 yards.
• Wilson finished the season averaging 7.67 yards per rush, the highest mark for any Duke running back who had at least 75 carries.
• Senior linebacker David Helton tallied nine tackles, including six assists.
- He entered the game ranked second among active FBS players in career assisted tackles with 215.
- Helton began the contest leading the ACC and ranked 15th in the nation in tackles per game this season with 10.42.
• Helton's nine tackles increased his career total to 347, the 10th most in program history. Mike Junkin (1983-86) owns the Duke record with 513 stops.
• Helton's nine tackles gave him 134 this season, tied for the 14th most in a year in program history. Junkin holds the single-season mark with 188 stops in 1986.
• Redshirt sophomore safety DeVon Edwards finished with a team-high 14 tackles and recorded double-digit tackles for the ninth time in his career and six out of the last seven games this season.
• Edwards forced his fifth fumble of the campaign with a second-quarter sack. Edwards' five forced fumbles are tied for the second most in a year in Duke history. David Hawkins owns the record with six forced fumbles in 1994.
• Edwards finished with 135 kickoff return yards, the most in Hyundai Sun Bowl history.
- Edwards' five returns tied the Hyundai Sun Bowl record.
• Junior kicker Ross Martin, the Duke career PAT record holder, converted four PATs and has made 110 consecutive PATs, extending his school record. Will Snyderwine (2009-11) held the previous high for consecutive PATs with 84.
- Martin's extra points lifted his season total to 50, the second most in a single season in Duke history. Martin owns the single-season record with 58 PATs in 2013.
- Martin's extra points also gave him 154 in his career, the eighth most in ACC history. Chandler Catanzaro (Clemson/2010-13) owns the record with 203 PATs.
• Martin made one field goal to bring his season total to 19, the third most in a year in program history. Snyderwine owns the single-season record with 21 field goals in 2010 while Martin had 20 in 2012.
• Martin has scored at least one point in 40 straight games.
• Senior offensive lineman Laken Tomlinson started his 52nd straight game, tied for the longest streak among active NCAA FBS linemen.
TEAM NOTES
• Duke scored 31 points to lift its season total to 421, good for the second most in a year in program history.
- Of the five highest scoring seasons at Duke, three have come under Cutcliffe.
• The Blue Devils' 14 points in the second quarter marked the third-highest scoring quarter for Duke in bowl history. Duke scored 24 in the second quarter against Texas A&M in the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl and 16 in the first quarter versus Cincinnati of the 2012 Belk Bowl.
• The Blue Devils averaged 32.38 points per game, surpassing the 30.00 or more points per game for the third straight year, and just the sixth time in program history.
• Duke gained 400 yards in the contest to end the season averaging 398.31 yards per game.
- Duke just missed having its third consecutive season averaging 400.00 or more yards per game, a feat accomplished just one other time by Duke, from 1987-89.
• The Blue Devils reached 5,178 yards of total offense for the season, surpassing the 5,000-yard mark for the third straight season, a first in program history.
- The only time Duke had even consecutive 5,000-yard campaigns was 1988-89.
• Duke threw for 235 yards, surpassing the 200-yard plateau in three consecutive games for the first time this season.
• With 165 ground yards against Arizona State, Duke finished the year averaging 181.85 rushing yards a contest, its highest average since gaining 198.64 yards per game in 1977.
• Duke had just seven fumbles lost this season, the second fewest in program history. The 1994 squad finished with four fumbles lost.
• The Blue Devils threw eight interceptions this season, the fewest since 1943 and tied for the third fewest in program history. This year's team trailed only the 1939 (three) and 1938 (six) squads in picks thrown.
• Duke allowed opponents to score 21.76 points per game this season, the fifth-best mark in program history. The 1977 group owns the mark with 20.09 points per game surrendered.
• The Blue Devils recorded 3.0 sacks, giving the squad 17.0 in the last five games.
• Duke tallied 4.0 tackles for loss, lifting the team's total to 30.0 in the last five games.
• The Blue Devils forced two fumbles. It was the third time in the last four games Duke had caused two or more fumbles.
• Duke allowed zero punt return yards to Arizona State. In the last eight games, foes totaled just eight punt return yards.
- The Blue Devils entered the game ranked third among FBS programs in punt return yards allowed with 2.06.
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