NDL: S30W1 - Duke (21) at Washington (29)
Huskies Win Season Opener in a Close One
Article By: The Duke Blue Devils traveled to Seattle to take on the Washington Huskies in the NDL season 30 season opener. This is the 3rd meeting of these teams all time, last playing in 1973 in a 23-21 Blue Devil victory. The Blue Devils were not able to come out with the win this time, however.
After a 3 and out opening drive from the Huskies, the Blue Devils were able to start off strong, capping off a long touchdown drive with a 4 yard pass to Sahmir hagans. The Blue Devil defense was once again able to get the Huskies off the field, but a great punt by Jack Mccalester pinned them deep. The Huskies were able to score their first points of the season off of a 31 yard pick 6 from CB Elijah Jackson. The first quarter ended in a 7-7 tie.
The second quarter was all Washington, with 2 touchdown drives capped off from their running backs. The first TD drive scored by true freshman running back Jordan Washington, the second scored by bellcow back Jonah Coleman. The Huskies were able to stop a late score from the Blue Devils before half, making it a 21-7 game.
Defenses dominated the third quarter. Tight coverage and disciplined tackling led to only one scoring drive by the Blue Devils off of a 11 yard run from Quard Boyd, making the score 21-14.
The Huskies started the 4th quarter with a 2 minute touchdown drive and a touchdown pass to senior receiver Giles Jackson. However, Grady Gross missed the PAT making the score 27-14. The Blue Devils were able to find more juice on offense, scoring on a 1 yard run from Jaquez moore. The Blue Devils were able to force a Husky punt with 2 minutes to go, however, once again, Jack Mccalester was able to pin the Blue Devils deep in their own territory. The Huskies blitzed, and were able to score a saftey, making the score 29-21. After wasting more clock, the huskies punted back to the Blue Devils with 40 seconds left to go. A Michael Esteen interception on the 2nd play sealed the game for the Huskies.
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Duke drops season opener at Washington
Article By: The Duke Blue Devils kicked off the season with an away game against the Washington Huskies. The Blue Devils force a punt from the Huskies on the opening drive and follow that up with a 9 play scoring drive to take a 7-0 lead in the first. Duke forces a second straight punt and the Washington special teams comes up big pinning Duke inside their own 5. Maalik Murphy tries to thread the needle on a 3rd and long and has the pass intercepted off a receivers hands and taken back for a game tying touchdown.
The very next drive a Washington defender cuts off a route and intercepts Murphy, leading to a go ahead TD for the Huskies. Dukes offense struggles to get anything going the rest of the first half while the Washington offense found the endzone one more time to take a 21-7 lead into halftime. The 3rd quarter was mostly all defense with a missed FG from Washington and then a late TD run from Duke RB Quran Boyd to cut the lead to 7 with 34 seconds left in the quarter.
Washington opens up the 4th quarter marching down the field for a TD followed by a missed extra point. The lead is 13 and Duke needing a quick score to make it a one possession game. They do just that, scoring a TD in under 2 minutes to cut the lead to 6. The Blue Devils get the stop they need on defense but yet again the Washington special teams comes up clutch downing the ball on the 3 yard line. The Huskies send a blitz and get home for a safety to make it an 8 point game.
Duke gets one more chance to go tie the game up getting the ball back with 1:40 left on the clock. Maalik Murphy ends up throwing his 3rd interception of the game to seal the victory for Washington. A tight game to the end and the Washington defense and special teams come up with some clutch plays to fend off the Blue Devils comeback attempt.
Solid game from both teams and Duke looks to bounce back next week with Oklahoma coming to town for their home opener.
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