Daily News | Temple blown out by Duke, 30-0, in season opener
Duke hammered Temple, 30-0, Friday night in both teams’ season openers, indicating that the Owls have much further to go.“It was really a good opportunity for us as a football family to figure out who we were — who we are. I don’t think that we really showed up in the first half, but the one positive thing that we can take from it is that we showed up in the second half.”On paper, Temple’s matchup with host Duke in Durham, N.
While Duke quarterback Riley Leonard quickly established a rhythm — he finished with 328 passing yards and two touchdowns —He had 11 completions for just 83 yards — and never put the Blue Devils in jeopardy — when he was pulled at the 9-minute mark of the fourth quarter for Quincy Patterson. The backup finished with three completions for 31 yards, completing the shutout.
Duke extended that drive, with running back Jaylen Coleman drilling 1-yard into the end zone for the touchdown, again nobody was there to stop him.
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