Normally, when a team has several backups having to start due to injuries, one can expect plenty of mistakes. But this Duke football team showed that it doesn’t care about the norm by ending its 40-27 win at Baylor on Saturday without a single penalty or turnover.
The program has now won six straight games for the second time under coach David Cutcliffe and just the third time since Steve Spurrier left town in 1989. And for the first time in 30 years, the Blue Devils have had 3-0 starts in two consecutive seasons.
Other than allowing a punt to be blocked and returned for a touchdown and some errant passes by backup-turned-temporary-starter Quentin Harris — the redshirt junior finished 12-of-30 passing for 174 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 83 yards on 14 attempts while filling in for an injured Daniel Jones — there wasn’t anything not to like about the team’s performance.