Duke, NC State Tobacco Road Opponents, Teams Are Opposing Each Other Saturday Afternoon In Durham
29 miles is the distance that separates the campuses of Duke University, NC State University!
Duke, NC State tobacco road opponents, teams are opposing each other Saturday afternoon in Durham.
Where?
On the gridiron!
Duke comes into the game with NC State record 1-2 overall 0-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is thirteenth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they have yet to play an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent because they lost two straight games including sustaining a 34-27 loss to Tulane in New Orleans a week ago today because Todd Pelino missed 44 yard field following penalties, fumbled snap.
Duke’s defense let Tulane starting quarterback Jake Retzlaff score four touchdowns!
Jake Retzlaff first touchdown was a 19 yard rushing touchdown, Patrick Durkin kicked, made extra point giving Tulane a 7-0 lead in 1st quarter before Jake Retzlaff ran for 6 yard touchdown , Patrick Durkin kicked, made extra point extending Tulane’s lead 14-0 in 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter Jake Retzlaff ran for 20 yard run , Patrick Durkin kicked, made extra point extending Tulane’s lead over Duke 21-3. In the 3rd quarter Jake Retzlaff ran for 11 yard run , Patrick Durkin kicked, made extra point extending Tulane’s over Duke 31-16.
Though,
The final score would end up being 34-27 because Nate Sheppard would catch 4 yard pass from Darian Mensah , Nate Sheppard would convert two point conversion trimming Duke’s deficit, Tulane’s lead 34-24 before Todd Pelino would kick 47 yard field goal to get Duke within 34-27 though it wouldn’t be enough.
Following Duke’s 34-27 loss to Tulane Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz had this to say about Darian Mensah who was opposing his former team about his team opposing Tulane quarterback Jake Retzlaff
That was difficult for him,it about him but that’s a really, really difficult thing to do. “I thought Darian battled. I thought he played hard. It was difficult but I think he’ll learn a lot from this experience today.”
We let the quarterback dictate the game with his legs,”They had us on our heels early in the game, and then any response that we made they were able to counter or match
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article312019204.html
NC State comes into the game with Duke with record of 3-0 overall is 1-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is second in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they’ve won every game they’ve played to this point including Atlantic Coast Conference Thursday September 11, 2025 at Wake Forest 34-24 Though,
NC State, Wake Forest were tied at 24 in 3rd quarter Thursday night in Winston- Salem NC State went on to win 34-24 because Kanoah Vinesett kicked, made 38 yard field goal in 4th quarter. Before Kanoah Vinesett kicked, made 38 yard field goal in 4th quarter. Keenan Jackson who is wide receiver caught 12 yard pass from quarterback CJ Bailey , Kanoah Vinesett kicked, made extra point to give NC State 31-24 lead.
According to ESPN App
Following NC State’s 34-24 win over Wake Forest in Winston Salem Head Coach Dave Doeren had this to say about NC State’s chemistry!
We knew we needed to come together, and that was the thing last year’s team didn’t do,”
It was a major part of what I wanted in the off season; to create that chemistry on the team.”
I’ve been saying this for a long time to you guys, and you can see why, they’re just a bunch of good kids that work hard,”
Following NC State’s 34-24 win over Wake Forest in Winston Salem running back Hollywood Smothers had this to say about NC State!
We’re family here,”We believe in each other. We’re going to fight. We might bend, but we ain’t never going to break. We believe in the man next to each other. We knew the game wasn’t over.
We know what it takes to make plays. We’ve got a lot of grit and belief on this team. We’re family. We came back and got the job done.”
“They take coaching, they’re talented, and they’re bought in, you know? For me, it’s refreshing. It’s really refreshing. The whole team has a great vibe.”
According to Jadyn Watson Fisher News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article311999436.html
Kick off is set for 4:00pm from Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN2 with Mike Monaco , Kirk Morrison , Dawn Davenport commentating!
Mike Monaco is a versatile and accomplished play-by-play announcer for ESPN. Adept at calling a variety of sports, Monaco joined ESPN in 2019 and has called Major League Baseball, NHL, Little League World Series, basketball, college baseball, football, lacrosse, volleyball and softball events.
Prior to joining ESPN and the ACC Network, Monaco was with FOX Sports and the Big Ten Network from 2017-19, where he called football, hockey, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball and softball. Monaco also previously called college basketball for NBC Sports and four seasons of college basketball games at Western Michigan University.
In addition to his work with ESPN, Monaco also currently serves as the fill-in play-by-play announcer for Boston Red Sox broadcasts on NESN. He has also called games for the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox.
After initially filling in on Red Sox telecasts during the 2019 season, Monaco returned to NESN’s Red Sox booth in 2020, 2021 and 2022 for select spring training and regular-season games. He previously spent the 2017-19 seasons with the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox.
In college, Monaco interned with NESN during the 2012 Red Sox season, then served as a broadcaster in the Cape Cod Baseball League (2013 and 2014 seasons) and for the Chicago Cubs’ (2015) and San Diego Padres’ (2016) Single-A affiliates in the Midwest League.
Born and raised in Cohasset, Massachusetts, Monaco attended the University of Notre Dame. While in South Bend, he served as a play-by-play broadcaster, reporter and host for his alma mater, including on nationally syndicated Notre Dame football shows.
Former NFL linebacker Kirk Morrison currently serves as an analyst on ESPN and ABC’s college football coverage, alongside play-by-play commentator Mike Monaco and sideline reporter Dawn Davenport, as well as ESPN’s UFL coverage. Morrison is also the pre- and post-game radio host of the Los Angeles Rams on ESPNLA, and is a regular on Sirius NFL Radio. He is also a contributor to The Athletic, Bay Area, and a regular guest on sports talk radio shows across the country.
Morrison played for the Oakland Raiders for the first five years of his career, making his mark defensively immediately after being drafted in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Morrison registered 116 tackles and recovered two fumbles during his rookie campaign. Morrison was traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2010 and played there for one season. He signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent in 2011. After his retirement from the National Football League, Morrison transitioned to helping other NFL players experience the same post-NFL success he has enjoyed through his leadership role as a captain for the NFL Players Association Trust.
Morrison was born in Oakland, Calif. and attended Bishop O’Dowd High School. Morrison helped lead his high school team to two Northern California section 3A championships before accepting a scholarship to play football at San Diego State University. At SDSU, Morrison again asserted his dominance as a linebacker, becoming one of the most decorated football players in school history since Marshall Faulk. Morrison was a two-time All-American during his Aztec career, becoming the first Aztec to achieve that feat since Faulk (1991-1993).Dawn Davenport joined ESPN at the start of the 2013 college football season and currently serves as a sideline reporter for college football games on ESPN and ESPN2, as well as calling play-by-play for SEC Network volleyball.
In addition to her sideline duties, Davenport is Nashville’s first full-time female sports radio personality on 104.5 The Zone. She previously worked as a morning show anchor for WKRN-ABC in Nashville, Tenn. for nearly ten years. Prior to joining the three-hour morning news show, Davenport was an award-winning weekend sports anchor and reporter for the station.
Davenport started her career at WWAY-ABC Wilmington, N.C., and then at WRIC-ABC in Richmond, Va., where she was a part of a sports department that twice won the AP Award for Best Year-Round Sports Coverage. She also worked events for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and CSS Sports, Atlanta.
Born in Plano, Texas, Davenport was raised in Atlanta. An honors graduate from Auburn University in December 2002, she earned a degree in mass communications/radio, television, film. Davenport was a three-year letterwinner and a two-time SEC Academic All-American member on the volleyball team.
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