Next Up For Duke Football: SMU
The Mustangs are 6-1 and ranked #22.
Date 10/26 || Time 7:00 PM || Venue Wallace Wade Stadium || Video ACC Network
The ACC’s latest expansion gets real for Duke Saturday evening as SMU comes to Wallace Wade for the first time as a conference member. The teams haven’t played since 1956.
SMU comes to Wally Wade 6-1 with the only loss being to BYU (18-15).
Otherwise though, stopping this team has been tough: SMU hung 29 on Nevada, 59 on Houston Christian, 66 on TCU, 42 on Florida State, 34 on Louisville and 40 on Stanford.
Clearly SMU has an explosive offense and QB sophomore Kevin Jennings is a big reason why. He’s been killing it since taking over during the BYU game.
Of course Duke’s defense has been terrific as well.Manny Diaz and Jonathan Patke have completely transformed Duke’s defense. They’ve been aggressive, confident and impressive all season.
Duke’s problem isn’t defense: the issues have come on offense. Duke has been erratic offensively.
Of course you can win on defense but SMU is a really good team and it’s going to take a total team effort to pull off a win.
A solid offensive effort Saturday would help a lot.
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