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1978 DUKE AT MICHIGAN PLAY-BY-PLAY LOG

SITE: Michigan Stadium
DATE: September 30th, 1978
ATTENDANCE: 104,832
TEMP: 64 degrees
WIND: S 10-20mph
SKIES: Cloudy & Mild

FIRST QUARTER

Duke won the toss and elected to receive
Michigan elected to defend the South Goal

Bryan Virgil kicked off to Rhett in the Duke endzone where he downed it

DUKE (15:00)
1st & 10 on D20 - Rhett took a pitchback at RE for no gain (tackle made by Tom Seabron)
2nd & 10 on D20 - Rhett at LG for 3 (Chris Godfrey)
3rd & 7 on D23 - Dunn back to pass was hit by Curtis Greer and others for -10
4th & 17 on D13 - Brummitt punted to Mike Jolly on the M44, returned 6 yards (Kelly) (43 yard punt)

MICHIGAN (13:02)
1st & 10 on M50 - Harlan Huckleby at LG for 5 (Mashore)
2nd & 5 on D45 - Russell Davis at RG for 3 (Schoenhoft)
3rd & 2 on D42 - Huckleby at RT for 5 (King)
1st & 10 on D37 - Davis at RG for 13 (Hoskins)
1st & 10 on D24 - Rick Leach kept at LT for 2 (Pritchard)
2nd & 8 on D22 - Huckleby took pitchback at RE for 5 (Sommers)
3rd & 3 on D17 - Huckleby took pitchout from Leach at LE for 9 (McGee)
1st & Goal on D8 - Huckleby at center for 5 (Mashore)
2nd & Goal on D3 - Leach kept at LT for 2 (Gawdun)
3rd & Goal on D1 - Huckleby at RG for no gain (Schoenhoft)
4th & Goal on D1 - Davis at center for 1 and the TOUCHDOWN
B.J. Dickey held while Gregg Willner converted

SCORE: MICHIGAN 7 - DUKE 0

Virgil kicked off to Hoskins on the Duke goal line, returned 20 yards (Ben Needham)

DUKE (7:46)
1st & 10 on D20 - Rhett at LG for no gain (Greer)
2nd & 10 on D20 - Stopper rolled around LE, lateralled to Rhett who gained 26 (Michael Harden)
1st & 10 on D46 - Gonet at LT for 2 (Greer)
2nd & 8 on D48 - Rhett at LE for 1 (Greer)
3rd & 7 on D49 - Dunn passed for Comer, broken up by Jerry Meter
4th & 7 on D49 - Brummitt punted out of bounds on the M19 (32 yard punt)

MICHIGAN (5:30)
1st & 10 on M19 - Huckleby at center for 13 (King)
1st & 10 on M32 - Davis at LG for 4 (Algor)
2nd & 6 on M36 - Huckleby at RG for 2 (Schoenhoft)
3rd & 4 on M38 - Leach passed to Roosevelt Smith in left flat for 8 (Brooks)
1st & 10 on M46 - Huckleby at LG for 5 (McGee)
2nd & 5 on D49 - Huckleby took pitchback at RE for 1 (Sommers)
3rd & 4 on D48 - Leach elected to run right and gained 8 (Penn)
1st & 10 on D40 - Davis cut back over LT for 7 (Mashore)
2nd & 3 on D33 - Huckleby took pitchout and cut inside LE for 3 (McGee)
1st & 10 on D30 - Huckleby outside for 5 (Gawden)
2nd & 5 on D25 - Davis at RG for 4 (King)

END OF FIRST QUARTER

SCORE: MICHIGAN 7 - DUKE 0

SECOND QUARTER

MICHIGAN (15:00)
3rd & 1 on D21 - Huckleby at RG for 5 (Pelosky)
1st & 10 on D16 - Leach pitched out to Huckleby at RE for no gain (Brooks)
2nd & 10 on D16 - Leach rolled left, picked up a block from Davis and went 16 yards for the TOUCHDOWN
Dickey held while Willner converted

SCORE: MICHIGAN 14 - DUKE 0

Virgil kicked off to Rhett at the Duke goal line, returned 11 yards (Gene Bell).

