![]() The Blue Devils are 4-1 to start the year for the second consecutive season. The Blue Devils registered a 10-4 overall record and 6-2 mark in conference play and finished 22nd in the USA Today/Coaches Poll, 23rd in the Associated Press Poll and 24th in the BCS final national rankings. Edwards also had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown late in the third quarter.ĭuke will honor its 2013 team that claimed the ACC Coastal Division Championship on Saturday. ![]() 9, 2013 when DeVon Edwards scored three touchdowns - two on interception returns in a span of 16 seconds in the fourth quarter - to help Duke to a 38-20 victory. Duke's last win over NC State occurred on Nov. 17, 2020 after it scored 17 unanswered points to register the 31-20 victory. NC State won the teams' last meeting on Oct. 17, 1928, when the Blue Devils secured a 14-12 victory in Raleigh. Duke's first win over the Wolfpack came on Nov. This year's game marks the 84th on the gridiron between the two schools with Duke leading the series, 41-37-5. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on ACC Network. 17 Duke hosts NC State at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday night. While No.1 ranked Clemson remains the clear favorite to win a sixth consecutive ACC title-the Tigers are 3/10 with FanDuel-at 5/1, the Irish are second-favorite and it wouldn't be surprising to see the two collide in the championship game at the end of the season-their regular season meeting is scheduled for November 7 in South Bend, Indiana.DURHAM – No. Notre Dame's arrival in the ACC should add a layer of intrigue to a conference that looked in danger of turning into a procession before a game had even been played. The Fighting Irish have gone 33-5 over the last three seasons, finishing in the top-12 of the Associated Press Top 25 poll in each of those years and reaching the College Football Playoff in 2018. Notre Dame may have never played a conference game, but its recent resume speaks for itself. We are able to talk in terms of a mission being to win a championship and now either an ACC Championship, and if you win that obviously you keep your mission alive for a national championship." "Our mission is to win a national championship and graduate all of our players. "It's never been a goal, so it's an established goal now to is to win a championship and the ACC Championship," he said in a press conference this week. It remains to be seen whether Notre Dame's membership of the ACC will be extended beyond this most unprecedented of seasons or whether the Fighting Irish will revert to an independent schedule next year, but coach Brian Kelly is determined to make the most of the unusual arrangement. The conference will look slightly different this season after agreeing to open its door to Notre Dame, after one of the most prestigious independent programs in the country was left bereft of games following the Big Ten and Pac-12 move to a conference-only schedule.Īfter playing 1,277 without any conference affiliations, Notre Dame gets a full ACC schedule this season and the possibility of reaching the conference championship, while the other 14 ACC members will each receive a slice of the Fighting Irish's broadcasting deal with NBC which will top up their revenue from ESPN and the ACC Network. While the Big Ten and the Pac-12 conferences have opted against playing football this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, it's all systems go for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), which gets underway this weekend. Series history-Notre Dame leads the all-time series 4-2.The over/under line in terms of total points scored is set at 53.5. In moneyline terms, Notre Dame is a 2/25 favorite, while Duke is a 15/2 outsider. Odds-DraftKings has Notre Dame as a 20-point favorite and the Fighting Irish are 9/10 to cover the spread. ![]()
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