DUKE2013 FOOTBALL IN 2014 MEDIA GUIDE REVIEW 73 DUKE FOOTBALL 2014 MEDIA GUIDE 2013 DUKE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK DUKE WINS ACC COASTAL DIVISION DUKE DEFEATS TWO RANKED OPPONENTS ACC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK • For the fi rst time since the ACC went to divisional • Duke defeated two ranked teams in 2013: No. 16 • Duke earned 15 ACC Player of the Week awards play in 2005, Duke captured the league’s Coastal Virginia Tech and No. 24 Miami. The last time Duke in 2013 and received at least one weekly citation in Division championship. beat two ranked teams in the same season was 1971 eight of the fi nal nine game weeks. • Duke fi nished 6-2 in the ACC, winning the Coastal (No. 19 South Carolina & No. 11 West Virginia). Duke • Jamison Crowder was a four-time honoree while Division outright. The six ACC wins marked Duke’s has now beaten two ranked teams in a season fi ve Kelby Brown earned weekly accolades three times. most conference victories since 1989 (6-1). times (2013, 1971, 1957, 1952 & 1944). • Duke won the ACC title seven times, doing so in • Duke’s defeat of No. 16 Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, BALANCED OFFENSE 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1989. Duke Va., was the program’s fi rst win over a top-25 team • Duke used a balanced offense to average 32.8 was named co-champion in 1953, 1955 and 1989. since 1994 and the fi rst win over a ranked team on points per game with 28 rushing touchdowns and • The Blue Devils faced No. 1 and eventual national the road since 1971. 26 passing touchdowns. The Blue Devils ranked champion Florida State in the Dr Pepper ACC Cham- • Duke’s 18-point margin of victory over Miami was fi fth in the ACC in points per game, third in rushing pionship Game and dropped a 45-7 decision. the program’s largest over a ranked foe in the ACC touchdowns and fourth in passing touchdowns. era and the second largest in school history. • Duke averaged 178.0 rushing yards per game and CONSECUTIVE BOWL GAMES 248.1 passing yards per game to rank fourth overall • Following the historic regular season, Duke earned FOURTH-QUARTER WINS in the ACC with 426.1 total offensive yards per game. a berth to the Chick-fi l-A Bowl in Atlanta. Duke faced • Duke has won 10 games in the fourth quarter in The 178.0 rushing yards per game were a Cutcliffe- No. 20 Texas A&M and fell, 52-48, in front of 67,946 six seasons under head coach David Cutcliffe, era record and the program’s most since 1989. fans at the Georgia Dome on New Year’s Eve. including a school-record four in 2013. • Duke averaged 1.15 rush attempts for every pass • The bowl berth was Duke’s second straight, coming • In 2013, Duke defeated Memphis, Virginia, N.C. attempt, the highest run-to-pass ratio in the Cutcliffe on the heels of the Belk Bowl in 2012. It marked the State and North Carolina in the fourth quarter, era and the fi fth-highest clip in the ACC. fi rst time in program history that Duke advanced to overcoming a 14-14 tie against Memphis, a 22-17 • Duke was among the ACC’s top four in passing and bowl games in back-to-back seasons. defi cit against Virginia, a 20-17 defi cit against N.C. rushing TDs and was one of only fi ve ACC teams • The Chick-fi l-A Bowl was Duke’s 10th bowl appear- State and a 25-24 defi cit at North Carolina. with at least 20 rushing and 20 passing scores. ance and third since the 1994 season. • QB Brandon Connette threw the game-winning TD • Duke had at least one rushing TD in all but one passes against Memphis and Virginia and rushed game while rushing for over 120 yards in all but the TEN VICTORIES for the go-ahead score against N.C. State. Kicker Virginia Tech and Florida State games. • With the 27-25 win at North Carolina on Nov. 30, Ross Martin hit the go-ahead 27-yard fi eld goal 2013, Duke broke the school wins record with 10 against North Carolina. BIG PLAY OFFENSE victories. The 10 victories surpassed the previous • Duke outscored opponents 127-65 in the fourth • Duke logged 64 offensive plays of at least 20 yards standard of nine, set by the the 1941, 1938, 1936 quarter in 2013. Duke allowed just fi ve fourth-quarter in 2013, including nine of at least 50 yards. and 1933 Duke teams, all of which fi nished 9-1. touchdowns all season. • QB Anthony Boone was responsible for a team- • The Blue Devils also put together an eight-game win • Connette’s three game-winning, fourth-quarter high 27 offensive plays of 20+ yards, while WR streak, the fourth-longest in school history and the touchdowns responsible for matched the school Jamison Crowder totaled 17 (plus eight punt longest since 1941 when Duke won nine in a row. career record set by George Clark from 1944-47. returns). Crowder tied his own school record with fi ve touchdown catches of at least 50 yards in 2013. BLUE DEVILS CRACK TOP 25 POLLS CUTCLIFFE NAMED NATIONAL COACH OF YEAR • Crowder and senior WR Brandon Braxton posted • Duke fi nished the season ranked No. 23 in the As- • Head coach David Cutcliffe was named National Duke’s longest plays from scrimmage, both hauling sociated Press Top 25 Poll, No. 22 in the USA Today/ Coach of the Year by the AFCA, Walter Camp Foun- in 75-yard receptions. Braxton’s went for a touch- Coaches Poll and No. 24 in the fi nal BCS rankings. dation, Maxwell Club and Bobby Dodd Foundation down against Pittsburgh, while Crowder’s came Duke was ranked in the fi nal fi ve polls of 2013. and was a co-recipient by Sporting News. against N.C. State. Crowder’s 75-yarder came from • Duke’s highest ranking of the year came before the • Cutcliffe became the second Duke coach to earn the arm of Boone, while Braxton’s was thrown by Chick-fi l-A Bowl when Duke ranked tied for No. 21 in national coach of the year honors, joining Fred QB Brandon Connette. the USA Today Coaches Poll with Texas A&M. Duke Goldsmith who won the Bobby Dodd Award in 1994. was also ranked No. 22 in the AP Poll and No. 24 in • Cutcliffe was also voted ACC Coach of the Year by PRODUCTIVE QB TANDEM the BCS rankings that week. both members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media • Starting QB Anthony Boone and backup and short • Duke had not been ranked in the national top 25 Association and the league’s head coaches, the yardage specialist Brandon Connette were one of since 1994 before Duke cracked the AP Top 25 and second straight year he has received that award. the ACC’s most productive QB tandems. The duo USA Today Coaches Top 25 following the 48-30 win Cutcliffe is the third Duke coach to win ACC Coach combined to hit on 296-of-467 (.634) passes for over No. 24 Miami on Nov. 16, 2013. of the Year multiple times. 3,472 yards and 26 touchdowns while rushing 167 times for 551 yards and 19 touchdowns. DUKE FACES TWO HEISMAN WINNERS DUKE 5-0 ON THE ROAD • Together, they were responsible for 45 of Duke’s 54 • Duke faced two winners of the Heisman Trophy in • Duke posted a perfect 5-0 record in road games in offensive touchdowns in 2013. 2013, squaring off against eventual 2013 winner 2013, marking the fi rst time since 1962 that Duke • Boone started Duke’s fi rst two games but suffered Jameis Winston of Florida State in the Dr Pepper fi nished the season undefeated in true road games. a broken collarbone in week two against Memphis, ACC Championship Game on Dec. 7 and against • Duke defeated Memphis, Virginia, No. 16 Virginia opening the door for Connette to throw nine passing 2012 winner Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M in the Tech, Wake Forest and North Carolina on the road. TDs in his three-game stint as the starting quarter- Chick-fi l-A Bowl on Dec. 31. The wins over Memphis and North Carolina were back. Boone returned against Navy and directed • Prior to 2013, the last Heisman winner Duke faced both fourth-quarter comebacks. Duke to six consecutive wins. was Alabama RB Mark Ingram in 2010. • Duke’s only losses away from home this season • Both Boone and Connette passed for 1,000 yards • Manziel was the third Heisman winner Duke has were to No. 1 Florida State in the Dr Pepper ACC — becoming the fourth Duke duo to accomplish that faced in the past four seasons. He was the fourth Championship game at Bank of America Stadium feat — and both threw double-digit touchdowns, Heisman-winning quarterback Duke has faced. in Charlotte, N.C., and to No. 20 Texas A&M in the becoming the fi rst Duke duo to each throw 10 TDs. Chick-fi l-A Bowl in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga. 74 DUKE FOOTBALL 2014 MEDIA GUIDE DUKE SETS TOUCHDOWN RECORD CROWDER BREAKS ACC, DUKE RECORDS DUKE DEFENSE STEPS UP • Duke scored 54 touchdowns in 2013 to break the • Jamison Crowder broke the ACC’s single-season • Duke allowed just 26.64 points per game which previous school record of 50 set in 2012.