Duke Sustained First Loss Of The 2026 Season At Georgia Tech Because Gavin Strange Missed Field Goal To Force Overtime Following Georgia Tech Taking 28-25 Lead On Trelain Maddox Touchdown
Coming into the Duke, Georgia Tech game Saturday in Atlanta Duke was undefeated had a record of 4-0.
Duke is undefeated no more though they came back to take 25-21 lead on running back Nate Sheppard’s 5 yard rushing touchdown Gavin Strange kicked, made extra point Saturday putting Duke ahead 25-21 with 6:34 remaining in 4th quarter Duke sustained first loss of the season because Gavin Strange missed field goal to force overtime following Georgia Tech taking 28-25 lead on Trelain Maddox touchdown.
Gavin Strange was taking the place of Cosme Salas because of undisclosed injury.
Before Duke lost to Georgia Tech in regulation 28-25 Jordan Allen who is running back caught 5 yard pass from Alberto Mendoza who is quarterback putting Georgia Tech ahead 7-0 before Duke evened the score 7-7 with touchdown of their own with Nate Sheppard running for 5 yard touchdown before Trevor Maddox would run for 5 yard touchdown Aidan Burr would kick, make extra point giving Georgia Tech the lead 14-7 before Duke would respond with Gavin Strange kicking , making 35 yard field goal getting Duke within 14-10 in 2nd quarter. In 3rd quarter Trelain Maddox would run for 60 yard touchdown Aiden Burr would kick, make extra point extending Georgia Tech’s lead over Duke 21-10 in 3rd quarter before Duke would respond with a touchdown of their own by Jared Richardson who is wide receiver from Walker Eget who is quarterback Walker Eget would pass to Jonah Burton who is wide receiver to complete two point conversion getting Duke within 21-18 of Georgia Tech.
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Following Duke sustaining first loss of the 2026 season at Georgia Tech Saturday Head Coach Manny Diaz shared his thoughts by saying it was two teams going after one another we kind of felt like the game would come down to the last play of the game it did, and unfortunately that play didn’t go our way.
You can’t really learn about yourself until your in that situation down 11 the way our guys battled the way we believed we could win a football game the drives we made , the individual efforts some of the plays Walker Eget made were big time plays.
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Head Coach Manny Diaz wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts following Duke’s 28-25 loss at Georgia Tech as Nate Sheppard who is running back who scored a touchdown did as well saying We have a lot of resilience. We show a lot of toughness and a lot of effort even when playing from behind.
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article317491386.html
Duke is now to prepare to host their tobacco road rival on Saturday October 17, 2026 when they host North Carolina who unlike Duke won their previous Atlantic Coast Conference game on Saturday October 10, 2026 21-17 at 25th Pittsburgh handing Pittsburgh their first loss of the season as they’re now 5-1. As North Carolina handed Pittsburgh its first loss of 2026 season Shamar Easter who is tight end caught 75 yard pass from Billy Edwards Jr. , Rece Verhoff kicked, made extra point putting North Carolina ahead of Pittsburgh 21-17 with 12:36 remaining in regulation. Before North Carolina could hand Pittsburgh its first loss of the season. La’vell Wright who is running back ran for 2 yard touchdown Antonio Chandha kicked, made extra point putting Pittsburgh ahead 7-0 in the 1st quarter Antonio Chandha kicked, made 41 yard field goal extending Pittsburgh lead over North Carolina 10-0 in 2nd quarter before North Carolina got on scoreboard as Jelani Thurman who is wide receiver caught 7 yard pass from Billy Edwards Jr. Rece Verhoff kicked, made extra point getting North Carolina on scoreboard at 10-7. In the 3rd quarter Demon June who is running back ran for 1 yard touchdown , Rece Verhoff kicked, made extra point giving North Carolina the lead for the first time at 14-10. In the 4th Pittsburgh would respond with La ‘Vell Wright running for 1 yard touchdown Antonio Chadha kicking making extra point putting Pittsburgh in front again.
Following North Carolina ‘s 21-17 win at Pittsburgh Saturday Bill Belichick shared his thoughts by saying We have to take better care of the ball.
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Bill Belichick wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts as Billy Edwards Jr. did as well by saying Bill Belichick made an emphases of we’re a faster team so we need to show that , we need to play like that . And I think that play encapsulated a lot what he said in meeting this week.
According to Michael McCleary News & Observer article!https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article317404257.html
Kick-off is set for 3:30pm from Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN 2!
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Who is commentating the game is to be determined!