Saturday, September 6, 2008

Penalties all around

On the first punt attempt, Northwestern was called for an illegal formation. Demos did not get a hold of his second punt attempt, and Duke returned the ball to the NU 29-yard line. The penalty results in a net difference of 59 yards. 

Lewis completed a pass to Eron Riley on first down, fired incomplete on second down, and Lewis barely overthrew Johnny Williams on third down, who would have scored a touchdown. 

Fourth-and-five at the NU 24: Lewis fired complete to Clifford Harris for a touchdown, but the score is negated due to a 10-yard holding penalty on Cameron Goldberg. This time, the huge penalty comes back to haunt the Blue Devils, who now have fourth-and-15 from the NU 35-yard line with 1:20 remaining. 

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