Duke vs Elon Phoenix FULL Game Highlights Week 1 Aug 30, 2024 | NCAA 2024

the pressure stay on schedule and stay turnover three the three big keys for Elon in this [Applause] game play fake Downing wrapped up from behind and sacked at the 10 behind that's a loss of five yeah once again you know watch watch him skin the corner here right now and and and you know those are shots that create turnovers and we just you know got to do a better job on the edge those are tough blocks on those tackles these guys are athletic but they you know now now now we keep moving backwards not a lot of good calls on second and 25 no surprise that a Manny Diaz team is coming out sharp on defense pressure off the edge again look out Michael Reese getting home this time is gets sacked again this time a loss of eight and he barely stays out of the end zone yeah you're going to see this in the replay right here gives him a little stutter and he skins him on the edge puts the quarterback down I think Elon really has to start considering some screens some draws and a few more runs and uh try not to get them uh themselves pushed back like this now you're punting from the back of your end zone you know uh I if they can't get many yards here and so this this third down you got to watch out here on third down that you know you don't spit it to Duke so I mean these are these are tough calls play it safe on Third and 33 Thomas Straight Ahead some Breathing Room away from that go line the 12 yd line you know the biggest concern defensively for a lot of folks that are Blue Devils fans was up front they lost all four starters on the defensive line RJ Oben transferred to Notre Dame Dwayne Carter in the NFL uh but so far the D line looking very sharp three sacks already they're dominant and and that's something times where you see the mismatches um in these games it's the uh you know the D line against the o line ran Brown back pedaling from the 40 inside the 30 he's got it red Shir freshman from Winston Salem will dive back just short of the 35 yd line and that's where Duke will have it for their second offensive series leading 3 nothing how about the defense early on under the new coordinator Jonathan py looking very sharp getting to the [Applause] quarterback no easy on a t fansville by Dr Pepper holy smoke State on first down Jordan Moore with another catch give eight on first down you know they went in motion and got Elon to check the coverage to one high and ran a little slant speed post and and really hurt him with it trips to the near side going to go with an inside hand out ja W Moore nice duck around to get away from the pursuit and gets across the 45 Y Line of three yd pickup they'll move the chains you can tell that he's got a real strong legs and good leg Drive he's got power for a smaller backup Jack W trying to BU the void left by Jordan Waters who is now playing for NC State this time he's going to be tripped up that's Jonathan Robinson the corner shooting in no game and they tried to run a uh wide Zone play a stretch play and uh he was able to knife that and uh keep it for no gain right there so um it's first time they really ran to an attached tight end Duke Jack wesmore is going to come off Payton Jones sophomore out of norfol Virginia comes in on second down at 10 4 20 to go here in the opening quarter three nothing D home opener Malik Murphy first pressure he's really felt somehow got the way to Jordan Moore on the comeback route makes the catch at the 48 yd line of Elon and it's going to be third down yeah Malik is a really nice got good catch Malik is such a big guy the Blitzer came free and had him like kind of around the ankles and it kind of like was you know just not affecting him he's so big and strong and his height and allows for such good Vision coaches were talking as l about that this week now he's going to go up top that big arm showing it off Samir ha can't make the and Caleb curtain the fcsl amican from a year ago was in the coverage and disrupted that and it'll beat fourth down Caleb did a really nice job they came with a six-man pressure Malik saw it he went to his one-on-one route and uh really threw a pretty decent ball it hung up there just a little bit probably a little too much and uh Caleb curtain went in there strong and and separated uh separated him from the ball so good defensive effort good recognition by Malik Murphy as well and on the blitz curtain led the conference with four interceptions last year to pick six at Wake Forest in last year season opener as Kate reynoldson punts it into the end zone and Elon will have it at the 20 when we come back we're getting to know this edition of the 2024 Blue Devils trishan in his sixth year as head coach at Elon coming up three straight winning seasons took him to the FCS playoffs a couple of years ago I think he's got to feel pretty good about his team's defense right now Duke had a 14-play opening drive held him to three points and then got off the field after five plays on Duke's second series it's got to protect this their quarterback here right now Hing the offense finds some traction looking at four yds so far for Elan on offense Shan Baker in the back field they'll get their hand off nice move up the middle across the 30 and darts to the 43 yd line best run of the night for Elon and it's a 13 yd pickup for Baker yeah this is a really good job here the back he does a nice job of of finding that crease and getting in it but this is what I'm talking about you know run the ball a little bit right at Duke right now and take the pressure off this quarterback so that's a that's a nice first play to start the drive they got to be happy to see Baker out there running around transfer from Bucknell has been dinged up during Camp pretty healthy there first and 10 stay on the ground so they went to 12 Personnel they were going with two tight ends right now trying to extend the gaps on Duke right now and create a little bit of a run game so that was uh you know that was Personnel change they said they were going to run some too tight end you saw it right there Elan went six and2 in the coastal athletic last year couple of top five upsets in the FCS they were not picked in the preseason FCS top 25 felt a little slighted by that Chandler brayboy goes in motion number four is their top Target he's going to get it on the receiver screen slips away and rolls out short of the 40 yd line Terry Moore Alex Howard combining on the stop that's a four ydd gain so here's another third down for this Duke defense coach another critical third down but he did a nice job on second down with that quick touch and the ball's out of his hands right now he's not going to get affected by the rush they got it in the hands of their best player I think those are all really good things that throw it down the [Applause] field Phoenix hav converted on thir down they need six yds here to keep this drive alive but not going to happen as Downing is sacked but there are two penalty flags on the field Vincent Anthony dropping the quarterback for a loss of seven this might be [Applause] Holden number 70 offense penalty decline down boy that's the second penalty on a Shark Feeding Frenzy here Jeff JK the red shirt Jor punter for Elon has been the offensive MVP so far twice flipping the field there another good kick this is going to take a roll in inside the 25 inside the 20 and dead inside the 15 yd line the pit transfer Jeff JK with another boomer this one 57 yds Blue Devils go to work from their own 14 yd line Malik Murphy in his debut hands off