Duke Scores 48 Straight and Buries William & Mary 62-7
William & Mary did score in the first quarter, and Duke answered by scoring and scoring and scoring. The Blue Devils won 62-7, and after the Tribe's 6-yard pass from Winston Watkins to Jack Reuter made it 14-7 with 2:58 left in the first quarter, Duke outscored them 48-0.
Duke gained 638 yards, 352 through the air and 286 on the ground, and did not turn the ball over once. The 62 points came on eight touchdowns and two field goals from Cosme Salas. Two Duke quarterbacks threw scoring passes: Walker Eget hit Jayden Moore from 24 yards and Jared Richardson from 28, and Dan Mahan threw three of his own, from 29, 29 and 27 yards, all in the middle two quarters. Mahan was 6 for 7, so half of his completions were touchdowns.
On the ground, Nate Sheppard ran for 116 yards on nine carries, including a 19-yard score, and Jayvian Tanelus (4 yards) and CJ Givers (28 yards) each added a touchdown run in the fourth quarter. By halftime it was already 38-7, and the second half was mostly a matter of how many more Duke wanted. Salas kicked a 32-yard field goal in the second quarter and a 39-yarder in the third, and those were the least of it. Eight touchdowns will do that to a kicker's afternoon.
Duke is 4-0. William & Mary is 0-1. For fantasy, this was a game where everyone ate. Mahan's 24.3 points were the most of any player on either side, and he did it on seven pass attempts and two carries, which is the efficiency we all want and rarely get.