Duke Blue Devils

6-5

YES!

Duke Blue Devils beat the North Carolina Tar Heels

6-5 32 – 25

4-7

Final · Sat, Nov 22

Game Details

Kenan Stadium (Chapel Hill) · 50,500 fans · ACC Network

Highlights

Fake FG call, Castle's 3 rushing scores help Duke hold off rival UNC 32-25 and become bowl eligible

Anderson Castle punched in the go-ahead 1-yard touchdown with 2:18 left set up by an audacious fake field-goal call and Duke followed with a late stop to hold off rival North Carolina 32-25 on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

1:19 Duke Blue Devils vs. North Carolina Tar Heels: Full Highlights

0:15 Gio Lopez crosses goal line for 1-yard rushing touchdown

0:27 Anderson Castle scores 1-yard rushing touchdown

0:34 Darian Mensah throws 14-yard touchdown pass vs. North Carolina

Clips play on ESPN

Kenan Stadium · Chapel Hill

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DUKE	7	10	7	8	32
UNC	7	3	8	7	25

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Game Leaders

Duke Blue Devils

Darian Mensah · 20/33, 175 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Nate Sheppard · 22 CAR, 90 YDSRushing Yards
Jeremiah Hasley · 7 REC, 85 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Aaron Hall · 1Sacks
Luke Mergott · 7Tackles

North Carolina Tar Heels

Gio Lopez · 21/27, 204 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Davion Gause · 8 CAR, 63 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jordan Shipp · 8 REC, 83 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Isaiah Johnson · 1Sacks
Will Hardy · 8Tackles

2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team
Miami
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Duke
SMU
Wake Forest
Clemson
Florida State
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NC State
California
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Stanford
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Georgia Tech
Syracuse
Boston College

Scoring

Q4 2:18

TD Anderson Castle 1 Yd Run (Darian Mensah Pass to Nate Sheppard for Two-Point Conversion)32–25

Q4 13:13

TD Davion Gause 12 Yd Run (Rece Verhoff Kick)24–25

Q3 4:52

TD Jordan Shipp 20 Yd pass from Gio Lopez (Gio Lopez Pass to Jordan Shipp for Two-Point Conversion)24–18

Q3 9:15

TD Anderson Castle 1 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick)24–10

Q2 0:07

FG Rece Verhoff 49 Yd Field Goal 17–10

Q2 2:33

FG Todd Pelino 33 Yd Field Goal 17–7

Q2 10:25

TD Jeremiah Hasley 14 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)14–7

Q1 2:59

TD Anderson Castle 1 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick)7–7

Q1 7:57

TD Gio Lopez 1 Yd Run (Rece Verhoff Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Duke Blue DevilsNorth Carolina Tar Heels

Offense

352 Total Yards 305

175 Passing Yards 204

177 Rushing Yards 101

24 First Downs 18

Efficiency

6-15 3rd Down 8-13

5-6 4th Down 0-1

20/33 Completions 21/27

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 0

3-27 Penalties 12-103

36:00 Possession 24:00

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Darian Mensah	20/33	175	5.3	1	0	83.3
Team	20/33	175	5.3	1	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nate Sheppard	22	90	4.1	0	29
Anderson Castle	13	49	3.8	3	9
Darian Mensah	3	27	9.0	0	13
Todd Pelino	1	26	26.0	0	26
Team	3	-4	-1.3	0	0
Que'Sean Brown	1	-11	-11.0	0	0
Team	43	177	4.1	3	29

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jeremiah Hasley	7	85	12.1	1	27
Sahmir Hagans	3	30	10.0	0	22
Cooper Barkate	2	26	13.0	0	24
Nate Sheppard	1	18	18.0	0	18
Que'Sean Brown	4	16	4.0	0	14
Anderson Castle	1	5	5.0	0	5
Jayden Moore	2	-5	-2.5	0	0
Team	20	175	8.8	1	27

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Luke Mergott	7	6	1	1	0	0
Jaiden Francois	6	5	0	1	0	1
Chandler Rivers	6	4	0	1	0	0
Kendall Johnson	6	3	0	0	0	0
DaShawn Stone	6	3	0	0	0	0
Kimari Robinson	5	5	0	0	1	0
Josiah Green	5	2	1	1	0	0
Vincent Anthony Jr.	3	2	0	0	0	0
Caleb Weaver	2	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Hall	1	1	1	1	0	0
Bryce Davis	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ma'Khi Jones	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tyshon Reed	1	1	0	0	0	0
Wesley Williams	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin O'Connor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kobe Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bradley Gompers	1	0	0	0	0	0
Preston Watson	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team	54	34	3	5	1	4

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Sahmir Hagans	1	40	40.0	40	0
Team	1	40	40.0	40	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Todd Pelino	1/1	100.0	33	3/3	6
Team	1/1	100.0	33	3/3	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Kade Reynoldson	1	36	36.0	0	1	36
Team	1	36	36.0	0	1	36

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Gio Lopez	21/27	204	7.6	1	0	65.5
Team	21/27	204	7.6	1	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Davion Gause	8	63	7.9	1	13
Gio Lopez	9	20	2.2	1	17
Benjamin Hall	2	9	4.5	0	6
Demon June	6	9	1.5	0	3
Team	25	101	4.0	2	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jordan Shipp	8	83	10.4	1	22
Kobe Paysour	5	63	12.6	0	21
Javarius Green	2	21	10.5	0	12
Davion Gause	1	16	16.0	0	16
Demon June	3	9	3.0	0	12
Shanard Clower	1	7	7.0	0	7
Jordan Owens	1	5	5.0	0	5
Team	21	204	9.7	1	22

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Will Hardy	8	1	0	0	0	0
Andrew Simpson	6	4	0	0	0	3
Khmori House	6	3	0	0	0	1
Isaiah Johnson	5	2	1	1	0	0
Leroy Jackson	5	2	0	0	0	0
Mikai Gbayor	5	1	0	0	0	0
D'Antre Robinson	5	1	0	0	0	0
Gavin Gibson	4	2	0	1	0	0
Melkart Abou Jaoude	4	1	0	1	0	0
Kaleb Cost	3	3	0	1	0	0
Jaiden Patterson	3	3	0	1	1	0
Greg Smith III	3	1	0	0	0	1
CJ Mims	2	2	0	0	0	0
Marcus Allen	2	2	0	0	1	0
Javion Butts	2	2	0	0	0	0
Joseph Mupoyi	2	1	0	0	0	0
Coleman Bryson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Thaddeus Dixon	1	1	0	0	2	0
Xavier Lewis	1	1	0	0	0	0
Smith Vilbert	1	0	0	0	2	1
Tyler Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	70	34	1	5	6	6

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Will Hardy	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team	1	9	9.0	9	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Rece Verhoff	1/1	100.0	49	2/2	5
Team	1/1	100.0	49	2/2	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tom Maginness	3	151	50.3	0	1	56
Team	3	151	50.3	0	1	56

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