to Thomas and he lost the football but it looks like Duke has recovered kazim Moore at the defensive end their best guy up got in and stripped that ball for the Phoenix yeah I mean he got in at that mesh point line for Duke completely revamped through the portal I mean they didn't even have enough bodies up front to have a traditional spring game they had to go seven on seven until they got reinforcements up front one of them Caleb crings who was a starter at Elon last year and now we got a timeout here timeout Duke that's their first charge timeout seconds go here in the first quarter Duke taking their first charge timeout here comes the third down when we come back first 15 minutes in the books and SE and there's number four getting the first down that's a creative way to get Bray boy involved yeah I mean it's going to affect the coverage you know they're coming off a Jet Sweep action and they're making sure that Duke has eye discipline and then they they run the quarterback and they come downhill and they get some really good plus yards that's those were two really nice plays you just saw good job one of the most explosive players in the FCS an All-American Return Man a year ago averaged almost 20 yds per catch as well Downing back in he'll hand off to Thomas not much that time you know Duke has loading the box right now they're playing one high one free safety High putting an extra hat in there I think you know Manny obviously knows they're trying to run the ball a little bit right now so they're going to try to outat him at the point of attack so there's a little bit of cat and mouse going on right now and as any good defensive coordinator offensive coordinator is going to do of course Manny Diaz hired Jonathan paty to run the defense we asked Manny that you know is it hard to keep your hands off the defense and he said yeah but you know I'm the head coach and I truly trust Jonathan paty I'm sure he does is a heck of a football coach but you know Manny's Elite as a coordinator so on the draw not much Cameron berson getting in to take down Thomas berson one of the veteran linebackers for Duke expected to see the most playing time of his career this season he was really terrific at the bow game and so far off to a good start here tonight well that's a great example of how Duke wants to play they want to be downhill at the linebackers and vertical up the field with the defensive line so that was uh you know that's a that's a negative yardage play right now and puts him in a third and extra [Applause] long see if py dials up the pressure a rush five and they're going to run right by it TJ Thomas pass that run blitz picks up 14 into Duke territory and it's a big third down conversion so now you saw a draw right so we saw the quick touch the Jet Sweep QB run on Third and short now you saw the draw on Third and extra long avoid letting the quarterback have to sit back there really well done well done by Elon bigest play of the night for the Phoenix looks like they're trying to maybe bring F pressure here Duke from the 41 Downing heated up and Spilled at the 50 yd line there's berson again Aaron Hall also getting dirty on the play sack number five for the Devils yeah so they brought that star pressure and ran right through the back and uh you know that's the kind of stuff they they've got to you know try to avoid the other thing I think is they they sit at the line of scrimmage for a long time sometimes and I know they're trying to get the perfect call The Perfect Defense but I just feel like that puts a lot of pressure on everybody up front when they're in their stance that long I you I didn't I get worried about that Shan Baker checking back in in the back field here's Downing this time he has time to throw to the near sideline receiver went down that was D AK look like he got tangled up there a little bit with Chandler Rivers no penalty flag incomplete second down check that third down it came with a little pressure that time looked like a single dog fire and it looked like they had an add-on uh addon to that you know they call the green dog when with a bunch up they try to run through the pressure again and Baker gets inside the 45 yd line it's going to be fourth down and long to sha Stone the guy they call day day starting for jayen Stinson at the Rover St Duke here in the first half as Stinson is serving a suspension in the first half for a targeting call in the second half of the blll game right he's such a fantastic player but uh you know uh those calls carry over even even after a season's completed so J here pass the track after the ball can't get it off and it's turned over at the 40 5 yd line jurk was scrambling and Wesley Williams gets to it and Duke will have a short field boy jurk has been fantastic tonight he just fumbled the [Applause] snap and it was a bad one Brock Wilkins the punch Snapper he's not happy with himself [Music] this going to be the best starting field position for Duke tonight after the bad snap on the punt Blue Devils take over at the Elon 45 yd line leading three to nothing Samir Haggins goes in motion for Mal Murphy making his deep debut tonight he's going deep looking for more and it's incomplete well covered again in the secondary that was khil Baker the free safety the transfer from NC Central getting the pawn great protection up front watch the protection here by the Duke offensive line Malik's got all day to throw the ball he puts it up there uh just you know maybe just a little bit more lead out there with that throw GL about the arm Talent Malik Murphy big cannon of an off and what a catch by Mo just went up staged it out of midair takes it to the 30 yd line a gain of 13 in a first down that was a fantastic play by by by Malik I mean they ran a little jailbreak screen and he had a bunch of pressure in his face he threw it off his back foot with touch beautifully done we back to the ground game yeah this is not the same style of quarterback that Duke fans have seen the last couple of years Riley Leonard I mean Riley Leonard in a lot of ways was more of a runner before he was a a passing quarterback I think it's reversed now yeah was used to be a basketball player I think he's pretty darn athletic and but I think um you know they're just a different style right now so instead of the Q runs they've got the Q relief throws that that last run I thought maybe he might have missed that upcut right there ground going in motion Murphy up P of time he's going to throw and more is not down I think they're going to say incidental contact Duke FS want py flag that's Caleb kurton the third down and 10 D two for five on third down this run for scar Thomas is not going to get him to first down yardage as Hamilton makes another stop Dylan Tucker the corner also in on the play that's going to be a four yd gain fourth down with seven minutes to go they left a uh unblocked defender in the hole there uh somebody had a missed assignment on that play um did a nice job running the ball though and making that a four- yd run so they're going to go for it here yeah well they're in the red zone and uh you know they're they want to score touchdowns I like [Applause] it Murphy airing it out to the endone incomplete wow that looked like a little bit of an offensive Pi he looked like he pushed off there and they he got away with it but uh you know um now was Jeremiah hazley the tight end in the corner of the end zone you make the call at home ishmail Atkins in coverage it doesn't matter it's incomplete he wants ball ran that inside Phoenix have also