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Duke Beat William & Mary Easily 62-7 On Saturday To Improve Record To 4-0 On 2026 Season

It was an easy win for Duke!

Duke scored 62 points against William &Mary in Durham Saturday!

In the 1st quarter Jayden Moore who is a running back caught 24 yard pass from Walker Eget, Cosme Salas kicked, made extra point putting Duke ahead 7-0 before Nate Sheppard who is running back ran for 19 yards for touchdown extending Duke’s lead 14-0 Cosme Salas kicked, made extra point. In 2nd quarter Cosme Salas kicked made 32 yard field goal extending Duke’s lead 17-7 before Kavon Simmons caught 29 yard pass from Dan Manhan , Cosme Salas extending Duke’s lead over William & Mary 17-7 before Javon Solommon who is wide receiver caught 29 yard pass from Dan Manhan, Cosme Salas kicked, made extra point extending Duke’s lead over William & Mary 31-7 Jared Richardson who is wide receiver caught 28 yard pass from Walker Eget, Cosme Salas kicked, made extra point extending Duke’s lead over William & Mary 38-7 before Duke extended their lead yet again this time 41-7 with Cosme Salas kicking, making 39 yard field goal extending Duke’s lead 48-7 in 3rd quarter before Brody Keefe who is wide receiver who caught 27 yard pass from Brody Keefe for touchdown Gavin Strange kicked, made extra point in 3rd quarter . In 4th quarter Jayvian Tanelus who is running back caught 4 yard run. Gavin Strange kicked, made extra point extending Duke’s lead over William &Mary 55-7 before CJ Givers caught 28 Yard run . Gavin Strange kicked, made extra point extending Duke’s lead over William & Mary 62-7.

Following Duke beating William & Mary 62-7 Saturday Head Coach Manny Diaz shared his thoughts by saying “We’ve answered every challenge,”We’ve done what we can do up to this point to give the team belief.”

Though,

Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts as William & Mary Head Coach Mike London did as well by saying We have a lot of stuff we have to fix,”We have to look at ourselves on with how we go about doing things. A lot of young players are playing right now. We have to just keep giving them opportunities to get better.”

According to ESPN App

Duke now has a bye before returning to action to returning to gridiron on Saturday October 10, 2026 at Georgia Tech.