DUKE (13:31)
1st & 10 on D11 - Gonet at RT for 2 (Greer)
2nd & 8 on D13 - Dunn at LT for 2 (Seabron)
3rd & 6 on D15 - Dunn went back to pass, dropped the ball, tried to recover it, chased it back to the D1, where Dale Keitz recovered for Michigan

MICHIGAN (12:09)
1st & Goal on D1 - Huckleby at RT for 1 and the TOUCHDOWN
Dickey held while Willner converted

SCORE: MICHIGAN 21 - DUKE 0

Virgil kicked off to Rhett, who downed the ball in the endzone.
PENALTY: OFFSIDES - MICHIGAN
Virgil's second kick, from the M35, was taken by Rhett at the D2 and returned 17 yards (Mike Trgovac)

DUKE (11:58)
1st & 10 on D19 - Brower took pitchout at LE for 12
1st & 10 on D31 - Dunn elected to run left for 3 (Mark DeSantis)
2nd & 7 on D34 - Dunn passed for Brown, incomplete, broken up by Mark Braman
3rd & 7 on D34 - Brower took pitchback at RE for 14 (Harden)
1st & 10 on D48 - Brower took pitchback at RE for no gain (Ron Simpkins)
2nd & 10 on D48 - Dunn kept at RT for 2 (Simpkins)
3rd & 8 on D50 - Dunn passed for Brower, incomplete
PENALTY: PASS INTERFERENCE - MICHIGAN, at M39 (11 yard penalty)
1st & 10 on M39 - Dunn pitched out to Rhett who fumbled at recovered at the D50
2nd & 21 on D50 - Dunn passed over the middle to Rhett for 11 (Meter)
3rd & 10 on M39 - Dunn was chased down by Greer for -18
4th & 28 on D43 - Brummitt punted to Jolly on the M12, returned 7 yards (Drescher) (45 yard punt)

MICHIGAN (7:07)
1st & 10 on M19 - Huckleby at RG for 5 (Schoenhoft)
2nd & 5 on M24 - Davis at center for 4 (Schoenhoft)
3rd & 1 on M28 - Leach rolled right for 10 (Sommers)
1st & 10 on M38 - Davis at RG for 3 (Pritchard)
2nd & 7 on M41 - Leach made no gain at RE (McGee)
3rd & 7 on M41 - Leach passed for Rodney Feaster, incomplete
4th & 7 on M41 - Willner punted to Gawden on the D26, returned 3 yards (Gary Weber) (33 yard punt)

DUKE (4:05)
1st & 10 on D29 - Dunn at RE for no gain (Keitz)
2nd & 10 on D29 - Dunn's pass for Patten was intercepted by Jolly at the D38 where he was downed

MICHIGAN (3:20)
1st & 10 on D38 - Huckleby at RT for 5 (Algor)
2nd & 5 on D33 - Leach's pass for Alan Mitchell went off his fingers, incomplete
3rd & 5 on D33 - Leach passed to Feaster for 19 (Sommers)
1st & 10 on D14 - Huckleby at RE for 4 (King)
2nd & 6 on D10 - Huckleby took pitchout at LE and lost 2 (Brooks)
3rd & 8 on D12 - Leach passed to Huckleby in the endzone for an apparent TD, but the play was nullified by OFFSETTING PENALTIES: DUKE - PERSONAL FOUL; MICHIGAN - INELIGIBLE MAN DOWNFIELD
3rd & 8 on D12 - Leach passed to Mark Schmerge who caught the ball out of bounds
PENALTY: ILLEGAL FORWARD PASS - MICHIGAN - 5 YARDS, LOSS OF DOWN
4th & 13 on D17 - Dickey held while Willner kicked a 35-yard FIELD GOAL

SCORE: MICHIGAN 24 - DUKE 0

Virgil kicked off to Rhett on the D3, returned 24 yards

DUKE (0:19)
1st & 10 on D27 - Brower at LT for 3

END OF FIRST HALF

SCORE: MICHIGAN 24 - DUKE 0

THIRD QUARTER

Michigan elected to defend the North Goal
Duke elected to receive

Virgil kicked off out of the endzone

DUKE (15:00)
1st & 10 on D20 - Gonet at RG for 7 (Meter)
2nd & 3 on D27 - Gonet off RT for 5 (Simpkins)
1st & 10 on D32 - Dunn's pass for Brower went incomplete
2nd & 10 on D32 - Dunn was dropped by Keitz for -7
3rd & 17 on D25 - Dunn passed to Gonet for 8 (DeSantis)
4th & 9 on D33 - Brummitt punted to Jolly on M25, returned 6 (Hoskins) (42 yard punt)

MICHIGAN (13:05)
1st & 10 on M31 - Davis at LG for 14 (Mashore)
1st & 10 on M45 - Huckleby at center for 5 (Algor)
2nd & 5 on M50 - Davis at RG for 9 (King)
1st & 10 on D41 - Leach's pass for Doug Marsh was broken up by Sommers
2nd & 10 on D41 - Leach went back to pass, elected to run left, picked up a block by John Arbeznik and gained 19 (Gawdun)
1st & 10 on D22 - Leach rolled inside RE for 19 (Hoskins)
1st & Goal on D3 - Huckleby at RT for 2 (Schoenhoft)
2nd & Goal on D1 - Huckleby at RT for 1 and the TOUCHDOWN
Dickey held while Willner converted

