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CFB : ATS Matchup

DUKE (9 - 3) vs. ARIZONA ST (9 - 3)
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Week 17 Saturday, 12/27/2014 2:00 PM
SUN BOWL - Sun Bowl Stadium - El Paso, TX
Board OpenLatest
229DUKE6864.5
230ARIZONA ST-9-7.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
DUKE - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games9-3+48-43-832.517.0398.2(5.4)1.120.611.7400.2(5.2)1.7
Road Games4-1+43-21-430.616.6357.2(5)0.824.413.2424.6(5.6)1.4
Last 3 Games1-2-31-21-225.714.7381.0(4.8)2.327.716.3399.7(5.5)2.0
Turf Games1-0+10-10-134.024.0452.0(5.4)0.017.014.0396.0(5.1)0.0
DUKE - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)32.517.022.128:3737-183(4.9)21-3757.2%215(5.9)74-398(5.4)(12.3)
Opponents Defensive Avg.29.915.621.230:0739-182(4.6)18-3159.0%221(7.1)71-403(5.7)(13.5)
Offense Road Games30.616.620.827:4535-156(4.5)21-3756.8%201(5.5)71-357(5)(11.7)
Defense (All Games)20.611.721.931:1844-196(4.5)18-3254.5%204(6.3)76-400(5.2)(19.4)
Opponents Offensive Avg.23.512.219.530:5238-163(4.2)18-3257.4%205(6.5)70-368(5.3)(15.7)
Defense Road Games24.413.223.232:0346-224(4.8)18-3059.3%201(6.7)76-425(5.6)(17.4)

ARIZONA ST - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games9-3+56-66-637.021.3446.5(5.9)1.127.712.8418.5(5.7)2.1
Road Games4-2+1.43-33-336.721.0436.7(6.1)1.028.014.5416.0(5.5)2.2
Last 3 Games1-2-31-22-138.022.0359.0(4.8)1.336.019.7484.3(6.4)3.0
Turf Games2-2-32-22-236.021.7413.2(5.5)1.527.514.0364.5(5.4)2.5
ARIZONA ST - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)37.021.323.229:0139-170(4.3)21-3659.4%276(7.7)75-446(5.9)(12.1)
Opponents Defensive Avg.30.316.622.930:4839-170(4.4)22-3660.9%257(7.1)75-428(5.7)(14.1)
Offense Road Games36.721.021.327:3737-166(4.5)19-3457.1%270(7.9)71-437(6.1)(11.9)
Defense (All Games)27.712.820.030:5839-157(4)21-3560.0%262(7.5)74-418(5.7)(15.1)
Opponents Offensive Avg.29.315.121.630:1038-167(4.4)22-3562.3%254(7.2)73-421(5.8)(14.4)
Defense Road Games28.014.521.032:2344-197(4.5)20-3264.2%219(6.9)76-416(5.5)(14.9)
Average power rating of opponents played: DUKE 30.4,  ARIZONA ST 37.5
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
DUKE - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
11/1/2014@ PITTSBURGH51-48W3W52.5O27-17223-31-266065-35816-24-2360
11/8/2014@ SYRACUSE27-10W-4W53U33-9815-33-161137-11917-32-1052
11/15/2014VIRGINIA TECH16-17L-3.5L47.5U41-14119-41-185349-14513-24-1481
11/20/2014N CAROLINA20-45L-5.5L67U37-11622-40-262357-31518-27-2763
11/29/2014WAKE FOREST41-21W-17.5W44O45-14620-32-293124-6424-36-2512
12/27/2014*ARIZONA ST            

ARIZONA ST - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
11/1/2014UTAH19-16W-6.5L56U43-23918-33-205252-18412-22-570
11/8/2014NOTRE DAME55-31W-3W61O45-18817-28-224138-4122-41-4465
11/15/2014@ OREGON ST27-35L-7L63.5U31-10322-44-264237-24719-33-2512
11/22/2014WASHINGTON ST52-31W-14W71O36-9815-25-232024-2145-76-6015
11/28/2014@ ARIZONA35-42L1.5L65O43-11327-44-267237-12515-21-2082
12/27/2014*DUKE            
KEY GAME INFORMATION
DUKE: Erratic QB Anthony Boone (7.0 YPA, 13 TD, 13 INT) will try to lead Duke back to a bowl by continually feeding superstar WR Jamison Crowder (1,360 rec yds, 8 TD). The Blue Devils will continue to run often with RBs Josh Snead (651 rush yds) and Shaquille Powell (5.5 YPC). Duke gave up gobs of yards (418 YPG), but had 18 INT. The secondary will be a strength led by S Jeremy Cash (121 tackles, 4 INT) The LBs are decent, but the D-Line will struggle.
ARIZONA ST: Todd Graham and the Sun Devils have a backfield loaded with talent, led by QB Taylor Kelly (3,635 pass yds, 28 TD, 12 INT; 608 rush yds, 9 TD) and big WR Jaelen Strong (1,122 rec yds, 7 TD). They lost leading rusher Marion Grice, but RB D.J. Foster (501 rush yds, 653 rec yds, 10 total TD) is more than capable of filling the lead back role. The arrival of Auburn transfer Christian Westerman, a likely immediate starter at guard, helps make up for the loss of two O-Line starters. The defense may not hold up its end of the bargain after losing nine starters, including stars Will Sutton and Carl Bradford. ASU will be relying on an influx of freshman and JUCO players battling it out this fall. S Damarious Randall (71 tackles, 2 FF) anchors a secondary that lost both starting corners, while LB Salamo Fiso (71 tackles, 3 sacks) and freshman D.J. Calhoun will try to hold the linebacking corps together.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW (ARIZONA ST-DUKE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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*Sun Devils-Blue Devils Preview* ================================

