Nate Sheppard Throwing Touchdown To Brody Keefe Helped Duke Knock-Off Virginia 19-16 Friday Night In Charlottesville
In 2026 season Duke sophomore running back Nate Sheppard has 153 carries for 875 yards 9 touchdowns.
On Friday night against Virginia in Duke’s 19-16 win over Virginia in Charlottesville Nate Sheppard had a touchdown in a different way as Nate Sheppard threw 28 yard pass to Brody O Keefe who is wide receiver though the extra point by Gavin Strange failed in 4th quarter.
Before Duke knocked-off Nate Sheppard ran for 32 yard touchdown , Gavin Strange kicked, made extra point putting Duke ahead 7-0 before Jekail Middlebrook who is a running back ran for 1 yard touchdown Will Bettridge kicked, made extra point evening score 7-7 . In the 2nd quarter Will Bettridge kicked, made 21 yard field goal to put Virginia ahead 10-7 before making yet another field goal this time from 32 yards putting Virginia up 10-7 13-7 . In 3rd quarter Gavin Strange kicked 39 yard field goal to get Duke within 13-10 . In 4th quarter Gavin Strange kicked, made 39 yard field goal evening score 13-13 before Virginia took 16-13 on Will Bettridge 30 yard field goal.
Before that Walker Eget Duke’s starting quarterback injured his throwing hand in 1st quarter though he eventually returned to the game after the training staff taped his fingers promoting Head Coach Manny Diaz to say this about Dan Mahan who tookover for Walker Eget saying I thought Dan did a heckuva job when he was in there and showed a lot of toughness . But Walker was ripping it at halftime and that kid has been through so much that the idea he was not going to get back on the field and give it the ol college try wasn’t going to happen.
With Duke’s 19-16 win at Virginia Friday night Duke improved their record to 5-2 overall 2-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.
According to https://theacc.com/standings.aspx?path=football
Following Nate Sheppard throwing touchdown to Brody Keefe helping Duke knock-off Virginia 19-16 Friday night in Charlottesville Duke starting quarterback Walker Eget shared his thoughts on Nate Sheppard throwing touchdown by saying What can Nate not do to be honest . He can run he can throw he can catch . Even if you think you can stop him you still can’t stop him. He can do anything.
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Walker Eget wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts on Duke knocking off Virginia 19-16 as Head Coach Manny Diaz did as well by saying tonight our guys found a way to finish . When Virginia goes kicks a field goal it would be easy to say oh here it is again . For our offense to go 75 yards for touchdown then our defense to go out and seal it with an interception is just the definition of a great team ball. Great to finish . Need this big for our confidence going forward . Everybody we play , it’s probably going to be like this too . It’s just a way of life in our conference and I’m just glad our guys found a way to finish tonight . About the double pass? Great call a great time . Sometimes you need things like that in those type of situations because Virginia their defense is outstanding . They make it hard on you for so many reasons .
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer articlehttps://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article317682297.html
Duke is now going to prepare to host Boston College on Saturday October 31, 2026 While Boston College plays at Georgia Tech Saturday October 24, 2026 at 3:30pm before Boston College travels to Duke on Saturday October 31, 2026.
Kick-off for Duke, Boston College on Saturday October 31. 2026 is set for noon!
The game is going to be televised on CW Sports!
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Who is commentating the game is to be determined!