Week 1
Final
0-1 ELON
17
DUKE 1-0
45
ELON 
DUKE17
45
1Q 01:35
0 - 3
T. Pelino 41-yard field goal.
FG Made
4th & 8
2Q 09:54
3 - 3
L. Barnes 35-yard field goal.
FG Made
4th & 13
2Q 08:11
3 - 10
J. Moore 32-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
2nd & 8
2Q 03:46
10 - 10
L. Clark 2-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
3rd & Goal
3Q 11:05
10 - 17
S. Hagans 15-yard TD catch from D. Mensah.
Touchdown
Made XP
2nd & Goal
3Q 05:54
10 - 24
A. Anthony 27-yard TD catch from D. Mensah.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 10
4Q 14:17
17 - 24
L. Backey 3-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
4th & Goal
4Q 11:35
17 - 31
S. Hagans 6-yard TD catch from D. Mensah.
Touchdown
Made XP
2nd & Goal
4Q 09:39
17 - 38
Q. Brown 78-yard TD punt return.
Touchdown
Made XP
4th & 9
4Q 02:00
17 - 45
P. Jones 5-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
3rd & 1
Top Performers
Pass Yds
389
Mensah
DUKE
Rush Yds
69
Castle
DUKE
Rec Yds
117
Barkate
DUKE
Scrim TD
2
Hagans
DUKE
Matchup
Pass Rush Rec
262
Total Yds
537
32:53
Possession
27:07
14
1st Downs
23
8/17
3rd Down
5/9
0
Turnovers
1
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2025 AFL
undefined DUKE
| Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
 NC State | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Miami | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Duke | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Florida State | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Louisville | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Boston College | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 SMU | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Virginia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 California | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
 Virginia Tech | 0 | 1 | .000 |
 North Carolina | 0 | 0 | |
 Syracuse | 0 | 1 | .000 |
 Clemson | 0 | 1 | .000 |
 Stanford | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Game Summary
The Duke Blue Devils dominated the Elon Phoenix, 45 to 17, on Thursday.
Game Info
August 28, 2025
Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium
Durham, North Carolina
77°
4 mph W
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Clark #11 | 10/16 | 101 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 3-13 | 115.5 |
M. Lainez | 1/2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 96.2 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Mensah #10 | 27/34 | 389 | 11.4 | 3 | 0 | 2-11 | 204.6 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Clark #11 | 18 | 61 | 3.4 | 1 | 14 |
TJ Thomas Jr. #20 | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 0 | 44 |
J. Williams | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 28 |
D. Frederick #2 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 5 |
L. Backey #3 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | 3 |
M. Lainez | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Castle #4 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 63 |
J. Moore #9 | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 1 | 32 |
N. Sheppard #20 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 11 |
P. Jones #5 | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 | 8 |
D. Mensah #10 | 4 | -10 | -2.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Magazu #34 | 3/4 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 27 |
Z. Winston #0 | 1/2 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 29 |
J. Williams | 1/1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
R. Smith #37 | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
TJ Thomas Jr. #20 | 3/4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 |
K. McMillian #9 | 1/3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
D. Frederick #2 | 1/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Lankford #7 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Alford | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Barkate #18 | 5/8 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | 46 |
Q. Brown #7 | 6/7 | 93 | 15.5 | 0 | 44 |
S. Hagans #2 | 5/6 | 54 | 10.8 | 2 | 21 |
A. Anthony #1 | 3/3 | 51 | 17.0 | 1 | 27 |
J. Moore #8 | 3/3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 15 |
N. Sheppard #20 | 1/1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
L. King #0 | 1/1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
A. Castle #4 | 2/2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
J. Hasley #85 | 1/1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
P. Jones #5 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
D. Pardue #42 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
J. Moore #9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Q. Brown #7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DJ Hamilton #38 | 11-7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Hart III #31 | 8-5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Carroll | 7-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
A. Cunningham #6 | 5-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Scott #14 | 4-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I. Atkins #32 | 4-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Lowery #4 | 3-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Pardue #42 | 3-3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Jones #28 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Powell II #26 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Gullickson #53 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Alsobrooks #2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Brown #94 | 2-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Louro #55 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Wyatt #30 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Martin #11 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Guttman | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Francois #2 | 10-3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Freeman #12 | 6-2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
V. Anthony Jr. #7 | 6-3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Hall #99 | 5-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Jones #26 | 4-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Morris Jr. #36 | 4-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Weaver #3 | 4-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Stone #8 | 4-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Watson #95 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Callahan #21 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Pellicciotta #35 | 3-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Johnson #42 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Robinson #5 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Green #4 | 2-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Onuoha #93 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Rivers #0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Andrew #33 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Mergott #34 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. O'Connor #50 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Smith #18 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Williams #97 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Pelino #29 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Kane #22 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Barnes #91 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 5 | 35 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Pelino #29 | 1/2 | 6/6 | 9 | 41 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Yurk #97 | 5 | 249 | 49.8 | 57 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Reynoldson #41 | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TJ Thomas Jr. #20 | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. Jones #5 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q. Brown #7 | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 78 | 1 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Clark #11 | 10/16 | 101 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 3-13 | 115.5 |
