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NEW ORLEANS — — Quarterback Jake Retzlaff rushed for 4 touchdowns as Tulane beat Duke 34-27 Saturday evening.
Retzlaff had scoring runs of 19 and 6 yards within the first quarter, 20 yards in the second quarter and 11 yards in the third quarter, setting a faculty document for dashing TDs by a quarterback in a sport.
Retzlaff, a switch from BYU, completed with 245 yards passing and 111 dashing — his second 100-yard dashing sport in three begins. “Guys bought into that game plan,” Retzlaff stated. “It’s an 11-man operation. I just did my job.”
Tulane (3-0) constructed a 24-3 lead, scoring on 4 of its first 5 possessions. “I thought our guys came out focused,” stated Tulane coach Jon Sumrall, whose staff fell behind 14-0 final Saturday at South Alabama.
Duke (1-2) rallied to inside 24-16 early within the third quarter on a pair of landing passes by Darian Mensah.
The Green Wave answered with Retzlaff’s fourth landing run and a Patrick Durkin subject objective to increase the result in 34-16.
Duke scored twice within the last three minutes however failed on a pair of onside kicks.
Duke: The Blue Devils have misplaced consecutive video games in September for the primary time since 2020 and dropped consecutive nonconference video games for the primary time since 2010.
Tulane: The Green Wave is undefeated via three video games for under the third time in 50 years. The different occasions Tulane opened with at the least three consecutive wins within the final half-century, in 1998 and 2022, it went on to win 12 video games and a convention title in every season.
Leading 24-16, Tulane confronted a fourth-and-2 at its 45 with 9:35 left within the third quarter. After a day out, Sumrall despatched the offense out.
“The analytics tell you to go there,” Sumrall stated, “but I felt like it was a critical part of the game. We wanted to have a pass/run option, or Jake could go thumbs down and we … punt.”
Retzlaff gained 3 yards on a keeper and capped the drive together with his fourth landing run.
Darian Mensah, Tulane’s beginning quarterback final season earlier than transferring to Duke in December, obtained a impolite welcome from the Green Wave pupil part and his former teammates.
Mensah, who had accomplished lower than 60 p.c of his passes solely twice in 15 profession begins, went 30 for 51 for 313 yards, his third straight 300-yard sport.
“We didn’t give up (big) touchdown plays,” Sumrall stated. “That was a big thing for us, making them drive the football.”
One week after committing 5 turnovers in a house loss to Illinois, Duke reduce that quantity to 1 on Saturday, however had three miscues in its subject objective execution – a missed 44-yard strive within the first quarter after a pair of pre-snap penalties, a mishandled snap on a 50-yard try within the second quarter and a blocked kick by Tulane’s TJ Smith within the third quarter.
Duke: The Blue Devils open Atlantic Coast Conference play at residence towards N.C. State subsequent Saturday.
Tulane: The Green Wave heads to No. 17 Ole Miss subsequent Saturday.
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