Oct. 14, 2004

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DUKES AT SAINT PETER'S

Duquesne (3-2, 1-0), which opened conference play with a 42-14 win over Iona last weekend heads to Jersey City, N.J. to take on Saint Peter's (1-4, 0-2) in the first MAAC road game of the season (kickoff at 12:00 p.m./WKFB-AM 770, www.redzonemedia.com).

The Dukes, who are 63-7 all-time in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Football League play, are looking for their sixth consecutive MAAC title and eighth title in the last 10 years. DU enters the Saint Peter's game with the longest conference win streak of any NCAA I-A or I-AA school at 30. The last team to defeat the Dukes in league play was Iona, which took a 62-50 decision at New Rochelle, N.Y. on Oct. 23, 1999.

Duquesne, the defending I-AA Mid-Major national champion, begins the week ranked No. 4 in the Sports Network I-AA Mid-Major Top 10. DU entered the season ranked No. 1. Saint Peter's, the preseason pick to finish fifth in the MAAC, enters the Duquesne game 1-4. The Peacocks rallied from a 19-7 fourth quarter deficit to take a 20-19 lead last weekend at Marist before the Red Foxes rallied to kick a field goal with 18 seconds left to win 22-20. The loss dropped Saint Peter's to 0-2 in MAAC play.

ABOUT THAT STREAK

Duquesne's 30-game MAAC win streak is the longest active conference streak in NCAA Division's I-A and I-AA ... during the streak, the Dukes have outscored their opponents by a 1,244-304 margin, with just one of the 30 games decided by fewer than 10 points.

DUKES AND PEACOCKS

Duquesne leads the overall series 10-0 - including a 5-0 mark at Jersey City ... in the last three games at Saint Peter's, Duquesne has limited the Peacocks to a total of three points (52-0 in 1998, 34-0 in 2000 and 14-3 in 2002).

QUICK NOTES & TRENDS

• Duquesne has won 30 consecutive MAAC Football League games ... it is the longest active conference win streak in NCAA Divisions I-A and I-AA ... DU has not lost a conference game since October 23, 1999 ... DU has also won 14 in a row at home ... the Dukes' home record is 29-2 since the `99 season
• Duquesne had 21 tackles for loss - including a season-high nine sacks - in the win over Iona
• DE Ryan Tolan led the way with a career-high three solo sacks for -25 yards ... he was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week for his effort ... Tolan is the seventh different Duke to earn Player/Rookie of the Week honors this season
• CB Armar Watson picked off his team-high fourth pass of the season vs. Iona and returned it 43 yards to end the first half ... Watson now ranks tied for fourth on DU's career list with 12 picks ... his 233 career return yards trail only the school record of 297 set by All-American Leigh Bodden from 1999-02
• WR Dan Spriggs has 14 catches in the Dukes' last two games
• Kicker John Harris has been perfect so far this season (19-of-19 on extra points and 2-of-2 on field goals)
• Nine of QB Niel Loebig's 13 interceptions have come in DU's two losses
• Loebig spread his 19 completions vs. Iona among eight different receivers ... eight of the nine players to catch a pass this season are either freshmen or sophomores (senior Michel Warfield is the lone upperclassman with a reception) ...
• Warfield, the Dukes' leading receiver, suffered a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder in the third quarter of the Iona game and did not return ... he is expected to miss the Saint Peter's game.