Oct. 15, 2005

Recap | Box Score | Quotes

• The shutout was Duquesne's first since a 49-0 whitewash win at Butler on Sept. 13, 2003

• DU's conference win streak now stands at 34 games ... it is the longest active conference win streak among NCAA Division I-A and I-AA schools and ranks third all time behind Oklahoma (44 in the Big Eight from 1952-59) and Nebraska (39 in the Big Eight/Big 12 from 1992-98) on the all-time list for Division I-A and I-AA

• Antoine Bullock (Houston, Texas / Sugar Land Kempner), who entered the game tied for 15th nationally with a sack per game average, finished with three sacks to up his season total to 9.0 and career total to 23.5 ... Bullock, who is now tied for second on DU's all-time sacks list with Philip Polony (2000-03), trails all-time sacks leader John Wojciechowski (24.0 sacks from 1992-95) by 0.5

• Freshman Travis Taltoan (West Chester, Pa. / Henderson) caught three passes for 38 yards (both career highs) in his first extended playing time at wide receiver

• Duquesne's 169 yards rushing easily eclipsed its previous season high of 107 set at Columbia ... DU, led by James Jacobs' (Norristown, Pa. / Norristown), 70 yards on 13 carries, averaged 4.3 yards per rush on the afternoon

• Redshirt freshman quarterback Scott Knapp (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Perry Traditional Academy) completed passes to eight different receivers on the afternoon

• Sophomore linebacker John Simmons (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Plum) recorded his first career interception in the second quarter

• Duquesne was 4-of-4 in the red zone with three TDs and a field goal

• Saint Peter's deepest penetration of the game - to the Duquesne 16 mid-way through the second quarter - was ended when junior safety Michael Hill (Largo, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) picked off a Scott Bonnono pass at the eight and returned it 11 yards to the 19.