Box Score Oct. 16, 2010
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PITTSBURGH - Duquesne took advantage of four Sacred Heart turnovers to end a two-game losing streak with a 37-17 win over Pioneers at Rooney Field.
The Dukes (4-3, 2-2) scored a pair of touchdowns off fumbles in a 21 second span of the first quarter to jump out to a 21-3 lead and never looked back as the DU defense held Sacred Heart (1-6, 0-5) to seven points - on a lone late fourth quarter touchdown - in the second half.
Larry McCoy, who entered the game as the nation's ninth-leading rusher, carried 24 times for 122 yards for the Dukes. Sean Patterson threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns and Eric Duale added a school record-tying three field goals for the second consecutive week for DU.
Duquesne took the opening kickoff and drove 60 yards as Patterson completed 4-of-5 passes, the last of which was a four-yard touchdown to Marek Lapinski.
Sacred Heart answered with a 42-yard Jesper Fredriksson field goal before Duquesne's opportunistic special teams helped produce a pair of touchdowns in a 21-second span.
Thaimu Bangura put a jarring hit on Sacred Heart punter Robert Shepard who was scrambling to get off a kick after mishandling the snap from center. The ball popped loose and fellow defensive lineman Alex Inda scooped it up and rumbled 38 yards for a score to make it 14-3.
Aaron Fitzpatrick forced a fumble on the ensuing kickoff with Joe Cangilla covering the loose ball. The Dukes struck quickly, with Patterson finding Dave Williams with a 49-yard touchdown pass on the next play to give DU a 21-3 lead after one quarter.
Duale tacked on a 27-yard field goal to make it 24-3 with just under 10 minutes left in the half.
Sacred Heart ended a run of 17 consecutive Duquesne points when Dale Fink found Garry Coles with a 49 yard touchdown pass at the 7:39 mark to pull the Pioneers within 14.
Duale added a 23-yard field goal with seven seconds left to make it 27-10 at the half.
McCoy capped a 60-yard drive with a seven-yard touchdown run on Duquesne's first possession of the third quarter.
SHU fumbled on its own 16 yard line on the first play of the fourth quarter leading to Duale's school record-tying third field goal of the game, this one from 26 yards.
Sacred Heart's Marcel Archer scored on a 34-yard run with 2:39 left to close out the scoring.
Garret Heron led the defense with nine tackles. Bangura had a pair of tackles for loss and Jared Williams added an interception for the Dukes.
Duquesne continues conference play on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Wagner. Game time is 1:00 p.m.
Scoring by Quarters
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| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL
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| SACRED HEART | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17
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| DUQUESNE | 21 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 37
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SCORING SUMMARY1st 9:41 DU - Lapinski, Marek 4 yd pass from Patterson, Sean (Duale, Eric kick), 12-60 (5:19) --- 7-0 5:54 SH - Fredriksson, Jesper 42 yd field goal, 7-43 (3:37) --- 7-3 0:55 DU - Inda, Alex 38 yd fumble recovery (Duale, Eric kick) --- 14-3 0:34 DU - Williams, Dave 49 yd pass from Patterson, Sean (Duale, Eric kick), 1-49 (0:08) --- 21-32nd 9:51 DU - Duale, Eric 27 yd field goal, 10-64 (4:27) --- 24-3 7:39 SH - Coles, Garry 49 yd pass from Fink, Dale (Fredriksson, Jesper kick), 5-76 (2:12) --- 24-10 0:07 DU - Duale, Eric 23 yd field goal, 7-44 (2:44) --- 27-103rd 9:03 DU - McCoy 7 yd run (Duale, Eric kick), 8-60 (3:23) --- 34-104th 13:25 DU - Duale, Eric 26 yd field goal, 4-7 (1:30) --- 37-10 2:39 SH - Archer, Marcel 34 yd run, 10-80 (3:48) --- 37-17
LEADERSRushing (Att./Yds./TD): DU - McCoy (24-122-1); SHU - Archer (14-84-1)Passing (Att./Comp./Int./Yds./TD): DU - Patterson (14-22-0-174-2); SHU - Fink (24-42-1-258-1)Receiving (Att./Yds./TD): DU - D.Williams (4-87-1), Dixon (4-50-0); SHU - Patterson (6-65-0)Tackles (Tot./Solo): DU - Heron (9/7); SHU - Zambrano (8/5), Mandas (8/5)
GAME NOTES
Duquesne scored 17 points off of four Sacred Heart turnovers ... SHU outgained DU 370-353 ... the Pioneers' first four possessions of the second half ended on downs twice, with a fumble then an interception ... Duquesne, which was turnover-free, scored on four of its first five possessions ... sophomore running back Larry McCoy (Wytheville, Va./George Wythe) carried 24 times for 122 yards in registering his third 100-yard game of the season and seventh of his career ... the 5-11, 215-pounder, who entered the game ranked ninth nationally in yards rushing per game (116.0), scored his sixth touchdown of the season on a 7-yard run in the third quarter ... Sophomore placekicker Eric Duale (Hinckley, Ohio, Highland), who tied Duquesne's school record with three field goals at CCSU last week, matched that mark with three more (27, 23, 26) in the win ... his 13 total points against the Pioneers were one shy of the school mark for points by a kicker ... Duale, who has converted 10-of-12 field goal attempts this season, is closing in on the school single-season record of 12 set by Mark Troyan in 2007 ... Duale is the sixth Duke to kick three field goals in a game and fourth to do it twice ... Troyan (at Sacred Heart in 2007) was the last DU player to kick three field goals in a game prior to Duale ... Duale is 19-of-19 on extra points ... senior Dave Williams (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) caught four passes for a game-high 87 yards ... Williams, whose 49-yard TD catch in the second quarter gave the Dukes a 21-3 lead, has three TD receptions in his past two games ... first-year Hofstra transfer Garrett Heron (South Orange, N.J./Columbia) posted a career-high nine tackles (7 solo) ... Heron's previous best was eight set against Delaware last season when Heron was at Hofstra ... junior defensive lineman Alex Inda (San Fernando, Calif./St. Genevieve) recovered a pair of fumbles - returning one 38 yards for a score that put DU up 14-3 late in the first quarter ... senior defensive lineman Thaimu Bangura (Lanham, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) forced the fumble that led to Inda's score ... Bangura added a pair of tackles for loss to bring his career total to 18.0 (4.0 this season).
