Durham, NC - Georgia Tech beat Duke 49-10 to clinch the ACC Coastal division and make their way to the ACC Championship game on December 5th in Tampa, FL.

Chapel Hill, NC - Duke Blue Devils football coach David Cutcliffe speaks to the media after the Duke loss to UNC at Kenan Stadium. (Part II of II)

Chapel Hill, NC - Duke Blue Devils football coach David Cutcliffe speaks to the media after the Duke at UNC football game. (Part I of II)

Chapel Hill, NC - Duke Blue Devils QB Thadeus Lewis speaks to the media after the Duke loss to Carolina at Kenan Stadium.

Chapel Hill, NC - Duke CB Leon Wright speaks to the media after the Duke loss to Carolina at Kenan Stadium.

Durham, NC - Three Duke football players -- Thaddeus Lewis, Will Snyderwine and Conner Vernon -- earned weekly honors from the ACC following the Blue Devils' 28-17 road victory over Virginia this past Saturday.

Thad LewisLewis shared Offensive Back of the Week accolades with Miami's Jacory Harris. In guiding the Blue Devils to the win in Charlottesville, Lewis completed 24-of-40 passes for 343 yards against a Cavalier defense that entered the game ranking first in the ACC and fifth nationally in passing defense by allowing 151.3 yards per game. The Opa-Locka, Fla., native threw the game-winning 42-yard touchdown pass to Vernon with 3:45 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Durham, NC - Duke football coach David Cutcliffe holds informal film and strategy sessions with students.

Rare occurrence: Duke is eight-point favorite over Maryland

Since the Duke Blue Devils' last winning season in 1994, here is a list of ACC games they've been favored, in reverse chronological order:

2008: Duke (-3) vs. N.C. State (Lost 27-17)
2008: Duke (-7) vs. Virginia (Won 31-3)
2002: Duke (-3) vs. North Carolina (Lost 23-21)
1999: Duke (-3) at North Carolina (Lost 38-0)
1999: Duke (-2 1/2) vs. N.C. State (Lost 31-24-OT)
1998: Duke (-9) vs. Maryland (Lost 42-25)
1998: Duke (-2) vs. Clemson (Won 28-23)
1996: Duke (-1 1/2) at Wake Forest (Lost 17-16)
1995: Duke (-9) vs. Wake Forest (Won 42-26)

Duke has been favored in nine of its last 118 ACC games.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Game captains: Duke - Vince Oghobaase, Brandon King, Mitchell Lederman, Charlie Hatcher

N.C. State - Jamelle Eugene, Jeraill McCuller, Willie Young

N.C. State won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. The Blue Devils will receive and defend the south endzone.

Weather at kickoff: 77 degrees, sunny, 62-percent humidity, wind NE at 7 mph

Duke Game Starters: Offense - QB Thaddeus Lewis, RB Re'quan Boyette, WR Austin Kelly, WR Donovan Varner, WR Conner Vernon, TE Brett Huffman, LT Kyle Hill, LG Mitchell Lederman, C Bryan Morgan, RG Brian Moore, RT Jarrod Holt; Defense - LDE Wesley Oglesby, DT Vince Oghobaase, NG Charlie Hatcher, RDE Ayanga Okpokowuruk, SLB Adam Banks, MLB Vincent Rey, WLB Damian Thornton, CB Leon Wright, CB Chris Rwabukamba, LS Catron Gainey, RS Matt Daniels.

Duke 49, N.C. State 28

Duke Snaps ACC Road Losing Skid

With the 49-28 win over N.C. State at Carter-Finley Stadium, Duke snapped a 20-game ACC road losing streak. The Blue Devils last conference road win came at North Carolina (30-22) on Nov. 22, 2003.

First Time Action

DURHAM, N.C. – This past Saturday in Raleigh, senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis turned in one of the finest offensive performances in Duke football history while leading the Blue Devils to a 49-28 victory over N.C. State. The Opa-Locka, Fla., product completed 40-of-50 throws for 459 yards and five touchdowns while rushing for an additional score.

GoDuke.com takes a closer look at Lewis's outing against the Wolfpack:

40 PASS COMPLETIONS
With his 40 pass completions, Lewis established a new school single-game record, bettering the previous mark of 38 set by Ben Bennett against Wake Forest in 1980 ... Lewis has now completed 20 or more passes in 14 career games and the 40 completions on Saturday pushed his career total to 737 to move past Steve Slayden (699 from 1984-87) into third place on Duke's all-time chart.

50 PASS ATTEMPTS

Raleigh, NC -Duke football player Leon Wright speaks after win over NC State, 49-28.

Leon is Thad Lewis' roommate and he is not surprised by the quarterback's performance.

Raleigh, NC - Duke Football player Bryan Morgan speaks after Duke's win over NC State, 49-28

Durham, NC - Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis has been named the Walter Camp Foundation's National Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Blue Devils to a 49-28 win over N.C. State. Lewis completed a school single-game record 40-of-50 passes for 459 yards and five touchdowns in the victory over the Wolfpack.

David Cutcliffe and Thad LewisA senior from Opa-Locka, Fla., Lewis accounted for six total touchdowns while engineering the Duke offense to 502 total yards against an N.C. State defense that entered the week ranking first in the ACC in total defense by allowing 239.2 yards per game. His 459 passing yards mark the fourth-highest single-game total in school history and, with the five scoring tosses, he became Duke's all-time leader in touchdown passes with 59, breaking the previous record of 55 held by Ben Bennett (1980-83).

Raleigh, NC - Quarterback Thad Lewis threw for career-highs of 459 yards and five touchdowns in help Duke beat North Carolina State 49-28 on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium.

David Cutcliffe and Thad LewisDuke earned its first ACC road win since beating North Carolina to close the 2003 regular season, ending a 20-game losing streak.

For the N.C. State Wolfpack, quarterback Russell Wilson ran and threw for a touchdown. Tony Baker ran for 73 yards and a score. T.J. Graham had 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

Click here to see over 200 photos from the game by sports photographer Gene Galin.

Raleigh, NC - Duke Football Coach David Cutcliffe speaks after NC State win at Carter-Finley Stadium, 49-28