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Perrantes at stonehill qb
48
Winner Duquesne DUQ 5-2 , 3-0
34
Stonehill STO 1-6 , 0-3
Winner
Duquesne DUQ
5-2 , 3-0
48
Final
34
Stonehill STO
1-6 , 0-3
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
DUQ Duquesne 7 24 14 3 48
STO Stonehill 0 6 14 14 34

Game Recap: Football |

Dukes Roll to Fifth Straight Win; 3-0 NEC Start

EASTON, Mass. – Darius Perrantes threw for a career-high 412 yards and five touchdowns as the Duquesne University football team rolled to its fifth straight win and a 3-0 start in Northeast Conference play with a 48-34 win at Stonehill on Saturday.
 
The Dukes (5-2) jumped out in front 21-0 early in the second quarter and led 31-6 at the half cruising to victory. John Erby caught two touchdowns and finished with seven receptions for 125 yards, all career-best marks. Joey Isabella, Jermaine Johnson and Shawn Solomon, Jr. all added touchdown catches and JaMario Clements rushed in one.
 
Duquesne controlled the ball in the first half with a 21:56 – 8:04 time of possession advantage, including a first quarter in which DU ran 24 plays for 154 yards and the Skyhawks totaled just two yards on four plays. The Dukes finished with a season-high 555 yards of total offense.
 
DU went 91 yards on 15 plays to open the scoring on its second drive of the day capped off by a three-yard punch-in by Clements for his fourth touchdown of the season. Clements, the NEC's leading rusher entering the game, went over 100 yards for the third time this year with 108 on 20 carries – his third consecutive outing with 20+ rushes.
 
Luke Miller rocked the Stonehill running back on the next offensive play and Ty Howard scooped up the fumble to set Duquesne right back up in Skyhawk territory. Two plays later, DU began the second quarter with a 36-yard touchdown connection from Perrantes to Solomon for his first career touchdown reception.
 
After a three-and-out, the Dukes found the endzone again for the second time in five minutes with a 12-yard grab by Isabella, extending his touchdown streak to four straight games and putting DU ahead 21-0 with 9:58 remaining in the second quarter.
 
Duquesne answered Stonehill's first score of the day with a 10-play, 65-yard drive that finished with a 29-yard touchdown pass from Perrantes to Johnson on 3rd-and-25 to make it 28-6, then added a 24-yard field goal by Brian Bruzdewicz as time expired for a 31-6 halftime advantage. A 32-yard grab by Tedy Afful set up the field goal.
 
The Dukes maintained their distance out of the locker room, adding both Erby touchdowns from 21 and 32 yards out in the third quarter and took a 45-20 lead into the final 15 minutes.
 
Bruzdewicz split the uprights for the second time in the game with a 33-yarder to cap an 11-play fourth-quarter drive that ate up nearly seven minutes of game time as the Dukes finished off the victory.
 
Howard ended with a team and career-high eight tackles, half a TFL and a fumble recovery – his second straight game with a turnover after a 40-yard pick six last time out at Saint Francis. The Dukes defense had 15 players record multiple tackles. Miller added 1.5 TFLs to his forced fumble. Jack Dunkley posted his fourth sack of the season and Jason Patterson (1.5 TFLs in the game) teamed up with Adrian Ramirez (first of career) for a sack.
 
NOTES
  • Duquesne has won five games in a row for the first time since 2018 (six wins entering round two of FCS playoffs).
  • The Dukes are 3-0 in to start conference play for the fifth time since joining the Northeast Conference in 2008 (2017, '19, spring '21, 23).
  • DU has averaged 44.3 points during its 3-0 NEC start, outscoring opponents 133-62.
  • Duquesne avenges its only conference loss of the 2023 season and picks up its first win over Stonehill in three all-time meetings.
  • Darius Perrantes, who was an efficient 25-for-34 for 412 yards and five touchdowns, is now the third DU quarterback to have multiple games with five or more touchdown passes in his career … It was his second of the season (vs. LIU) ... Perrantes completed seven passes for 20+ yards and four went for 30+.
  • Seven DU players recorded a reception ... Alongside John Erby's career day, Isabella totaled seven catches for 86 yards with his TD, while Tedy Afful had five grabs for 71 yards and Jermaine Johnson hauled in three for 49 yards and a touchdown ... Daniel Tarabrella hauled in a 31-yard reception in the third quarter, the play before Erby's 32-yard touchdown.
  • Duquesne did not punt in the game (10 drives, 6 TDs, 2 FG, an INT and kneel)
  • The Dukes converted 9-of-11 third downs, while holding Stonehill to 3-for-10.
  • Duquesne did not allow a TFL and for the third consecutive game did not allow a sack.
POSTGAME INTERVIEWS
Head Coach Jerry Schmitt


John Erby & Darius Perrantes


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