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Spring football underway
If there’s a central theme to college football spring practice in North Carolina this year, it’s “New.” That’s new as in the four first-year coaches that will spend the next few weeks getting to know […]
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Jones passes Blue Devils to Independence Bowl win
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Temple was making big special-teams plays, returning interceptions for touchdowns and looking like a team that might crush Duke for a big postseason win. But the Owls had one problem that […]
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Bowl game on the line for Deacons at Duke
For the second year in a row, Duke and Wake Forest close out the regular season with one team fighting for its postseason life. Last season, the Blue Devils traveled to Winston-Salem looking to get […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
The football season in the Old North State is winding down with a whimper, not a bang. But that doesn’t mean the remaining games are devoid of significance. Appalachian State is still in contention for […]
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Blue Devils hold off Miami for soggy victory
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — This time, Duke didn’t lose on a Miami miracle. Quentin Harris’ jump pass to Daniel Helm late in the third quarter put Duke ahead for good, and the Blue Devils […]
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Ffrench scores in final seconds, Pitt outlasts Duke 54-45
PITTSBURGH — In a game that both defenses would probably like to forget, Pitt and Duke combined for 1,254 yards of total offense on Saturday. It was the kind of game where it seemed like […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
Saturday’s showdown between unbeatens NC State and Clemson at Death Valley won’t determine the ACC championship. That won’t happen until Dec. 1 in Charlotte. But it will go a long way toward determining which team […]
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Blue Devils get physical for tough ACC run
DURHAM — Duke coach David Cutcliffe knew that his team had a tough, physical win over Georgia Tech last weekend, with a date against a tough, physical Virginia team coming up. The Blue Devils were […]
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Duke beats fumble-prone Georgia Tech 28-14
ATLANTA — Duke’s Daniel Jones seized the advantage when Georgia Tech suffered a sudden flurry of three lost fumbles in the final three minutes of the third quarter. Jones threw three touchdown passes, all in […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
Another hurricane has come and gone through our state. But when it comes to football, Saturday’s action is really just the calm before the storm with NC State taking the week off in preparation for […]