The Duke Blue Devils came into Saturday’s game against the Syracuse Orange with 408 total rushing yards through four games. That’s an average of 102 rushing yards per game, which put the Blue Devils as the third-worst rushing team in the ACC heading into the weekend.
The script completely flipped for Duke on Saturday as the Blue Devils rushed for 363 yards against a depleted Syracuse defense. Despite forcing four turnovers, Syracuse couldn’t stop the Duke rushing attack and couldn’t develop much offense as the Orange lost 38-24 to the Blue Devils.