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perrantes ready for snap
Jacob Davey
27
Winner Duquesne DUQ 5-3 , 4-0
0
Sacred Heart SHU 1-8 , 1-5
Winner
Duquesne DUQ
5-3 , 4-0
27
Final
0
Sacred Heart SHU
1-8 , 1-5
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
DUQ Duquesne 10 10 7 0 27
SHU Sacred Heart 0 0 0 0 0

Game Recap: Football |

Dukes Shutout Sacred Heart, 27-0

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Darius Perrantes and DJ Powell connected on two touchdown passes in the first half and Edward Robinson ran for 120 yards, as the Duquesne University football team rolled to a 27-0, shutout victory over Sacred Heart on Saturday afternoon at Campus Field, improving to 4-0 in Northeast Conference play. 

The Dukes got started fast with a touchdown less than two minutes into the game. The NEC passing leader, Perrantes found three different receivers for big catches on the opening drive. Tedy Afful snagged a 21 yard, back shoulder catch on the first play of the game, Keshawn Brown moved DU down the field with a 25-yard catch, then Powell got the Dukes on the board first with a four-yard touchdown. Taj Butts added a 15-yard run on the energizing first drive.

The Perrantes to Powell connection was back at it just before the half with a 34-yard touchdown, as DU took a 20-0 lead into the break.  

The two touchdowns for each today bolstered their conference leads to 16 TD passes for Perrantes and eight TD receptions for Powell. Robinson extended the drive with a tough third-down catch inside the sideline the play before the long touchdown. 

Brian Bruzdewicz added 33- and 34-yard field goals to get the Dukes up 13-0 early in the second quarter. DU converted their lone fourth-down attempt on a six-yard pass to Joey Isabella moving the offense down to the SHU 19-yard line on the second field goal drive. 

The dominating Dukes defense forced a three-and-out on each of the first four drives and five of the six first-half outings. 

Duquesne was right back at it out of the half with a defensive 3-and-out, then marched inside the redzone before a third-down pass to the endzone was intercepted.  

Robinson charted his first career 100-yard game with a game-high 120. He extended the lead to 27-0 with a 33-yard rushing score at the 4:19 mark in the third quarter. Robinson rushed four times on the six-play scoring drive that spanned 75 yards, the longest of the game. 

Sacred Heart (1-8 , 1-5) was kept out of the red-zone all day and was in Duquesne territory just twice, getting as close as the 34-yard line in the second half. 


NOTES 

  • The Dukes are 4-0 in conference play for the first time since the spring 2021 season … DU has never been off to a 5-0 start in league action since joining the Northeast Conference in 2008.

  • Perrantes finished the game passing for 203 yards and two touchdowns … He has thrown for multiple TDs in every conference outing and six of the eight games, while posting 200+ yards for the third straight game and fifth time this season. 

  • The Dukes totaled 229 rushing yards, their third game with over 200 yards as a unit, despite missing the production of JaMario Clements … Edward Robinson continued his strong freshman campaign with his third TD of the season and an early career-best 120 yards, the most of any DU running back in a game this season.

  • Keshawn Brown snagged a team-high six receptions for 82 yards, while DJ Powell finished with 63 receiving yards and two catches, both for touchdowns … Powell has now had a touchdown catch in four straight games ... Powell (59), Brown (30), and Tedy Afful (21) all had catches for 20+ yards, while Joey Isabella added an 18-yard reception.

  • Linebacker Gianni Rizzo made the lone sack of the game for the Dukes, had 2.0 TFLs, and a team-best six tackles (five solos) … Noah Palmer recorded four solo stops to pace four DU defenders with four tackles ... Palmer also forced a fumble in the third-quarter near the SHU goal line, but the Pioneers were able to recover … Sam Brown and Ayden Garnes added a TFL each. 

  • The Dukes had 21 first downs to the Pioneers nine ... DU held a 436-179 advantage in total offense, including a 229-96 edge in the run game.

  • Duquesne improves to 14-6 all-time versus Sacred Heart … Today was the first shutout by the Dukes in series history and largest win since the 35-3 rout in 2012. 


POSTGAME INTERVIEWS
Head Coach Jerry Schmitt


DJ Powell
 

UP NEXT 
Duquesne travels to Wagner (3-5, 3-2) next Saturday for a 12 pm kickoff in Staten Island. 


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