Duke Blue Devils

ACC Championship

YES!

Duke Blue Devils beat the Virginia Cavaliers

8-5 27 – 20

10-3

Final/OT · Sat, Dec 6

Game Details

Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte) · 41,672 fans · ABC

Highlights

Duke beats No. 16 Virginia 27-20 in overtime for first outright ACC championship since 1962

Duke has its first outright Atlantic Coast Conference football championship since 1962.

Recap via ESPN

1:52 Duke Blue Devils vs. Virginia Cavaliers: Full Highlights

0:29 Jeremiah Hasley finds pay dirt for a Duke TD

0:31 Virgina misses field goal on opening possession

0:35 Corey Costner snags an impressive INT for Virginia

Clips play on ESPN

Bank of America Stadium · Charlotte

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	T
DUKE	7	7	3	3	7	27
UVA	0	7	3	10	0	20

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Game Leaders

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Darian Mensah · 19/25, 196 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Nate Sheppard · 21 CAR, 97 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Cooper Barkate · 5 REC, 91 YDSReceiving Yards
Vincent Anthony Jr. · 1Sacks
Luke Mergott · 9Tackles

Virginia Cavaliers

Chandler Morris · 21/40, 216 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INTPassing Yards
Harrison Waylee · 11 CAR, 66 YDSRushing Yards
Cameron Ross · 5 REC, 59 YDSReceiving Yards
Daniel Rickert · 1Sacks
Devin Neal Jr. · 7Tackles

2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team
Miami
Pittsburgh
Duke
SMU
Wake Forest
Clemson
Florida State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
NC State
California
Louisville
Stanford
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Syracuse
Boston College

Scoring

OT 0:00

TD Jeremiah Hasley 1 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)27–20

Q4 0:22

TD Eli Wood 18 Yd pass from Chandler Morris (Will Bettridge Kick)20–20

Q4 3:54

FG Will Bettridge 42 Yd Field Goal 20–13

Q4 5:02

FG Todd Pelino 23 Yd Field Goal 20–10

Q3 3:53

FG Todd Pelino 29 Yd Field Goal 17–10

Q3 7:19

FG Will Bettridge 24 Yd Field Goal 14–10

Q2 6:14

TD Nate Sheppard 16 Yd Run (Todd Pelino Kick)14–7

Q2 14:16

TD J'Mari Taylor 11 Yd pass from Chandler Morris (Will Bettridge Kick)7–7

Q1 10:40

TD Jeremiah Hasley 12 Yd pass from Darian Mensah (Todd Pelino Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Duke Blue DevilsVirginia Cavaliers

Offense

333 Total Yards 344

196 Passing Yards 216

137 Rushing Yards 128

18 First Downs 25

Efficiency

6-16 3rd Down 7-15

4-4 4th Down 1-2

19/25 Completions 21/40

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 2

8-72 Penalties 5-40

34:24 Possession 25:36

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Darian Mensah	19/25	196	7.8	2	1	83.3
Team	19/25	196	7.8	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nate Sheppard	21	97	4.6	1	16
Anderson Castle	16	35	2.2	0	7
Kevin O'Connor	1	6	6.0	0	6
Darian Mensah	5	0	0.0	0	6
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	44	137	3.1	1	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cooper Barkate	5	91	18.2	0	38
Sahmir Hagans	2	31	15.5	0	35
Nate Sheppard	5	31	6.2	0	9
Landen King	2	21	10.5	0	16
Jeremiah Hasley	3	19	6.3	2	12
Que'Sean Brown	2	3	1.5	0	5
Team	19	196	10.3	2	38

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Darian Mensah	2	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Luke Mergott	9	5	0	0	0	2
Chandler Rivers	8	4	0	0	0	0
Landan Callahan	5	4	0	0	1	0
Aaron Hall	5	3	0	1	0	0
Wesley Williams	5	2	0	1	1	3
DaShawn Stone	4	3	0	0	2	0
Caleb Weaver	4	1	0	0	0	0
Ma'Khi Jones	3	1	0	0	0	1
Vincent Anthony Jr.	2	2	1	1	0	0
Kendall Johnson	2	2	0	0	1	1
Tre Freeman	2	1	0	0	0	0
Josiah Green	2	1	0	0	0	1
Tyshon Reed	2	1	0	1	0	0
Andrew Pellicciotta	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jaiden Francois	1	1	0	0	1	0
Cooper Barkate	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Lanier	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin O'Connor	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team	59	33	1	4	7	9

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Luke Mergott	1	0	0
Caleb Weaver	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Sahmir Hagans	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team	1	13	13.0	13	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Todd Pelino	2/2	100.0	29	2/2	8
Cosme Salas	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	2/2	100.0	29	3/3	9

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Kade Reynoldson	4	186	46.5	0	3	47
Team	4	186	46.5	0	3	47

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Chandler Morris	21/40	216	5.4	2	2	27.2
Team	21/40	216	5.4	2	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Harrison Waylee	11	66	6.0	19
J'Mari Taylor	15	65	4.3	16
Chandler Morris	3	-3	-1.0	8
Team	29	128	4.4	19

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cameron Ross	5	59	11.8	0	29
Jahmal Edrine	3	42	14.0	0	17
Trell Harris	3	38	12.7	0	23
J'Mari Taylor	4	34	8.5	1	11
Eli Wood	3	30	10.0	1	18
Harrison Waylee	2	8	4.0	0	5
Kameron Courtney	1	5	5.0	0	5
Team	21	216	10.3	2	29

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
James Jackson	7	5	0	0	0	1
Devin Neal Jr.	7	4	0	0	0	0
Maddox Marcellus	7	3	0	0.5	0	0
Mitchell Melton	5	4	0	0	0	0
Corey Costner	5	3	0	0.5	1	0
Landon Danley	4	4	0	0	0	0
Jacob Holmes	4	1	0	1.5	0	1
Jason Hammond	4	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Britton	4	1	0	0	0	0
Donavon Platt	3	2	0	0	0	0
Fisher Camac	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jahmeer Carter	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Osborne	3	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Charles	2	2	0	0	0	0
Ethan Minter	2	2	0	1	0	0
Ja'Son Prevard	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jordan Robinson	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
Daniel Rickert	1	1	1	1	0	1
Antonio Clary	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cazeem Moore	1	1	0	0	0	1
Davis Lane	1	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Hardy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Montino Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	73	39	1	5	1	4

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Corey Costner	1	7	0
Team	1	7	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Will Bettridge	2/3	66.7	42	2/2	8
Team	2/3	66.7	42	2/2	8

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Daniel Sparks	2	101	50.5	2	0	52
Team	2	101	50.5	2	0	52

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