Duke's long drive comes up short

Monster play by John Gill on first down. Thaddeus Lewis was welcomed back into the game by John Gill, whose powerful rush resulted in a seven yard loss and a sack. Impressive play by the defensive line so far. 

After a short gain on second down, Thaddeus Lewis fired to Johnny Williams on third down when he found a whole in the zone on a post-route across the middle. Williams broke a tackle and went 31 yards before tripping himself at the Northwestern 47-yard line. Williams would have scored easily had he not fallen on the blitz attempt by Mike Hankwitz. 

Duke lost a yard on a rush attempt on first down and Lewis fired incomplete on second down. On third down, Lewis nearly hit Austin Kelly in the middle of the end zone, but the ball was just overthrown. 

Duke lined up for a 51-yard field goal on fourth down, but pooch punted to the Northwestern 8-yard line.