Duke Beat Wake Forest 49-32 On Saturday In Durham Then Learned They're Going To Be Playing Virginia For Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Saturday December 6, 2025 In Charlotte
Duke beat Wake Forest 49-32 on Saturday in Durham.
Where?
On the gridiron!
In the 1st quarter Nate Sheppard who is a running back Nate Sheppard ran for 5 yard touchdown , Todd Pelino would kick, make extra point. Darian Mensah who is quarterback ran for 4 yard run , Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point putting Duke up 14-3. In the 2nd quarter Anderson Castle who is a senior a running back ran for 1 yard touchdown. Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point extending Duke’s lead 21-10 before Wake Forest responded as Karate Brunson caught 20 yard pass from quarterback Robby Ashford , Connor Calvert kicked, made extra point cutting Duke’s lead Wake Forest deficit 21-17 . In the 3rd quarter Duke scored a pair of touchdowns as Sahmir Hagans who is a senior a wide receiver caught 30 yard pass from Darian Mensah, Todd Pelino, kicked, made extra point extending lead to 28-17 before senior running back Anderson Castle ran for 2 yard touchdown, Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point extending Duke’s lead over Wake Forest 35-17 before Robby Ashford ran for 10 yards before running completing two point conversion. In 4th quarter Nate Sheppard who is a running back ran for 13 yard touchdown , Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point extending Duke’s lead 42-25 before Ty Clarke III yard run Connor Calvert kicked, made extra point trimming Duke’s lead Wake Forest deficit 42-32 before Jeremiah Hasley who junior tight end caught 11 yard pass from Darian Mensah making final score 49-32 Duke.
Following Duke beating Wake Forest 49-32 on Saturday in Durham Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz had this to say about his team!
I’m immensely proud of this football team,”In a way, I told them, I’m maybe even more proud of this team than last year’s team that won more games because of what this team went through, and what they had to overcome and how they had to stick together. “The game was about as we expected, I think kind of similar to our season. It was never going to be about perfection. It was going to be about persistence.
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article313097196.html
Following Duke beating Wake Forest 49-32 on Saturday in Durham Duke, Head Coach Manny Diaz learning Duke would be playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship on Saturday December 6, 2025 in Charlotte because following 21st ranked SMU scoring 21 unanswered California would knock-off SMU 38-35 as running back Kendrick Raphael would run for 2 yard touchdown , Chase Meyer would kick, make extra point.
Following Duke beating Wake Forest 49-32 on Saturday in Durham Duke linebacker Luke Margot concluded his press conference with Go Cal because if Cal won SMU lost which they did because as stated above following 21st ranked SMU scoring 21 unanswered California would knock-off SMU 38-35 as running back Kendrick Raphael would run for 2 yard touchdown , Chase Meyer would kick, make extra point.
Duke is now going to prepare for the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship on Saturday December 6, 2025 where they’re going to play Virginia who they already played once this season and lost on Saturday November 15, 2025 via a score of 34-17 because Duke was defensively , offensively dismal in 34-17 loss to then 19th in Durham.
Where?
On the gridiron!
Defensively Duke surrendered 34 points to 19th ranked Virginia four of those 34 points were touchdowns.
In 1st quarter tight Sage Ennis caught 12 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Chandler Morris, Will Bettridge kicked, made extra point extending 19th ranked Virginia lead over Duke 14-3. In the 3rd quarter Trell Harris who is wide receiver caught 20 yard pass from Chandler Morris , Will Bettridge kicked, made extra point extending Virginia’s lead over Duke 14-3 . In the 3rd quarter Terrell Harris who is a wide receiver caught 20 yard pass from Chandler Morris , Will Bettridge kicked, made extra point extending Virginia’s lead over Duke 24-3 before running back Jmari Taylor ran for 78 yard yard touchdown , Will Bettridge kicked, made extra point extending Virginia’s lead over Duke 31-3 . In the 4th quarter Duke finally got going offensively as wide receiver Cooper Barkate caught 11 yard pass from quarterback Darian Mensah, Todd Pelino kicked, made extra point before linebacker Tre Freeman returned an interception for touchdown.
According to espn app
Following Duke being defensively, offensively dismal 34-17 loss to 19th ranked Virginia Saturday in Durham Head Coach Manny Diaz had this to say about his teams performance his teams 34-17 loss to 19th ranked Virginia about how Virginia played offensively!
Very disappointing,”We were thoroughly outclassed in every category by Virginia.Give them full credit. I think that’s as well as they’ve played all year. I think their quarterback was outstanding and in control throughout the course of the game, coupled with one of the poorest performances of our season, offensively.”
It starts up front,”“We didn’t play to the level, if felt like, that we normally do up front, from the first play of the game being a sack, to our inability to run the football to constantly being in long-yard situations early on. “And then we were just off on our passing game. It didn’t look like us, didn’t look like how we’ve looked.”
We allowed them to make long drives, which keeps our offense out of rhythm and gives us fewer at-bats,”
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article312864144.html
Kick-off for the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship between Duke, Virginia is set for 8:00pm on Saturday from Bank Of America Stadium home of NFL’s Carolina Panthers!
The game is going to be televised on ABC!
Though,
Who is commentating the game is to be determined!