Duke Blue Devils NCAA Football News

October 04, 2008 - 2:18 p.m. Jaybo Shaw kept it simple in his first start for Georgia Tech: Pass to Demaryius Thomas and hand it off to Jonathan Dwyer.

In theory, the tale of the tape for Duke's Atlantic Coast Conference road opener at Georgia Tech looks pretty simple.

Duke will encounter vastly different playing conditions this week when it leaves home for the first time all season for a game at Georgia Tech.

Led by former Maryland standout Stan Jones, who is a member of both the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its Class ...

Eric Kettani rushed for a career-high 175 yards and backup quarterback Jarod Bryant scored the decisive touchdown late in the fourth quarter to give Navy its first win over a ranked team in 23 years, 24-17 over ...

Duke senior linebacker Michael Tauiliili has been named the National Defensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Football Foundation following his 16-tackle performance in the Blue Devils' 31-3 victory over ...

For the first time in many years the Blue Devils find themselves undefeated in the ACC and sitting near the top of the conference standings with a 3-1 record to date.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Antone Smith ran for 154 yards and three touchdowns yesterday as Florida State defeated previously unbeaten Colorado, 39-21, in Bobby Bowden's 500th game as a college head coach.

Tauiliili had a hand in three of the six turnovers forced by Duke's defense - an interception, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble.

Clifford Harris is in his fourth year at Duke, but there is still an achievement on the football field that he hasn't experienced.

Since Peter Lalich was kicked off the team earlier this month for violating terms of his probation, it leaves redshirt sophomore Marc Verica to take the Cavaliers on the road for their first ACC game, this one ...

David Cutcliffe hasn't been all that interested in dwelling on the years of struggle that came before his arrival at Duke.

One morning this spring, Duke kicker Joe Surgan sat down with new coach David Cutcliffe to discuss Surgan's checkered career.

The following is a list of area athletes now playing college or professional football.

Thad Lewis threw three touchdown passes to Eron Riley to help host Duke to a 41-31 victory over Navy.

BOSTON COLLEGE: The Eagles sat idle this past weekend following an emotionally charged 19-16 setback to Georgia Tech in Chestnut Hill on September 6th.

Wideout Eron Riley followed a four-touchdown effort against Navy last year with a three-touchdown, 137-yard performance Saturday.

Three of the Atlantic Coast Conference's six players of the week are located within an eight-mile radius of one another.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A busted up knee could hardly put a damper on this day for Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis.

Duke's new philosophy under first-year coach David Cutcliffe of focusing on the present gets its first true test today against Navy.