Box Score

JACKSONVILLE - Dillon Buechel threw for 394 yards and a school record-tying 6 touchdowns to lead Duquesne to a 54-35 win at Jacksonville.

Buechel, who completed 23-of-32 passes, including a streak of 16 in a row at one point, threw four of the strikes to Wayne Capers who finished with 235 yards on 9 catches. Capers' four TD catches also tied a school record.

Buechel, coming of a career-high four interceptions in DU's 36-28 loss to Kennesaw State last week, threw touchdowns passes on his seventh, ninth, eleventh, fifteenth and sixteenth passes during the streak that ended with a fourth quarter interception.

Duquesne trailed 14-13 when Buechel began his completion streak and led 48-28 when the streak ended.

Jacksonville, which scored three times off Duquesne turnovers, turned a DU fumble into a 22-yard Pernell Rattray touchdown run to take a 7-0 lead just three minutes in.

Duquesne answered with a 45-yard Austin Crimmins field goal, followed by an 11-yard Buechel to Capers TD to take a 10-7 lead after one quarter.

The Dolphins then mounted a 13 play, 75 yard drive to go back on top 14-10 on a one-yard Rylan Wells plunge.

Crimmins capped a 14 play drive with a 40-yard field goal to make it 14-13 with 4:10 left in the half.

DU forced a punt and took over on its own 35 with 1:50 to go in the half, when Buechel took charge, completing 6-of-6 passes for 59 yards as the Dukes took the lead again on an 11-yard Buechel to A.J. Hines touchdown pass with 41 seconds left.

The Dukes outgained the Dolphins 270-113 in the first half, with Buechel 13-of-20 for 191 yards.

Buechel picked up where he left off, finding Capers for a 65 yard TD pass on DU's third play of the second half to make it 27-14.

DU made it 34-14 when Buechel found Capers again, this time from 44 yards out.

Jacksonville responded with a 65 yard drive that ended in a 5-yard Jared Morris run. The Dukes fumbled on their next possession and Wells hit Morris with a 35 yard TD pass on the next play to make it 34-28 with 6:30 to go in the quarter.

Buechel then found Capers again for a 15 yard score and followed that with a 12 yard TD pass to Nehari Crawford to end a 79 yard drive with 13:35 to go.

C.J. Lewis ended Buechel's streak with an interception that resulted in a 3 yard Ulysses Bryant touchdown run that made it 48-35.

Duquesne's Riley Redman ended the scoring with a 5 yard run with 1:15 to go.

DU's 54 points were its most since a 56-14 win over La Salle on Nov. 5, 2005.

The Dukes, who finished with 32 first downs, outgained the Dolphins 619-233. Hines led all rushers with 134 yards on 28 carries.

Carter Henderson led the Dukes with 10 tackles, including 2.5 for loss. Nate Stone added 8 stops for DU.

Duquesne is idle prior to opening Northeast Conference play at home against Robert Morris on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN3).

GAME NOTES
This was Duquesne's first game in the state of Florida since 1950 (at the University of Florida) ... all six Dukes from Florida (WR Nehari Crawford - Fort Pierce, DB Jaelyn Faulk - Miami, DB Johnathant Istache - Belle Glade, OL Hunter Manning - Jacksonville, WR Reggie McKnight - Dania and LB Gary Wooten - Miami) made the trip ... with his 11-yard first quarter touchdown pass to Wayne Capers, senior quarterback Dillon Buechel (McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour) passed DU offensive coordinator Anthony Doria to move into second place on the NEC all-time passing yardage list ... Doria threw for 8,544 yards at Saint Francis U from 2003-06 ... Buechel's career total stands at 8,901 ... Buechel's six TD passes tied the school record he shares with Connor Dixon (at Bucknell in 2008) ... Buechel also threw for six scores in DU's FCS Playoff loss at William & Mary last year ... Buechel completed 16 consecutive passes from the second through early fourth quarter ... five of the 16 completions were for touchdowns ... Buechel's six TDs covered 11, 11, 65, 44, 15 and 12 yards ... the 394 yards were the fifth-highest total in school history ... Wayne Capers' (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley/Arizona) finished with 9 catches for 235 yards and TDs of 11, 65, 44 and 15 yards ... the four TDs tied the school record shared by Michel Warfield and Reggie Harris (twice) ... Warfield was the last to catch four TDs in a game (at Fordham in 2004) ... Capers' 235 yards were 10 shy of tying the school record of 245 set by Jeremy Conley at Dayton in 2002 ... Austin Crimmins (Ebensburg, Pa./Central Cambria) kicked a pair of field goals (45, 40) to up his career total to 53 ... Crimmins now has 14 more field goals than any DU player in FCS play ... his 53 makes are also an NEC record ... freshman running back A.J. Hines (Wilson, N.C./Fike) carried 28 times for 134 yards ... it was his second 100-yard game this season ... Hines also added one catch for an 11-yard TD ... Duquesne's 54 points were its most since a 56-14 win over La Salle on Nov. 5, 2005 ... the Dukes finished with 619 yards and 32 first downs ... the 619 yards were the most since 628 in a 49-14 win at Valparaiso on Sept. 17, 2011 ... it was the 99th career win for Duquesne head coach Jerry Schmitt.