By JUSTIN EINHORN STATS Senior Editor

No. 14 Arizona State (9-3) at No. 24 Duke (9-3), 2:00 p.m. EDT

Seasons which showed so much promise well into November ended with a whimper for Arizona State and Duke.

The similarly disappointing finishes these programs endured kept them out of conference title games and one of college football's premier postseason spectacles, leaving them to meet in the Sun Bowl on Saturday in El Paso.

That doesn't mean the Blue Devils (9-3) won't be eager to face the 15th-ranked Sun Devils (9-3). Besides having the chance to defeat a Top 25 team from outside the ACC for the first time since winning at Stanford in 1971, Duke is seeking its first postseason victory since the 1961 Cotton Bowl.

Coach David Cutcliffe is also trying to lead the Blue Devils to a second consecutive 10-win season after the program never previously had one.

"We are really excited to play a team as talented and as highly ranked as Arizona State," Cutcliffe told the Blue Devils' official website. "These are two teams with a lot of playmakers.

"... It is important to our guys to finish strong with this win."

Both teams opened 8-1 and in position to defend their division titles, as Duke led the ACC Coastal and Arizona State was atop the Pac-12 South. Things started to go south for both schools Nov. 15.

The Blue Devils were upset 17-16 at home by a Virginia Tech team which had lost three straight. The Sun Devils' loss was worse, having climbed to No. 7 in the AP poll but falling 35-27 to Oregon State - the Beavers' only win in their final seven games.

That defeat cost Arizona State a shot at the College Football Playoff, though it still had a chance to reach the Pac-12 title game going into the season finale. That came against archrival Arizona, which won 42-35 and would end up in the Fiesta Bowl despite losing the conference championship to Oregon.

"It's the ultimate bitter taste in our mouths and it's going to last the rest of our lives," said quarterback Mike Bercovici, who threw for two touchdowns but also had a key fourth-quarter interception.

Like ASU, Duke would lose to its biggest rival to see its conference title hopes fade away. Five days after falling to the Hokies, the Blue Devils were blown out at home 45-20 by North Carolina. That left the door open for Georgia Tech to win the Coastal, and it reached the Orange Bowl despite losing the ACC crown to Florida State.

Duke did come back to beat Wake Forest 41-21 in its final game.

"Toward the end of the season, we didn't win some ball games that we definitely needed to win, but it's been a fun ride," senior Jamison Crowder said.

Crowder's play is one reason Duke is in a bowl game for the third straight year for the first time. An all-ACC pick as both a receiver and return specialist, Crowder has 276 career receptions and 5,402 all-purpose yards - both good for third among active FBS players. He was second in the ACC this season with 78 catches.

Arizona State has a similar weapon in Jaelen Strong, who totaled 75 receptions and surpassed 1,000 yards for the second straight season. The all-Pac-12 performer, who has 10 TD receptions in 2014, should play despite hurting his shoulder in the Arizona game.

Taylor Kelly will be throwing to Strong instead of Bercovici, at least to begin the game. Kelly will start after being benched in the third quarter against Arizona. The senior failed to throw for more than 270 yards in any of his nine starts and was sacked 24 times in the last six.

Bercovici started three games in place of an injured Kelly earlier this season, throwing for 1,243 yards with nine TDs and two INTs.

Duke didn't have reliable quarterback play this year, either. Anthony Boone's 116.8 passer rating and 5.94 yards per attempt ranked toward the bottom of the ACC.

Boone did rush for 346 yards and five TDs for a Blue Devils offense which rushed for 183.3 per game without one player gaining more than 600.

Arizona State wasn't running the ball effectively late in the season, averaging 2.9 yards per carry in its last three games. D.J. Foster rushed for 1,002 yards, but more than half came in the first three games. Foster, though, was a solid receiving option all season with 59 catches for 646 yards.

The Sun Devils, making their fifth Sun Bowl appearance, are trying to post back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time since 1970-73.

"This is a great opportunity for us to compete against a top-notch program and close out the 2014 season on a high note," coach Todd Graham said.

These programs are meeting for the first time.

Game Notes:


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