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PITTSBURGH - Redshirt freshman Daniel David came off the bench to throw for 172 yards and a pair of touchdowns and Kennesaw State turned four Duquesne turnovers into 17 points to hold on for a 36-28 win over the Dukes at Rooney Field.

David, who played the entire second half for injured starter Chandler Burks, completed 7-of-10 passes. He had attempted four passes in KSU's first four games.

Dillon Buechel completed 21-of-37 passes for 295 yards and a pair of touchdowns for Duques-ne, but was picked off a career-high four times, including twice by Dante Blackmon.

There were three lead changes in a first half that ended with Duquesne up 17-16.

Kennesaw took the lead for good on its first possession of the second half, when David found Justin Sumpter all alone behind the DU secondary for a 67-yard score.

DU cut the lead to 22-20 on a 31-yard Austin Crimmins field goal - his second of the game - with 6:46 left in the third quarter.

KSU snuffed a DU fake punt attempt to take over on the Duquesne 32 with 14:10 remaining. Two plays later, Darnell Holland took it around left end 28 yards for a score to make it 29-20.

Kennesaw picked off Buechel for the final time to take over at the DU 21 with just under eight minutes to go.

Daniel then found Sumpter, who finished with a game high eight catches for 187 yards, for a 15-yard touchdown to make it 36-20.

Duquesne answered when Buechel drove the team 63 yards in 1:44 to make it 36-28 on a 39-yard TD pass and two-point conversion toss both to Nehari Crawford.

Kennesaw took over with 4:54 left and managed to run out the clock and preserve the win. Da-vid hit Sumpter for a big 28-yard gain on a 2nd-and-14 play to enable the Owls to run out the clock.

Kennesaw turned a pair of Duquesne turnovers into 10 second quarter points to take a 16-10 lead. With Duquesne up 10-6, Blackmon picked off a Buechel pass to set up a 24-yard Jordan Geno-vese field goal. On the Dukes' next possession, Blackmon stepped in front of a Buechel pass and took it 57 yards for a score and a 16-10 lead.

The Owls recovered the ensuing onside kick, but Duquesne held as Genovese's 41-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right. DU'S Christian Kuntz sacked KSU quarterback Chandler Burks for a loss of 14 yards on the play prior to the field goal miss.

Burks suffered an injury on the sack and did not return.

Duquesne took over on its own 24 and drove the length of the field in 1:23 to take a 17-16 halftime lead on a 29-yard scoring strike from Buechel to Wayne Capers.

The teams scored one touchdown each in the first quarter, with Burks capping a 75-yard drive with a one-yard plunge to take a 6-0 lead. DU answered when Carter Henderson scooped up a fumble and took it 16 yards for a score to give the Dukes a 7-6 advantage.

Crimmins added a 26-yard field goal early in the second quarter that made it 10-6.

Kennesaw State outgained Duquesne 459-388.

Duquesne heads to Florida to complete the non-conference portion of the schedule at Jacksonville on Saturday, Oct. 1.

LEADERS
Rushing (Att./Yds./TD): DU - Hines (25-91-0); KSU - McKenzie (13-38-0)
Passing (Att./Comp./Int./Yds./TD): DU - Buechel (21-37-4-295-2); KSU - Burks (7-14-1-140-0), David (7-10-0-172-2)
Receiving (Att./Yds./TD): DU - Crawford (5-74-1), Roberts (5-71-0); KSU - Sumpter (8-187-2)
Tackles (Tot./Solo): DU - Stone (13/8); KSU - Sam (10/8), Portress (10/6)

GAME NOTES
The defeat snapped an eight-game Duquesne home win streak ... it also ended a streak of 17-straight non-conference home victories ... DU's last home loss was on Nov. 8, 2014 to NEC foe Bryant (20-17) ... the last non-conference team to defeat the Dukes on Rooney Field was Bucknell in the 2007 season opener (28-19 on Sept. 1, 2007) ... with his 295 yards passing, senior quarterback Dillon Buechel (McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour) upped his career yardage total to 8,507 ... he is now 38 yards shy of passing 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 ... Austin Crimmins (Ebensburg, Pa./Central Cambria) kicked a pair of field goals (26, 31) to up his career total to 51 ... Crimmins now has 12 more field goals than any DU player in FCS play ... his 51 makes are also and NEC record ... senior linebacker Christian Kuntz (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley) finished with six tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss ... he also forced a fumble and posted one sack for a loss of 14 yards ... the sack gives him 23.5 for his career, moving him into a tie with Philip Polony (2000-03) for third place on DU's all-time sacks list ... the school record is 27.5 set by All-American Antoine Bullock from 2002-05 ... linebacker Nathan Stone (Scottdale, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic) finished with a game-high 13 tackles (8 solo) ... the total was one shy of his career high .. Stone was also credited with 1.0 tackles for loss and one forced fumble ... junior Penn State transfer, linebacker Carter Henderson (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional), scored on a 16-yard fumble return ... it was his second defensive score in as many weeks ... Henderson returned an interception 23 yards for a score vs. Bucknell last week.