Live updates: Duke football takes early 3-0 lead on Clemson Tigers
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No. 9 Clemson traveled to Duke’s Wallace Wade Stadium and lost the Blue Devils in the season opener.
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FIRST QUARTER
SECOND QUARTER
Pelino 42-yard field goal, 6-0 Duke with 14:19 remaining in the second quarter
Cade Klubnik 2-yard pass to Will Shipley (Robert Gunn III PAT), 7-6 Clemson with 10:09 remaining in the second quarter
THIRD QUARTER
FOURTH QUARTER
Jaquez Moore 9-yard rush (Leonard 2-point pass to Jalon Calhoun), 21-7 Duke with 10:33 remaining in the game
Jordan Waters 36-yard rush (Pelino PAT), 28-7 Duke with 3:15 remaining in the game
Clemson injury update
Clemson released its travel roster roughly 90 minutes before kickoff. There are no new injuries to report off the two-deep depth chart.
Injured players who didn’t travel include defensive tackle Tré Williams (shoulder), defensive tackle Vic Burley (knee) and defensive end Armon Mason (undisclosed).
Fifteen of of Clemson’s 26 scholarship true freshmen in the well regarded Class of 2023 ended up traveling. The group includes lots of expected names such as DT Peter Woods, DE T.J. Parker and WR Tyler Brown but also a few surprises such as RB Jay Haynes, TE Olsen Patt-Henry and DE A.J. Hoffler.
What was the Clemson-Duke point spread?
Clemson was a 13-point favorite in today’s game point spread, according to the VegasInsider consensus betting line. The over-under for points scored in the game was 55.5.
Prediction
ESPN’s Football Power Index gave the Tigers an 86.8% chance to beat the Blue Devils.
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