9/9/2017 5:30:00 AM | Football
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| Duke (1-0, 0-0 ACC) vs Northwestern (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten) |
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| When: Sept. 9 | 12:00 PM (EST) | ||||||||||||
| Where: Wallace Wade Stadium | ||||||||||||
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Duke (1-0, 0-0 ACC) vs Northwestern (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten)
September 9, 2017 • 12 pm • ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. • Wallace Wade Stadium (40,004 • Natural grass)
• Now in its 105th season of football, Duke hosts Northwestern on September 9 at 12 noon ... The game will be broadcast live by ESPNU with Mike Couzens (play-by-play) & John Congemi (analyst) • The Blue Devils are 1-0 following their season-opening 60-7 win over N.C. Central ... The Wildcats are 1-0 after downing Nevada, 31-20
• Saturday's game will mark the 19th on the gridiron between Duke and Northwestern, with the Wildcats leading the series, 10-8 ... Northwestern has won three straight, including last year's 24-13 decision in Evanston ... The series dates back to 1985 ... After Duke won seven of the first nine meetings, Northwestern has won eight of the last nine • Duke will celebrate Youth Day and Durham Day versus the Wildcats
• Now in his 10th season as Duke's head coach, David Cutcliffe is 53-61 with the Blue Devils and 97-90 overall ... Cutcliffe earned ACC Coach of the Year honors in both 2012 & 2013
• Duke owns an all-time record of 497511-31 in 104 seasons
• Dating back to the 2013 season, the Blue Devils are 29-16 in their last 45 regular season games
• The Blue Devils enter the Northwestern tilt having won 19 of their last 25 games against non-ACC opponents • Under head coach David Cutcliffe, the Blue Devils are 30-5 when allowing 20 points or less • Last week, RB Brittain Brown (10120) was one of four freshmen nationally to rush for 120+ yards, joining Ohio State's J.K. Dobbins (29-181), Connecticut's Nate Hopkins (20-130) and Arkansas' Chase Hayden (14-120)
• A total of 10 true freshmen played in Duke's season-opening triumph over N.C. Central: S Michael Carter II, OG Rakavius Chambers, DE Victor Dimukeje, K Jack Driggers, TE Noah Gray, DE Drew Jordan, RB Deon Jackson, DT Axel Nyembwe, DT Derrick Tangelo and S Marquis Waters
• Duke QB Daniel Jones enters the Northwestern contest with an active streak of 198 consecutive pass attempts without an interception ... The streak is currently the longest nationally and stands as the second best stretch in school history ... Thaddeus Lewis owns the Duke standard with 206 straight throws without an interception spanning the 2006-07 seasons • Duke RB Shaun Wilson is the only active player nationally with TDs of 80+ yards via rush, reception & return • 85-yard rush vs. Indiana, 2015 • 89-yard reception vs. N.C. Central, 2015 • 98-yard KOR vs. Indiana, 2015 • 96-yard KOR vs. Notre Dame, 2016
• Elected by their teammates, four returning starters will serve as team captains for the 2017 campaign: C Austin Davis, CB Bryon Fields Jr., QB Daniel Jones and DT Mike Ramsay
• Next week, Duke hosts Baylor at 12:30 p.m. on RSN
3 — Career interception returns for TDs for CB Bryon Fields Jr. ... The scores came against Tulane (2014), Pittsburgh (2016) and N.C. Central (2017) as Fields joins Wyatt Smith (1988-91) and John Talley (2003-06) as the only three players in Duke history with three INT returns for TDs
12:1 — TD-to-INT ratio for QB Daniel Jones over his last eight games dating back to the 2016 season
3.5 — Tackles for loss resulting in minus-20 yards for DE Tre Hornbuckle in the season-opener against N.C. Central
14.35 — Recorded time for S Jeremy McDuffie in the 110-meter hurdles to earn all-league honors at the 2017 ACC Track & Field Championship meet ... McDuffie also garnered All-ACC accolades in the triple jump
48-4 — Duke's record under David Cutcliffe when leading or tied after three quarters of action
4 — Career rushing TDs of 50+ yards for RB Shaun Wilson to rank tied for first in school history along with George Clark (1944-47) & Jay Wilkinson (1961-63)
12 — Fourth quarter & OT wins for the Blue Devils over the past five seasons (games in which Duke was tied or trailing in the fourth period)
14 — Nation's-best AFCA Academic Achievement Awards earned by Duke
1,992 — Career snaps played by OT Gabe Brandner, Duke's most experienced offensive lineman
213 — Combined tackles in 2016 for LBs Joe Giles-Harris (107) and Ben Humphreys (106)
120 — Rushing yards on 10 attempts for rookie RB Brittain Brown last week against N.C. Central to become the first Blue Devil since Desmond Scott in 2009 to record 100+ ground yards in a collegiate debut
3,308 — Career all-purpose yards for RB Shaun Wilson, who sits 692 yards shy of becoming the eighth player in Duke history to reach the 4,000-yard plateau
5 — Games with 10+ tackles in 2016 for LB Joe Giles-Harris, who finished with a team-high 107 stops to rank fourth nationally among freshmen in total tackles ... Giles-Harris carded a season-best 16 tackles in Duke's 2827 upset win over No. 15 North Carolina on November 10
5-6 — Duke's all-time record in OT games
