Maryland Falls to Duke, 17-13
The game might've been uglier than the weather. And the weather was plenty ugly.
In a game highlighted by a second quarter deluge worthy of a Genesis write-up and Noah himself, Duke turned it over three times, but Maryland fared no better capitalizing on those turnovers. On the strength of two late Maryland turnovers, Duke topped Maryland, 17-13.
Duke got on the board first, with a long TD drive capped off by a 24 yard Donovan Varner reception. Maryland answered with a methodical, steady drive that would get as far as Duke's seven, but had to settle for a field goal. And that's when you saw the problems forming. Duke would go on to fumble and Thaddeus Lewis would throw a rare interception, but the Terps could only muster a sole FG off the turnovers.
The Blue Devils would kick a FG and score a TD on a great catch by TE Danny Parker before Maryland saw their next score, opening up the lead to 17-6. Maryland finally responded with a by 67 yard TD pass to Davin Meggett on a screen, and comeback hopes were alive and strengthened by a fumble recovery at Maryland's own two, preventing a Duke TD. Those hopes were ultimately shortlived, as Chris Turner threw an interception with four minutes to go in the fourth and, after Maryland made a stop on defense, Tony Logan muffed the ensuing punt, effectively finishing the Terps off.
Definitely an ugly game for both Maryland and Duke, but uglier for Maryland. A lot of things happened, and I'll recap some of them later tonight (particularly coaching calls), but I'll leave you with this: Duke has allowed at least 27 points to all of their opponents all their BCS opponents this year, including NC Central, who isn't even an FCS team - they're still D-II. Maryland scored just 13.
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I’m enjoying reading you archive. One thing to point out is that Richmond scored 24, Army only scored 19, and NCCU scored 14, so saying that everyone has scored at least 27 against Duke isn’t completely accurate.
by dukeduke on Oct 25, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“your”, damnation. You’re a good writer.
by dukeduke on Oct 25, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My Bad
Read that Duke had given up all at least 27 to all their BCS opponents this year on Friday. Misremembered, thought it was all. It’s fixed.
by Ben Broman on Oct 25, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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