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Stadium renovations attest to Duke’s football ambition

DURHAM

The tunnel Duke’s players walk through to enter Wallace Wade Stadium used to open onto a six-lane running track, a metaphorical moat around the football field. Saturday, they stepped straight onto grass, surrounded on both sides by new seats that creep all the way down to the surface, one of many changes to the venerable old bowl.

“When I first stepped in there, it felt like a new stadium,” said Duke wide receiver Max McCaffrey, a senior. “We’re all really appreciative of the people who came before us to make this happen.”

Saturday’s comfortable 55-0 win over N.