stood t on defense as the Phoenix get it back this going to be a 2yd loss both of the teams looking for their true identity on offense here so far tonight they are um you know I think right now both teams would say their identity's been playing physical hard and fast on defense but on offense you know they're they're missing some opportunities Duke's missing some long shot balls right now and they'll get him they'll connect on them that last play right there was a lot of penetration On The Run game seven tackle for loss for Duke sets up second down at 12 550 to go here before halftime now P false start number seven still second down that's Carlos more the new right tackle so that's the third penalty at that position tonight for elar well you know this is classically what happens right they're getting beat on the edge the speed of the defensive end from duke is intimidating them and they're anticipating the the TR the count trying to get out of their snap and that's that's you know they got to screw their cleats into the ground I used to tell them grab grass with your up toe grab grass lock the field under slam Dow hits Bray boy and that's what Bray boy can do Chandler Bray [Music] boy the call love the call Little slip screen out here love the call off of a counteraction nicely done again put it in that quick touch category the ball's out it's in the hands of the receiver in space beautiful first down for Eline that's a gain of 21 biggest play tonight for the Phoenix still just 48 yds of offense maybe that'll jump start something here for Elon on first down back to the ground and Baker tough sleding here right now well Duke is you know playing a seven-man box one high so they're plus him with an extra half and they're saying to him hey you know you really can't drop back and throw the ball and Elon wants to run the ball so they got outnumbered at the point of attack and then there was penetration up front by the defensive line of Duke so not a great play tell you this defensive line for Duke they suffered in the spring as well because of the offensive line having a lack of depth they couldn't go with full scrimmages full practices during the Spring but the D line has looked sharp here first game of the Fall there's Bray Boy again that's could bring up third down in about seven as rivers and Anthony get to the ball carrier four minutes to go in the half another quick touch puts him in third down here getting in BR boy be interesting to see how many touches we'll tally those touches up at halftime and we'll have that number for you but uh third and seven here third and long uh just in that long range and uh these are tough Downs in distance got to protect this quarterback here maybe they move the pock maybe we'll CH fourman rush for Duke Dow gets rid of it wide open at the near sideline it's and he's going to step out 40 escorted to the sideline by Stone I mean he was wide open that allowed for that great throw and completion right now and got a beautiful first down here Elon with a little bit of tempo a little bit of momentum Mak the catch the 48 yd line Duke ter TJ Thomas good run that's going to be a first down carry for Thomas three time All State running back at Norwood High School in Thomasville Georgia getting loose well they brought that fire from the field again it looked like that star came and the running back what a job he did if we see that on replay here it is right here I mean he just gets his foot in the ground Bo Boop and he escapes one of those tacklers cuz they weren't all blocked and he made a play six carries 30 yds for Thomas they'll stay with him this time Duke is ready that's going to be a loss of a couple how about this 2 and2 minutes to go here in the first half Elon not only in this game but they're driving potentially for the go-ahead score and you know we've seen early on in this season these FCS teams hanging right around with the FBS you know what it does is it Brees a little confidence you know and and goes into half with the with the concept hey we can do this you know we're in this game this is a big call though here second and long right now I'd be careful with this call I wouldn't be in a drop back here right now and that's going to bring us to the two-minute timeout that's new in college football this year among the many changes here's Downing scrambling Pro toward the sideline and it's incomplete to another third down and long here for there is a penalty marker now far side of the field and it's going to be against the Phoenix they've also added tablets clay this year so each team has 18 tablets to be able to show replays on the sideline refor third down you got a lineman down field you know and right now I I I'd say to myself let me try to get five six yards kick a field goal here in the Downing getting heated up by Rivers Got Away has to throw it to the sideline and now we'll see what they do here fourth and 11 is this going to be Jack burkowitz territory he is their field goal kicker FCS freshman allame a year ago we'll see if they Walts him out you know again why why drop back and pass there move the pocket run a draw another screen try to just pick up five well run the ball pick up five yards and try to kick the field goal get points on the board now they're going to kick the field goal but it's just you know get another five yards closer you know what I mean um and and don't lose yards and he did a nice job of getting the ball out of his hand in the end but he took another shot this will be a 50yd attempt his long last year was 44 yds so this is he going to be real test and not Elon decides to time out second charge time out will McCoy to snap no wind kick is up on its way and it is off the cross off the CR just not enough BR with a smile on his face he knew he was right on the screws but didn't have enough gas on it came of inches couple more inches it clears the crossbar not quite enough inches a little bit of penetration inside on this thing you see that with the high hand in the middle of the field right there that uh you know that that that might have just threw the timing of that kickoff just a little bit I believe that was uh Howard so he did a nice job of creating penetration inside I was a little concerned about that cuz they you know they got they're bigger a little bit more uh powerful than than these guys from Elon Jonathan py the defensive coordinator for Dukes in yep that shut out still intact here tonight couple of timeouts remaining for Duke 144 to go here in the half Malik Murphy and is Duke dbut gets it in the hands of Jordan Moore who's been his favorite Target here tonight that's catch number six for more give him a gain of seven he's well over 60 yards receiving here tonight for a former quarterback he's got a little shake you see that right there he made that guy Miss nice job could be Duke's first 1,000 yd receiver deade and now it's Eli panko making a catch good run after the catch inside the 10 down to the 6 yd line dragging a tackler started with great protection great throw really good catch and great run after catch all the things you'll like to see that's going to make him happy here going down here 55 yd gain and now Duke knocking on the door with just over a minute left CH has Mo going for the end zone and he's going to make it touchdown first touchdown of the season for the Blue Devils and it's jaquez Moore he bounced that run outside and he really outran the whole Elon front right there know they didn't have much Pursuit but he did a really great job extra point to Pino with the extra point