The football team (8-5, 6-2 Mid-American Conference) lost its final game of the season in the Quick Lane Bowl against the Duke Blue Devils (7-6, 3-5 Atlantic Coastal Conference) by a final score of 36-14.
“The kids played hard, we just didn’t execute well enough,” Head Coach Rod Carey said. “[We] certainly feel like if we would have executed, the outcome could have been different.”
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— Ray Gooden (@Raygooden_niu) December 27, 2017
Duke struck first after marching the ball down the field, culminating a one yard touchdown run by redshirt sophomore quarterback Daniel Jones.