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Northwestern-Duke Final Score: Wildcats surge in second half to secure first win

On a beautiful night in Evanston, the Northwestern Wildcats used a suffocating second-half defense, timely turnovers and multiple long touchdowns to defeat the Duke Blue Devils 24-13.

The Wildcats came out of the gates strong, going 75 yards on 10 plays on their opening drive. The drive featured solid blocking from the much-maligned offensive line and finished with a 26-yard strike from Clayton Thorson to Garrett Dickerson.

This is more like it!

Right, @NUFBFamily fans?

More video >> https://t.co/Afb2pFbefb https://t.co/xZFnAvoOH3— Northwestern On BTN (@NUOnBTN) September 18, 2016

It was a mainly quiet quarter from there out, with Duke putting together two drives, but neither getting the Blue Devils on the board.