and it's 10 to nothing Duke the big pass play that sets it up Eli pankl his first game in 61 days the 24y old looking like his old self takes it down to the 6yd line and that sets up the touchdown for Jack wesmore looked like on the throw they had quarters coverage he split the two quarter safeties and a really great throw by J Thomas wiggling his way ahead and the clock will move inside of 50 seconds as Alex Howard and Kendy Charles combined on the St Charles the Brad Cher from Liberty and there's pankl who made that big catch man is he happy to be back on the field for Duke Elon playing it very conservative as well and that's likely going to be the last play of the first half so the offense for Duke kind as to get a big play to pkle and the touchdown from ja quz Mo Malik murf so Duke beat him up a little bit find some protection see if Elon can get back in this ball game but Duke is going to have it first here to start the second out line kick off the foot of Maran and Duke is going to start at the 25 yd line so Malik Murphy the Texas transfer this is the first time that kick he's a starting quarterback of a program so you know I think we saw some nerves a little bit early on Steve but those kids have played tough It's a credit to their program and to their coaching staff I'm very uh excited about them I think they're going to have a heck of a year here seven starters back on that defense couple of All-American safeties that played well in the first half more the running back ja quz more the catch out of the back field that's going to be a gain of five Atkins gets there to make the first tackle of the second half great great play by Atkins I mean defeating that perimeter block out there by the white out making that play still a gain of four Mor's first pass and mat is overthrown intended for Jordan Moore kind of dangerous there couple of Defenders in the vicinity including one of those aforementioned allame who's trying to hit Jordan Moore six catches 65 yds in the first half Murphy quick out and it's caught by Samir Hagen 30 catches last year the number two returning receiver for Duke and he gets eight in the first down ran a little pick route out there really well executed they're going trip back 3 by trip the boundary here trying to get a numbers advantage and they got it yeah receiver screen at pkle nearly got enough for a first down he's going to get eight on first down that was a quick touch great job by Malik great job by the receiver good blocking out there well designed Malik Murphy the captain one of the four captains for Duke as he won the starting job about two weeks ago he was named the starter for the Blue Devils finds haens again inside the 40 and now this offense moving with Precision moving with some speed that's a g of a do that play that protection was outstanding he had great ball and uh you know great one after catch right there so nice job goes to pkle again he steer wrestled to the sideline by squex also Brooks gain of a about four they brought a weak safety Blitz that time and and and uh Malik saw that and and and threw the ball out there on an adjustment route Murphy o time Higgins is wide open boy they are using him a lot on this opening drive of the second half and that's a first [Applause] down ha out of Philadelphia that was rough at the end of that play uh he got the back of his knees rolled up on there at the very end end of that play watch this catch great catch gets his feet in there he's kind of out of bounds and then boom he gets the back of his legs taken out right there I'm surprised they didn't throw a flag it wasn't intentional but still was dangerous it's Jonathan Robinson the cornerback from Jacksonville Florida Elon had the third best passing defense in the coastal athletic last year and the nearly pick one off there that's Caleb curtain getting his hands on it Ethan Grace the defensive B with a ton of pressure on Murphy I don't know if he forced the throw a little bit because of that pressure a he didn't see it coming yeah no Fina Fina got beat on the left side right there and uh he took a pretty good shot Malik did he he hung on that throw a little bit too long but uh still there was pressure there and he might have felt that but uh you know that wasn't that wasn't greatly executed deep hand off Thomas try to pick his way ahead be third down and long here for Duke pretty good penetration there up front U you know by I think it's Smiley very good job by him he got underneath the pads on the left guard and and and cause that running back to have to redirect really fast so nice job on defense by El Elon comes up with some real nice plays now third down at nine in the first half Duke was three of seven on third down Murphy and that should have been caught hazley coming back for the tight end can't make the grab and so now we'll see Todd poo come out really good mix of plays um but they sputtered a little bit there at the end poo for 42 oh yeah that's good field goal tonight for Todd Pino and that makes it 13 to nothing Duke I love watching my child grow through football the conference champions all [Applause] bid elon's going to go back to work on offense Bray boy has stopped short of the 20 yeah that was one of the things that were missing with the 14 te playoff you know for a lot of years we didn't didn't have a playoff we had the old BCS style format you know the playoff was was a welcomed addition it's a defense that lost a lot of players only four starters back from that number one scoring defense last year in the ACC and look at this they swarm again Trey Freeman the outside linebacker wraps up Downing that's going to be a loss of five I mean again a lot of starters gone but don't forget Manny D Diaz is the head coach [Applause] here Freeman team best 106 tackles last year you and I had a chance to talk to him this week an impressive young man sure was uh all about football really great play by him spying that quarterback hand off Thomas bucked into by Freeman again gritty Hometown hero from Northern High School right here in Durham Trey Freeman he tries to get to a as many high school football games as he can during the season but tonight they're playing on Friday night so it a happening tonight not not tonight hopefully people are watching him boy Eli is really struggled coach on on third down as duke looks ready to pin their ears back again Phoenix three of eight on third down tonight they're in that radar all up package late hand a slow developing play and the Phoenix are going to have to punt yeah they ran a draw there and penetration and the violence at which they came up the field on defense really disrupted their play it just was out of syn and uh you know obviously wasn't wasn't very well executed Michael ree big defensive end out of Nashville getting home there's Jonathan py the new defensive coordinator Jeff jurk pit transfer doing a good job flipping the field in the first half had one of his punts blocked after a bad snap but put two inside the 20 that one's going to roll out near the 35 about the 40 yd line actually is where they're going to spot it so Malik Murphy wearing blue devil blue for the first time here tonight great fit I is wonderful he's in an offense that's going to feature his ability to throw the football and he's showing off that arm right here really nice deep ball he threw right there man laid out for that thing maybe but that was uh they took a shot you know that's what you got to do on first down took a shot here's the replay y Jordan Moore has been his favorite Target tonight