M. Lainez | 1/2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 96.2 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Clark #11 | 18 | 61 | 3.4 | 1 | 14 |
TJ Thomas Jr. #20 | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 0 | 44 |
J. Williams | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 28 |
D. Frederick #2 | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 5 |
L. Backey #3 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | 3 |
M. Lainez | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Magazu #34 | 3/4 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 27 |
Z. Winston #0 | 1/2 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 29 |
J. Williams | 1/1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
R. Smith #37 | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
TJ Thomas Jr. #20 | 3/4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 |
K. McMillian #9 | 1/3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
D. Frederick #2 | 1/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Lankford #7 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Alford | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
D. Pardue #42 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DJ Hamilton #38 | 11-7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Hart III #31 | 8-5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Carroll | 7-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
A. Cunningham #6 | 5-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Scott #14 | 4-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I. Atkins #32 | 4-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Lowery #4 | 3-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Pardue #42 | 3-3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Jones #28 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Powell II #26 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Gullickson #53 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Alsobrooks #2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Brown #94 | 2-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Louro #55 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Wyatt #30 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Martin #11 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Guttman | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Barnes #91 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 5 | 35 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Yurk #97 | 5 | 249 | 49.8 | 57 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TJ Thomas Jr. #20 | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Mensah #10 | 27/34 | 389 | 11.4 | 3 | 0 | 2-11 | 204.6 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Castle #4 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 63 |
J. Moore #9 | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 1 | 32 |
N. Sheppard #20 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 11 |
P. Jones #5 | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 | 8 |
D. Mensah #10 | 4 | -10 | -2.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Barkate #18 | 5/8 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | 46 |
Q. Brown #7 | 6/7 | 93 | 15.5 | 0 | 44 |
S. Hagans #2 | 5/6 | 54 | 10.8 | 2 | 21 |
A. Anthony #1 | 3/3 | 51 | 17.0 | 1 | 27 |
J. Moore #8 | 3/3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 15 |
N. Sheppard #20 | 1/1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
L. King #0 | 1/1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
A. Castle #4 | 2/2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
J. Hasley #85 | 1/1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
P. Jones #5 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
J. Moore #9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Q. Brown #7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Francois #2 | 10-3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Freeman #12 | 6-2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
V. Anthony Jr. #7 | 6-3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Hall #99 | 5-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Jones #26 | 4-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Morris Jr. #36 | 4-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Weaver #3 | 4-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Stone #8 | 4-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Watson #95 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Callahan #21 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Pellicciotta #35 | 3-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Johnson #42 | 3-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Robinson #5 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Green #4 | 2-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Onuoha #93 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Rivers #0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Andrew #33 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Mergott #34 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. O'Connor #50 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Smith #18 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Williams #97 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Pelino #29 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Kane #22 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Pelino #29 | 1/2 | 6/6 | 9 | 41 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Reynoldson #41 | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. Jones #5 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q. Brown #7 | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 78 | 1 |
ELON DUKE17
45
Punt
3 plays,
-6 yd,
01:410-0
Missed FG
5 plays,
35 yd,
01:320-0
Punt
3 plays,
-2 yd,
01:480-0
Punt
3 plays,
11 yd,
01:160-0
Punt
5 plays,
19 yd,
02:400-0
Field Goal
13 plays,
72 yd,
04:320-3
Field Goal
13 plays,
75 yd,
06:413-3
Touchdown
4 plays,
75 yd,
01:493-10
Touchdown
9 plays,
75 yd,
04:1810-10
Fumble
5 plays,
56 yd,
01:4810-10
Punt
3 plays,
-4 yd,
01:0610-10
End of Half
3 plays,
1 yd,
00:4910-10
Touchdown
8 plays,
88 yd,
04:0110-17
Punt
3 plays,
-5 yd,
01:3710-17
Touchdown
8 plays,
88 yd,
03:3610-24
Touchdown
12 plays,
80 yd,
06:3417-24
Touchdown
5 plays,
80 yd,
02:4417-31
Punt
3 plays,
11 yd,
02:1017-38
Downs
6 plays,
22 yd,
02:2317-38
Touchdown
7 plays,
42 yd,
05:0017-45
End of Game
3 plays,
10 yd,
01:5517-45
262
Total Yds
537
99
Pass Yds
378
163
Rush Yds
159
11
Total Drives
10
65
Total Plays
61
4
Yards Per Play
8.8
4.7
Yards Per Pass
10.5
3.7
Yards Per Rush
6.4
32:53
Possession
27:07
0
Biggest Lead
28
14
1st Downs
23
6
Passing 1st Downs
15
8
Rushing 1st Downs
7
0
1st Downs from Penalties
1
8/17
3rd Down
5/9
1/2
4th Down
0/0
6
Punts
1
0
Turnovers
1
0
Interceptions Thrown
0
0
Fumbles Lost
1
7
Penalties
3
2.0
Sacks
3.0
4
Tackles For Loss
5
0
D/ST TD
1
