IN vs. Duke: Pinstripe Bowl Recap, Score, Key Stats

But most killer: Oakes missed a 38-yarder in overtime after Duke had taken a 44-41 lead with a FG on its OT possession.

Duke will play IN in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015.

“Absolutely ecstatic”, said Duke’s Martin about the game-winning kick.

The final regular-season games of his career were arguably his two best – and they returned Sudfeld and the Hoosiers to the postseason stage for the first time since 2007 and second since 1993.

Stats out of they way, we’ll finish this section with the best description I’ve seen of this game (if it’s from here, take credit in the comments, otherwise I’ll assume I just saw it somewhere on “The Internet”): it’s a football game being played by two basketball schools in a baseball stadium in hockey weather. Instead of taking the near-automatic field goal from Martin, Duke had Sirk attempt to sneak it up the middle � and he was stuffed for no gain. Replay showed that the ball passed directly over the top of the upright, though it was an extremely close kick.

“It just comes down to the way I feel about Coach [Cutcliffe]”, said Duke offensive coordinator Scottie Montgomery, who now departs Durham to take over the head coaching position at East Carolina. IN finished that season 0-11.

“This has been a long time coming”, Duke senior center Matt Skura said. The Blue Devils won in the first overtime despite going first and having to settle for a field goal without a first down.

“I said, ‘Man, I am not criticizing, ‘ but it was just a sense”, Wilson said. “There is one New York City in this world”, Blue Devils coach David Cutcliffe said. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article. The first-team all-Big Ten selection had 1,213 yards and nine touchdowns despite playing only eight full games and part of a ninth due to ankle and knee injuries. Let’s go with the 98-yard kickoff return for a TD for Duke’s Shaun Wilson. IN would respond as quarterback Nate Sudfeld would throw his second touchdown pass of the game, this time a three-yard score to make it a 24-20 ballgame. Cuttliffe said he would have not been able to continue if IN tied it.

Thomas Sirk brought the lead back to Duke with a 73 yard ramble for a TD, almost matching Wilson’s (which tied a Duke record for the longest TD run) and most likely set a record for the longest TD by a Duke quarterback.

WASHINGTON ST. 20, MIAMI 14 (at El Paso, Texas) – Luke Falk threw two touchdown passes to lead the Cougars (20-14) to a victory over the Hurricanes (8-5) in the snowy Sun Bowl. Redding carried 35 times for 227 yards and one touchdown. Also, Griffin Oakes is 8 extra points away from Indiana’s single season record, held by Mitch Ewald. “We had enough errors we were on the wrong side, and that was the message to the team”.

But until Saturday, they had struggled to get over the hump during their first three attempts to snap a streak without a postseason win that dated back to the 1961 Cotton Bowl. The Indiana Hoosiers will not be cutting the Blue Devils a break because of their loss, so for now, Duke must regroup and plan for their first game in the post Jeremy Cash era. If he plays and surpasses the century mark he will join Anthony Thompson and Tevin Coleman as the only Hoosiers with six 100-yard rushing games…. Even the kickers displayed strength with Duke’s converting a field goal from 52 yards out and Indiana’s matching from 45 yards. Fellow defensive back Phillip Carter picked off IN quarterback Nate Sudfeld on the ensuing play to cover up that mistake, but Edwards later drew a flag for pass interference IN the end zone.