just about had his seventh catch of the evening and it would have been a big play sure would have you know those first down strikes that's what they want in this offense they they you know they want player El Jonathan Brewer talked about the vertical passing game and we're seeing those vertical shots right here and uh that's what they want to get done and they're going to keep hammering away at it and the timing will get better one thing that's interesting is Dylan Tucker is up and heading over to the Elon sideline is you've got to a a Duke defense that has played really well here tonight in spite of the fact that this Duke offense plays with a very fast tempo and sometimes has given the ball back donon fairly quickly uh it's called complimentary football who they want to be and they're going to get better at it as they go a run it here on second down and 10 and jaquez Moore went almost 1200 career rushing yards coming into the night it's dropped no gain Moore had a couple of 100 yd games last year against Florida State and Virginia Jordan Waters as we said earlier goes to NC State that's certainly a big loss was their leading rusher the last couple of Seasons but they really feel that jaquez Moore is more than capable third and 10 and a big long shot and down Mo and the tight end can't hang on to that yeah another deep ball another pretty good pass just a little bit off and uh they're they're taking their shots and they're going to that's that's the that's the style of this offense and and they're going after them so I think you're going to continue to see that Nikki Dell Mullen for tight end Jonathan Brew say he's as good of a route running tight end as he's had and he thinks he has intervi potential just out of his reach so this will set up the third punt of the night for Kate reynoldson the kick fair catch called for inside the 15 yd line by brayo opening night here in Durham Duke leading by 13 but elon's still hanging around inside the stadium we can get back to Justin tell us more about it just a little bit but the one thing I do know about it steo is they have unlimited food so if you you have a ticket inside that Devil's Deck get all you can eat I know that that's right up your tree yeah I mean you know I could do a little bit of damage it's a good thing I'm stuck up here in this booth with you and not within Striking Distance you know what I mean especially if they had like a little Italian section over there that' be the end of me you like your Italian food I know that know how you think they got a DJ up there some yard games all kinds of good stuff so here's Elon on second down after short first down play incomplete is down side treding to hit Bray boy just minutes to go here third quarter Drew Fulmer is the offensive coordinator for Elon Coach and he's not his e season with the Phoenix now three receivers to the near side and someone Haywire I think this could to be a false start start that kind of dep that's a problem as this game wears on they're going to try to run it though and that offensive line can't open in anything up it's going to be fourth down Duke defense has really been the high point for the Blue Devils here tonight getting off the field again fairly quickly they're do they're doing a great job and all that many players uh it's very very difficult so they're going to have to kind of rebite here you know get to the sideline regroup talk about what they want to come out in in the next series Jeff jurk punting for the sixth time this time from the end zone interesting uh Duke this time is running hold up they went after the last punt now they're trying to get a return so they're blocking for the return it's a good one graan brown the red shirt freshman from Winston Salem gets a close to [Applause] Midfield yeah see one thing you always tell these returners you like to start vertical and then Ben based off of what's coming down the field I thought he had a chance to initially get a little vertical first cuz he had time when he caught that ball in a little bit of space that's all you're trying to coming off an impressive b c came out of East foresight high school and now Malik Murphy and the Blue Devils offense as Jack W Moore pull ahead for about three first down under seven minutes to go here in the quarter Duke picked 11th out of 17 in the ACC this year yeah I said that right 17 teams in this ACC conference which now goes Coast to Coast there's another deep shot looking for again and this time he's on target Murphy finding Jo Mo for the touchdown a 48 yd hookup [Applause] here come here baby there is okay here we go there's a good shot of it right here yeah he this is going to be this is not going to be a touchdown this is going to come back I think the ball's going to be at around the one yd line um you know good good job by the officials they replaying these they these touchdowns always get replayed they got great camera angles but I believe this one's going to be down at about the one but let's talk about what a beautiful throw that was by Malik and what a beautiful catch you know we've had a few long foul balls but they're not giving up you know coach Brewer is not giving up and so now they're starting to connect and those are big [Music] explosives determined that there was a catch with the ball carrier was down at the one yd line first and [Music] goal so you right on the money got to say this too about the microphones here tonight I think it's the humidity we had those storms roll through and it's uh wreaking havoc on the electrical units here tonight yeah and the connections no doubt I think that humidity is wreaking havoc on my electrical wiring as well Gary Patterson's mic has been coming in and out all night all right so Duke at the one yd line first down and goal Moore dot in the ey play fake Murphy throws and he's a man for the touchdown it's Jeremiah hazley the tight end who had that drop of the series before the and they lined up in the traditional eye formation like a dinosaur in college football and they came off that power run fake rolled out of it threw the ball in the flat great job they're going to go for two let's go for do brought to you by dois and Duke last season 75% success rate converted three of four two-point conversions last year this is to get Duke back on schedule here as far as the scoreboard goes it's 19 to nothing now the two-point conversion will get it back to a traditional 21 to nothing score Murphy and B and dropped by Jordan Moore no tail back in the back field they ran a little Jet Sweep ran a naked bootle came off it had It Wide Open just couldn't connect on the throw Jordan Moore one of the best 19 to nothing Elon is going to bring this back with greay boy and he's going to be stood up after crossing the 15 yd line so the ACC looks different this year which will be playing as an ACC member later tonight against TCU at home in his first game of the season uh this is the new look at college football for all of the big conferences I mean they are vast yeah they really are and they're spreading their footprint and in the ACC you know think about the caliber of academic institutions that were added to this conference those are three outstanding schools academically and uh it's it's it's good for the brand really good for the brand second and short here second and four Bing a problem with the exchange to Baker and he's hammered down by Aaron Hall Aaron Hall a Duro native first year as a starter for number 99 they need him to step up this season I I think he has played really well here today coach he