Extra point: Duke football vs. North Carolina

Down 17-13 entering the fourth quarter, the Blue Devils mounted a comeback against rival North Carolina to win  27-17 and capture the Victory Bell for the second consecutive year. Cornerback Byron Fields Jr. sealed the game with an interception return for a touchdown late in the fourth.

Revisiting the three keys to the game: 

• Limit Chazz Surratt. For the most part, the Blue Devils did a good enough job of limiting the former Duke commit, but gave up several big plays, including a 47-yard flea flicker to Austin Proehl early in the game as well as a 56-yard touchdown rush in the third quarter. Duke did stop Surratt when it needed to, though, intercepting him and returning it 61 yards to seal the game late in the fourth quarter.
• Strong Blue Devil offense. For the second straight week, Duke was unspectacular on offense. Without strong pass protection, Daniel Jones completed 18-of-34 attempts for 202 yards and a touchdown, giving him a merely passable 48.0 QBR. The Blue Devil rushing game was better though—Brittain Brown picked up 90 yards on only 10 carries, and Shaun Wilson rushed for 56 yards and a score. As a team, Duke rushed for 186 yards on 4.1 yards per carry, but failed to finish in the red zone. 
• Maintain a positive attitude. For the most part, the Blue Devils stayed positive against their archival.  With under a minute remaining in the second quarter and a 10-3 lead, the Tar Heels blocked Austin Parker's short field goal try and needed just two plays to even the score at 10-10. For most of the third quarter, Duke seemed deflated, and faced a 17-13 deficit heading into the fourth quarter.  But Duke eventually picked itself up to fight back with a long drive to take the lead and Fields Jr.'s game-sealing interception return for a touchdown.  

Three Key Plays:

• 0:22 remaining, second quarter: Just when Duke looked like it was going to take a two-possession lead over UNC, the Tar Heels blocked Parker's attempt, converting the turnover into a touchdown in 13 seconds  to tie it up.
• 6:09 remaining, fourth quarter: To take the lead late in the game, Shaun Wilson powered the ball over the goal line to give the Blue Devils a second wind on defense. The play came on the heels of a long Brown rush that sparked the rest of the drive. 
• 4:01 remaining, fourth quarter: With the Tar Heels threatening to tie or take the lead down just three points, Fields Jr. intercepted a Surratt pass attempt and returned it 61 yards to put the nail in the coffin.

Three Key Stats: 

• 261 yards all season: Through only four games, Duke’s defense has allowed only 261 yards on the ground, or 65.25 yards per game. This stifling defense has propelled the Blue Devils to go undefeated thus far.
• Jeremy McDuffie records 10 tackles: Jeremy McDuffie led the Blue Devils defense, racking up ten tackles, six of which were solo.
• David Cutcliffe records career win No. 100:  Cutcliffe hit the century mark Saturday, reaching the milestone in the sweetest possible way: a comeback against the rival Tar Heels.

And the Duke game ball goes to… Byron Fields, Jr.