Duke vs Elon Phoenix Game Highlights Week 1 Aug 30, 2024 | NCAA 2024 | 4th - qtr

po 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 tack first out and end around and they got him with that you know this this this this Dow is going to be in the cold tub Cal 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 ston Kamari Robinson combin there there to make the play s of course sat 13 tackle for loss for Duke here tonight these third Longs are just not not great down in distances for the Elon team right here Here Comes The Duke pressure Downing steps up and he's going to be Saed again mercy so this back number eight this is the second time that Elon is using the tight end of 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 Michel Reese and Alex Howard from Youngstown State was all Missouri Valley last year they expect him to have a big year ran Brown back to return another punt from y'll 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 state that 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 flagged 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 declined second down so a little tricker ation 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 Cur 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 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 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 dring is incomplete he was trying to find zir Winston along the [Music] sideline penetration again um 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 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 deves 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 defensive line on the back field of ton pressure again down and gets it away this time to the sideline it's caught the grab the Lexington North Carolina na give him so this will be fourth down and about three and Elon obviously with nothing to 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 get put him in a situation or they're going to run 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 freshman is going to get d the ball back and turn over on Downs for Elon and this Duke defense quite a story developing 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 kill staff and all kinds of stuff that's it's a great thing ped the second straight play gets in the hands of star Thomas look out New Mexico State transfer first down M field part of the yies offense last year that 11 10 games under Jerry kill transfers here at 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 career high passing 272 yds is it to start Thomas keeps it on the for a couple 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 Eline 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 Jes get 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 job that's going to be penalty flag that didn't look right flags on the field it's going to side of Elon as 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 first game of the year we have Js again but with 30 he's got good first 10 sophomore out of North Virginia give him nine 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 pton Jones also shaking up as they Collide Baker FCS All-American a 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 they 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 wears on come together too so many new people here in the program and as pkle makes the catch we haven't seen him since that big catch that set up the touchdown of the first half and 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 Hain Jordan Moore he I hanle Nikki Del mool at the tight end Quan 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 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 dkes start Thomas hops to the outside he's wrapped up it'll be third down and goal to go for Duke as 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 we've got another game in this town at NC Central that 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 and I think their quarterbacks tough and I think their team such an agree that was a strike Corner The End Zone Eli makes the ground 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 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 pkle his first game in 611 days and that touchdown got to feel good for the man from Pendleton 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 at 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 at 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 into 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 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 into Durham no doubt a big armed 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 three weeks hopefully is tremendous development out of out of your quarterback in Mal Murphy I'm sure Manny and his staff will talk about that [Applause] 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 and Durham [Music] Tommy John is for men who value themselves makes him one of the elite defensive coaches in 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 and very happy with taking over here [Music] good will Langford former quarterback who they're trying to turn into a wide receiver gets it inside the 35 yd line Elon trying to get on the board here and avoid a shut out 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 and us it's a good place to be it's a good place to be don't ever don't ever feel of anything when you win like don't Embrace 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 for to [Music] State salop throws and that is going to be a first down Charlie Junior receiver making the catch now'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 incomplete really trust salap is the backup to Downing Downing is the guy no doubt about for seventh year senior but salapek has picked up on this Elon offense quickly and they 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 [Applause] him same on the other exited ball for Duke you know Duke getting some guys an opportunity to get some reps here looks likeed about his defense's effort tonight was the defensive 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 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 sideline 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 you know everybody wants to take a little something uh away and in the growth factor and that was great Tony trani was a very successful defensive coordinator in his own right at Elon under Kirk cetti before being elevated to head coach when Signet left for James Madison now of course he's the H Mullen Chip Kelly Crea 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 vaed rivals this Northwestern game will be a really good game a good measuring stick next week yeah they need to practice and keep growing and keep keep developing Manny Diaz wins his first game as head coach ad