Overview

• Darian Mensah went 22 of 28 for 268 yards with two touchdown passes to Cooper Barkate, who had four catches for 72 yards.
• Nate Sheppard rushed for 168 yards on 15 carries, scoring on runs of 49 and 12 yards to power a balanced attack.
• Officials overturned an initial targeting call to a Johntay Cook fumble recovered by Bradley Gompers, and Duke scored three plays later on a 34-yard strike to Barkate for a 17-3 lead.
• Duke piled up 504 total yards and led 24-3 at halftime, later adding an Anderson Castle touchdown as the defense limited Syracuse to a field goal and a late goal-line stop.
• Syracuse started Rickie Collins (24 of 37, 229 yards, one interception) in place of injured Steve Angeli, while Cook caught eight passes for 84 yards but lost two fumbles; Duke moved to 3-2 (2-0 ACC) with Syracuse at 3-2 (1-1), with Duke visiting Cal and Syracuse heading to SMU next.