Duke Sustained Its First Atlantic Coast Conference Loss Of 2025 Season What Was A 27-18 Loss To 12th Ranked Georgia Tech Saturday In Durham
Coming into Duke’s Saturday game when opposing 12th ranked Georgia Tech Duke had a record of 3-0!
Duke was going sustain their first Atlantic Coast Conference loss of the 2025 season at some point. The question though was when?
The when came Saturday when Duke sustained it’s first Atlantic Coast Conference loss what was a 27-18 loss to 12th ranked Georgia Tech in Durham because Omar Daniels returned a fumble 95 yards for touchdown, Aidan Burr kicked, made extra point giving Georgia Tech a 7-0 lead in 1st quarter before Duke evened the the score at 7-7 with quarterback Darian Mensah making 20 yard pass from tight end Landon King for touchdown Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point in 2nd quarter. In the 3rd quarter Duke took a 10-7 lead on Todd Pelino kicking, making 23 yard field goal. From there though Georgia Tech would continue to extend their lead over Duke in 4th quarter 13-10 , 20-10 , 27-10 as as Aiden Burr would kick, make 23 yard field goal running back Malachi Hosely would run for 10 yard touchdown, Aiden Burr would kick, make extra point as quarterback Haynes King would run for 28 yard touchdown. Aiden Burr would kick, make extra point before Duke would have the final say as wide receiver Sahmir Hagans would catch 19 yard pass from quarterback Darian Mensah to wide receiver Cooper Barkate. Though, it wouldn’t be enough as Duke would sustain it’s first Atlantic Coast Conference loss of the season.
With the 27-18 loss to 12th ranked Georgia Tech Saturday in Durham Duke is now 4-3 overall 3-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is fifth in the standings
Following Duke’s 27-18 loss to 12th ranked Georgia Tech Saturday in Durham Head Coach Manny Diaz had this to say about the game between Duke, Georgia Tech!
We knew it was going to come down to a four-quarter game,”“When you boss a game like we did for the first 37 minutes of the game and only have a three-point lead, at some point a team as good as Tech is going to have a response. “When they responded, they were able to take game control. They were able to respond with the kind of red-zone efficiency that we didn’t.”
I think it was a game of two of the best teams in this league, and when two really good teams play against each other, it’s not hard to figure out what’s going to decide it,”Giving away seven points on a scoop and score, and then with our issues in the red zone, you’re not going to beat a team as good as Tech.
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article312486211.html
Duke has a second bye week before returning to the gridiron traveling to Clemson South Carolina to oppose Clemson on Saturday November 1, 2025 b who like them has a bye week this upcoming week is coming off a loss a 35-24 loss to SMU where in the 2nd quarter wide receiver TJ Moore caught 32 yard pass from quarterback Christopher Vizzina who was taking the place of quarterback Cade Klubnik who was sidelined with ankle injury he sustained when Clemson was opposing Boston College, Nolan Hauser kicked, made extra point getting Clemson on scoreboard at 10-7. In the 3rd quarter Clemson got within two points of SMU at 16-14 as TJ Moore caught 62 yard pass from Christopher Vizzina, Nolan Hauser kicked, made extra point before SMU would extend their lead once again on Clemson this 23-14 as running back Derrick McFall would run for 35 yard touchdown , Sam Keltner would kick, make extra point before Nolan Hauser would kick, make 28 yard field goal cutting into SMU lead getting Clemson within 23-17. In the 4th quarter Triston Smith would catch 29 yard pass from quarterback Christopher Vizzina, Nolan Hauser would kick, make extra point trimming Clemson’s deficit into SMU lead 29-24 before SMU would end up winning 35-24 as Chris Johnson Jr. who is running back would run for 6 yards before SMU would fail to complete two point conversion. Though, SMU would fail to complete two point conversion though SMU would end up winning the game 35-24 over Clemson Saturday in Clemson South Carolina.
Following Clemson’s 35-24 loss to SMU Saturday in Clemson South Carolina Head Coach Dabo Swinney had this to say!
We hopefully have earned some creditability around here referring to two National Championships as well as nine ACC Titles . There’s been a lot of great years , a lot of great years . But this one. (2025) is a tough one.
According to article by ESPN News Services
How tough?
Clemson is 3-4 overall 2-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is 10th in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.
The time Duke, Clemson is going to kickoff from Memorial Stadium what channel the game is going to be televised on is to be determined !