is one of their four captains I agree with you I think their defensive front has played well they they've penetrated they said they wanted them to get vertical and you see their verticality on every play It's the 11th tackle for loss for the Duke defense tonight TR Packy the defensive coordinator is going to want to raise up as this is continuing to roll with this Mercy Vincent Anthony third year to starting defensive end that's going to be a loss of seven and look at paty out on the field guys nowhere for him to go with that ball he's just hanging on that ball there's nowhere no one's open nowhere to throw it and that rush just closed in on him it's a three-man rush look at a close in right here bam you know the linebacker came in on a green dog late he was spying a quarterback and then just fit at the end seven sacks tonight for Duke that's a lot here comes JK again from The End Zone second straight time Duke is holding up again trying to form the return catch called 4 at the 46 by Quon Brown well tomorrow morning starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern the ACC huddle crew is in Atlanta getting you ready for a full day of college football coverage here on the ACC Network they're going to have shows throughout the day culminating with the complete postgame following Georgia state Georgia Tech prime time that game starts at 8: Eastern how about Georgia Tech in Ireland with been upset in week zero it really set the stage for what's going to be an interesting year in this expanded ACC you're right on it that's how I felt too I mean that game was uh Georgia Tech played really really well and Florida State came in so highly rated and you know obviously it didn't go their way and here we go college football's crazy first down stretched out to the sideline is brown the thing about this new era in college football with the expanded 12 team playoff is a loss early in the year you know four Conference champions automatically in and the conference Championship is still up in the air for everybody three wide to The Far Side of the field second down at 13 for Malik Murphy in his first start in a season opener star Thomas on that run let's get back to Murphy and talk about how Manny Diaz got him to come here ahead of this third down I he wasn't guaranteed the starting job I mean Grayson Loftus started in one games last year Henry be but they did name him the starter for the opener two weeks ago and he is one of the captains oh Manny made a Mur it that's what you should do I give him a lot of credit for that you're in the respect of his teammates and he's right on time this is going to be close to a down yes it will Beavis Roberts his first touch tonight that's a 9yd gain and they'll move the CHS let's go down to adjusted for more on the lead first down that Murphy has the it Factor he can make throws as simply others can't they saw that during their final scrimmage which helped him win the starting job and a lot of coaches and players were just in awe like wow this guy's doing this that is why he's been named the starter and you got a chance to see him on the hook as I did yesterday at practice and that's what really wowed you his just his physical makeup I mean he reminded me his stature of Cam Newton I mean cam was is a big big man and and I I just felt like Malik had had you know great size thickness length and uh it's very impressive second and four he's going up top for more again and again just off the fingertips of Jordan Moore that is third the third time here in this ball game that he has just been a little bit too long with the Deep ball just a little bit right you know and uh you're going to see it again here just a little bit too much air on that right there but I give I give cred for they just keep going after that same vertical route you know and it's third and medium this is a manageable makeable down in distance for the offense to try to pick it up on the ground and Pon Jones is going to be knocked short of the line to gain sure that that might that might be one of those when he says you got two downs to get this so they handed the first one off and now they'll make a decision here whether they want to throw this or they want to run this here that's I'm sure that's they're going to gain from this just like to see him stay healthy and not lose a bunch of guys Murphy on down and they're not going to convert mph all for two on fourth down tonight Caleb CT Mary is the all Amer safety getting the job done cover you know on that down in distance right there maybe that's the old old line in me I'd like to see him line up and run it and and really work on that right now you know part of these deals are learning in the second half here you know develop your personality develop you know they want to be a tough team There's an opportunity to say you know what we're going to get behind you o l we're going to run behind you get that first down think you D Mullen as been targeted a few times here tonight M steer big plans for him in this offense this season they just haven't been able to hook up with this so Duke turns it over on Downs for the second time tonight Elon flares it out to the near side for Baker passes CAU by ran Baker lot of time in this ball game for Elon to make it interesting down 19 that' be nice to see them put together a little drive here right now you know and uh keep their defense off the field a little bit and get a little SC up Downing nine of 14 67 yds no touchdowns no interceptions he has been beat up H the Back Field watch this is going to be short of a line of scrimmage no gain that play you know be nice if they could set him up with a little bit of a naked or some form of play [Music] [Applause] action third down drop back pass Downing looking for number four GRE boy he's their best offensive weapon the trying to pick it up himself and he's going to be very close Matthew Downing not known for his running ability but calls own number gets six yards and it's going to be just shy as the final seconds of the third quarter pick off fourth and one when we come back in the fourth quarter in a game that still is little close had an ACL injury in 2022 at Louisiana Tech tell he's gritty I'll give him that now he's a competitor this guy's battling look at this put a lot on his plate he's trying to stay alive in this play gets close to the 50 yd line Azie Nicholas the middle linebacker Princeton Brad transfer makes the tackle gain of [Music] four they got him with a little twist on the right side you know they call that a te tackle first out and end around and they got him with that you know this this this this Downing is going to be in the cold Tu cold tank tomorrow no doubt you know he's taking a lot of shots but he's tough hot late in the season last year 12200 yds 12 touchdowns no interceptions in elon's last four games as they just miss making the postseason caught at the near sideline Chandler Bray boy and jayen Robinson combined there to make the play SS of course sat 13 tackle for loss for Duke here tonight these third Longs are just not not great down in distances for the seon team right here Here Comes The Duke pressure Downing steps up and he's going to be sacked again mercy so this back number eight this is the second time that Elon is using the in in the back to help the edges the edges were better but the interior got up the field and sacked the quarterback so there it is you know they had a Twist inside and they penetrated the edges were better but now they're coming at him on the inter internal Michael Ree and Alex