Duke Topped Northwestern 31-23 Saturday! Mike Elko Acquired His First Road Win As Duke's Head Coach As Jaylen Stinson Forced Evan Hull Fumble , Brandon Johnson Recovered Evan Hull Fumble

Duke topped Northwestern 31-23 Saturday! Mike Elko acquired his first road win as Head Coach Of Duke as Jaylen Stinson forced fumble Evan Hall fumble on 1 yard line. Brandon Johnson recovered Evan Hull fumble.

Where?

1 Yard Line in Evanston Illinois!

Before that  jumped ed out to a quick 21-0 edge following a rushing score by redshirt junior Jaylen Coleman and two from Waters.

• Northwestern found the end zone midway through the second quarter after a six-yard rushing score by Hull, cutting into the Duke advantage at 21-7.

• The home side then added a 34-yard field goal with 30 seconds left in the half to pull within 21-10 at the break.

• With two minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Wildcats rushed in from 39-yards out to bring them within 21-16 … Northwestern failed its two-point conversion attempt.

• The Blue Devils responded with an eight-play, 77-yard touchdown drive, capped by an eight-yard reception by sophomore Jordan Moore to extend their lead to 28-16.

• The Wildcats answered with a 14-yard catch-and-score to cut the edge down to 28-23 with 5:49 remaining.

• Duke was forced to punt on its ensuing drive, but Johnson intercepted Northwestern quarterback Ryan Hilinski at the Wildcats' 25-yard line to hand the Blue Devils good field positions with under four-and-a-half minutes left to play.

• Redshirt junior Charlie Ham would convert on an 18-yard field goal for Duke to extend the lead to eight points.

• Northwestern would try to counter on its final drive, but Johnson's fumble recovery would secure the win for the visitors.

• Saturday's game marked the second consecutive in which Duke scored a touchdown on its opening drive … the Blue Devils are now 12-1 since 2017 when that happens.

• Coleman's 16-yard rushing score was the second touchdown of his career.

• Waters earned his first career multi-score game after scampering in from 42- and 3-yards out.

• Leonard and Pancol connected on an 81-yard reception at the end of the first quarter which set up Waters' second touchdown of the game … both the pass and reception were career highs.

• For the second-straight game, Leonard surpasses 200 yards passing.

• Joiner's 14 tackles marked the 11th time the Roanoke, Ala., native recorded double-digit tackles.

• Stinson finished with a career-high 11 tackles for his first double-digit tackle performance.

• Heyward posted 2.0 tackles for loss to pull within one of breaking into Duke's top 15.

  “According to goduke.com”

  After Duke’s 31-23 over Northwestern Brandon Johnson who recovered Evan Hall’s fumble had this to say. I was in a position to make plays for my team. So I was thinking about winning the game. I thought about that play helping my team win the game.

  “According to Stephen Wiseman’s article on newsobersever .com”

  Duke is now going to prepare to host NC A&T on Saturday in Durham.

  Duke, NC A&T are going to kickoff at 6:00pm from Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium!

  The game is going to be televised on ACC Network Extra, ESPN+!