Howard from Youngstown State was all Missouri Valley last year they expect him to have a big year R Sean Brown back to return another punt from year call for the fair catch inside the 15 yd line fair catch at the 12 just getting going here in the fourth quarter Duke with a 19point lead here in game one of the year and that's going to be on ABC as well as duke goes back to work on offense that pass is complete to Javon Harvey for a first down and cam Ward a lot of excitement surrounding this young man athletic quarterback spent the last couple of years at Washington talented he's going to change the course for this Miami football team this year I really believe that he's a dual threat he's got a great arm I think he might be the elite QB transfer in the ACC this year yeah there's a bunch the penalty flaged down they had a very interesting formation there they ran the T was a tackle over formation and uh then they came back with that Jet Sweep away from it selling that they were going to run to the strength more than four players in the back field that penalty's declined second down so a little trickeration got him that time they weren't they didn't quite line it up right they got a quick first down has not been ideal tonight for Duke yeah both teams really but you know you want to be on first down four yards or more uh in the high 60% and they're not anywhere close to that right now and that's that's that's a strain on the offense second and 15 and that pass is picked off there's Caleb curtain he had a pick six last year against Wake Forest in the season opener and he plucks that one away from Malik Murphy who had a another overthrow there just a bad ball I mean just just overthrew it as you said clay and um created a turnover there's no doubt about his arm strength but he has been high and a little wide a few times tonight he has been and he's going to have to work on that there'll be plenty for practice next week you know I think I think he felt a little bit of the rush on his left side and I think that threw him off a little bit cuz the left tackle got got beat there so he might have felt that and he can't feel it he's got to not feel the rush I think that might have happened there first turnover of the night for either team Bing is incomplete he was trying to find zir Winston along the [Music] sideline penetration again uh on the quarterback here and uh boy it's like a game of that you know on both sides here there's just a lot of penetration haven't seen this much in a long time both defenses are getting up the field first time Downing and Elon is starting in Duke territory tonight second down from the 45 of the Blue Devils just in the back field all night that time Joshua pick the veteran Corner in his fourth year gets into the back field for the loss all four starters on that defense iive [Applause] line on the back field a ton pressure again down and gets it away this time to the sideline it's caught Passau byon the grab the Lexington North Carolina native give him eight so this will be fourth down and about three and Elon obviously with nothing keep the offense out on the field of course and uh you know maybe get a quick touch here I don't know um but that was a nice job you see the receiver get that foot in on that play that was well done well done want the ball out of your hands fast here um this downings just hope they give put him in a situation or they're going to run it one the other Winston went through on the Jet Sweep they hand it off to Baker he spins the to be short David Anderson good penetration inside the red shirt fresh is going to give Duke the ball back and turnover on Downs for Elon and this Duke defense quite a story develop and the lighting comes on him and gets rid of all the bacteria it's it's Modern Age it's beautiful there is something to that that is that is very true that the pads that you wear every day when you sweat in them and stuff in the bacteria it it can cause skin infections Tom Reed who is a good friend of mine played for the Minnesota northstars for many years had to retire because he could not get a skin infection cleared up because of the pads he wore back in the 70s and 80s and that was before antimicrobial lighting there you go and it's real that's you know it kills staff and all kinds of stuff that's it's a great thing P the second straight play gets in the hands of star Thomas look out the New Mexico State transfer first down into mid field he was part of the yies offense last year that won 10 games under Jerry kill transfers here to Durham he was their number one running back last year and they really think he can help Duke he's talented you can see he's got some real burst in athleticism and uh good looking player little slip screen they ran it was nice Malik Murphy in his first start as a Blue Devil now a career high passing 272 yds there it to start Thomas keeps it on the ground for a couple but Murphy it's a quiet 272 coach he does have an interception tonight one touchdown he's had some big balls that were near misses he has and um and as they clean that up and he connects on those this this would be a different game right now and and I suspect will be as they move forward you see the e-line Defenders right now you got guys with their hands on their hips right now I think they're really starting to feel the effects of not as much depth against this Tempo offense right now they're getting tired and Duke isn't nearly running at the tempo that they were earlier in this game they kind of taking their foot off the gas as the game is worn on as P Jones gets the hand out there third down yeah well you know maybe their their mindset right now is take a little more time off the clock you know job that's going to be penalty flag that didn't look right on the field it's going to be offside on Elon is my guess you know usually that's that free if it is that's the free play where you like to just send it down the field on a on a go route and just you know let it let it happen as opposed to just throwing it out of bounds like that yeah Defense number 95 the 5yd penalty results in a first down you know but for the first game of the year we have again the 30 he's got good first of 10 sophomore out of North Virginia give him n you know the a lot of the E Line Defenders were stuck on blocks on that you know that's why that play hit like it did they're you know not not getting off the blocks the same way they played base defense on that khil Baker slow to get up for Elon number eight Elon injured Payton Jones also shaken up as they Collide Baker FCS allam a cuple couple of years ago he has played well tonight with his safety mate Caleb curtain just hope that these uh injuries on Elon are you know Nicks on chance for some wins here for Duke it would look like and then the real test begins as the ACC schedule starts Thomas gets it inside the 24 a first down right now you're just seeing the uh Duke offensive line is kind of having their way right now they're not El we haven't seen this really all night but they're starting to knock them off the ball right now simple runs are becoming explosive runs yeah their their schedule Clay is very I think very favorable and and gives them a great opportunity here to gain some confidence and some momentum early in the season starting to see the chemistry as this game where is on come together too so many new people here in the program as panle makes the catch we haven't seen him since that big catch that set up the touchdown in the first half man he has to feel great being a part of this [Music] offense just once again that's another RPO a run pass option play where he pulled it out of the out of the uh hands of the back and he he hit the slant route outside think about these receivers haens Jordan Moore Eli pkle Nikki Del Mo at the tight end ran Brown who's very quick this is a deep deep position group of pass catchers that Jonathan Brewer has in his stable he does wrapped up it'll be second down and goal there's I I like their skill and uh and I think their scheme matches their skill and I tell you what I do like I like the fact that John Brewer he's in this offense though he's got some some 12 Personnel he's got some tight end Wing formations that they want to run the ball behind so I think it's a it's a nice mix of of vertical passing game and uh and some hard hard downhill runs as well there's Jonathan Brewer he's got a little M he's got a little Lashley he's got a little Sunny D start Thomas hops to the outside he's wrapped up it'll be third down and goal to go for Dukas they try to punch another one in here late Ethan Grace Dylan Tucker combining on the stop meanwhile Elon they're going to be back here in the city of Durham next week they've got another game in this town at NC Central the game's going to be on ESPN plus and I I Tony trani they're not going to win this game but got some offensive weapons obviously Bray boy he's Talent I think their quarterback's tough and gritty I think their team's tough and gritty tou that was a strike the and Eli makes the so Murphy just throws a to the blue paint and dke good protection here you know good throw good catch and good confidence Builder here for Murphy um building building that consistency and confidence as the game goes on and trying to even out some of those long ball throws that were a little bit of Target 26 to nothing as duke goes 10 plays 63 yds and 545 hankle his first game in 611 days and that touchdowns got to feel good for the man from Pendleton in Indiana season off to a good start here for Duke in the Manny Diaz era Manny 50 years old second time as a head coach in the ACC of course had those three years at Miami there were some good moments there were some bad moments you I think it there are a lot of people that would say maybe they could have stuck with him another year or so because yeah he's a good coach no doubt about it especially a defensive mind and the way the defense has played here tonight outstanding 15 tackles for loss the most for Duke since 2007 he's a heck of a football coach he did a great job at Miami and yes they probably should have gave him a little more time but he's got another chance here and he is going to do great things here at Duke I really believe that so you've been a head coach you had stops in Temple Boston College Colorado State after the first game of the season any season what's what's the most important thing that you have to do when you go in to talk to your players we'll have time next to watch the film and we'll we'll keep growing on the things we have to improve on but you want them to feel good about the work they got through preseason camp and be honest just just be positive honest is what I would say like one of my takeaways I think they need to run the ball just a little bit more consistently at the end they got some good runs but through the B Belly of the game they could do a little better there but I like like I like the makings of this offense and I really like what he's doing right now with this football program new quarterback in for Elon Matthew Downing is out Jack salapek transfer from Western Michigan in there at the controls now this is ran Baker gets away gets into plus territory across the 50 yd line yeah and Malik Murphy you know a lot of hype around this guy coming in the Durham no doubt a big arm Talent wants to work a little bit on the accuracy no doubt I think so you know I think just a little bit more on on the touch and the tempo of his throws but you can see he has a big arm but again he hasn't played a lot of football and so this is every every game every week is is going to he's going to grow and and and what you'll see in the next 3 weeks hopefully is tremendous development out of out of your quarterback in the leag Murphy I'm sure staff will talk about that [Applause] [Music] tomorrow there's Malik Murphy as we get to the two-minute timeout there are the numbers for Malik almost 300 yd passing a career high we step aside in Durham [Music] Tommy John is for men who value themselves makes him one of the elite defensive coaches in America the last two years as Penn State's defensive coordinator said it was going to take the right job to leave Happy Valley very happy with it taking over here [Music] at that's will Langford former quarterback who they trying to turn into a wide receiver get it inside the 35 yd line Elon trying to get on the board here and avoid a shut out I hope final couple minutes I hope Manny I hope Duke enjoys this win uh all wins are hard to get you got to be able to enjoy the wins I used to tell my teams all the time hey half the country will wake up on Monday are going to be 0 and one and half are going to be 1 and0 and right now we're going to be one of the ones that's one and0 it's a good place to be it's a good place to be don't ever don't ever feel anything when you win like don't embrace it embrace it you can always correct the mistakes you know you can always attack all the things you need to work on but getting a win in college football it's not easy just ask forward to [Music] State Sal throws and that is going to be a first down Mill Junior receiver making the catch they'll move the chains with 24 to go salapek made 10 starts in four years with the Met Western Michigan Broncos slides away from the pressure throws on the run and it's a low throw [Music] incomplete really trust salapek is the backup to Downing is the guy no doubt about it for seventh year senior but salapek has picked up on this Elon offense quickly and they really trust him so giving him some valuable reps here against an FBS opponent that should come in handy later in the year real important you know these are like you said valuable reps that he'll learn from and and help him as they move forward it's a great opportunity for him saln same on the other side of the ball for Duke you know Duke getting some guys an opportunity to get some reps here looks like CLE about his defense's effort tonight was the complexive coordinator of Texas State last year the Bobcats get to the program's first bowl game but he's got a he's got a history with Jack burkowitz is going to try to get Elon on the board from 39 [Applause] yds attempted from 49 earlier hit the crossb going into the same End Zone this time it's good that's got to feel good for that Elon side line burtz puts it right between the eyes and Tony trani's team is on the board here with 14 seconds left good for them and uh you know everybody wants to take a little something uh away in in the growth factor that was great Tony trani was a very successful defensive coordinator in his own right at Elon under Kirk Signet before being elevated to head coach when Signet left for James Madison now of course he's the head Mullen Chip Kelly CR of the coaches and Duke's going to have another possession here final seconds and ACC play at the end of September against North Carolina the vaunted rivals this Northwestern game will be a really good game a good measuring stick next week [Applause] yeah practice keep Groll keep developing Manny Diaz wins his first game as head coach had do