SCORE: MICHIGAN 31 - DUKE 0

Virgil kicked off to Hoskins on the goal line and returned it 26 yards (Meter)

DUKE (9:36)
1st & 10 on D26 - Driskell at RT for 2 (Seabron)
2nd & 8 on D28 - Driskell passed for Castor and was intercepted by Harden at the M32

MICHIGAN
1st & 10 on M32 - Lawrence Reid at RG for 5 (Pritchard)
2nd & 5 on M37 - Dickey at center for no gain (Penn)
3rd & 5 on M37 - Dickey passed to Doug Marsh for 16 (Gawdun)
1st & 10 on D47 - Smith at RG for 4 (Pelosky)
2nd & 6 on D43 - Dickey rolled at RE for 5 (Penn)
3rd & 1 on D38 - Smith at RG for 1 (Pelosky)
1st & 10 on D37 - Dickey passed to Marsh for 25 (Sommers)
1st & 10 on D12 - Smith took pitchback at RE for 4 (King)
2nd & 6 on D8 - Dickey kept inside RE for 6 (Pritchard)
1st & Goal on D2 - Reid at LT for 2 and the TOUCHDOWN
Dickey held while Willner converted

SCORE: MICHIGAN 38 - DUKE 0

Virgil kicked of to Hoskins on the Duke goal line, returned 23 yards
PENALTY: PERSONAL FOUL - MICHIGAN - 15 YARDS

DUKE (3:21)
1st & 10 on D38 - Rhett at RT lost 1 (Greer)
2nd & 11 on D37 - Brower took pitchback at LE for 1 (Jolly)
3rd & 10 on D38 - Dunn passed to Brower for 5 (Bob Hollway)
4th & 5 on D43 - Brummitt punted to Harden on the M13, returned 7 (44 yard punt) (Garstkiewicz)

MICHIGAN (1:14)
1st & 10 on M20 - Reid at LT for 4 (Mashore)
2nd & 6 on M24 - Dickey kept inside RE for 8 (King)
1st & 10 on M32 - Smith at RT for 4 (Penn)

END OF THIRD QUARTER

SCORE: MICHIGAN 38 - DUKE 0

FOURTH QUARTER

MICHIGAN (15:00)
2nd & 6 on M36 - Dickey at LE for 2 (McGee)
3rd & 4 on M38 - Reid at RT for 7 (Penn)
1st & 10 on M45 - Reid at center for 21 (Brooks)
1st & 10 on D34 - Smith at LT for 3, fumbled when hit by Algor. King recovered for Duke at D31

DUKE (13:13)
1st & 10 on D31 - Brower at LE for 9 (Stu Harris)
2nd & 1 on D40 - Stopper passed for Brown and Jolly intercepted at the M21, no return (Brown)

MICHIGAN (12:56)
1st & 10 on M21 - Reid at LG for 3 (King)
2nd & 7 on M24 Dickey passed for Mark Schmerge, incomplete
3rd & 7 on M24 - Dickey's pass for Smith went incomplete, broken up by King
4th & 7 on M24 - Willner punted to Gawdun on the D40, returned 4 (36 yard punt) (Smith)

DUKE (11:55)
1st & 10 on D44 - Driskell's pass for Brown went incomplete, broken up by Jolly
2nd & 10 on D44 - Driskell lost 4 behind LT (Trgovac)
3rd & 14 on D40 - Driskell's pass for Brown fell incomplete
4th & 14 on D40 - Brummitt punted to Harden on the M19, returned 2 (41 yard punt) (Hoskins)

MICHIGAN (10:44)
1st & 10 on M21 - Smith at LT for 2
2nd & 8 on M23 - Dickey rolled right and passed for Ed Kasparek incomplete, out of bounds
3rd & 8 on M23 - Dickey passed for Kasparek for 14 (Tabron)
1st & 10 on M37 - Dickey rolled at RE for 2 (King)
2nd & 8 on M39 - Smith at LT for 12 (Stroud)
1st & 10 on D49 - Smith took pitchback at LE for 10 (Pelosky)
1st & 10 on D39 - Reid at RG for 8 (McGee)
2nd & 2 on D31 - Smith took a pitchout at LE for 17 (Stroud)
1st & 10 on D14 - Dickey kept inside LE for 5 (Stroud)
2nd & 5 on D9 - Smith at LG for 3 (Algor)
3rd & 2 on D6 - Smith at RG for 6 and the TOUCHDOWN
Dickey held while Willner converted

SCORE: MICHIGAN 45 - DUKE 0

Virgil kicked off to Hoskins on the D5, returned 32 yards (Virgil)

DUKE (6:13)
1st & 10 on D37 - Martin at LT for 3 (Hollway)
2nd & 7 on D40 - Driskell's pass intercepted by Gene Bell at the M40, returned 20 yards

MICHIGAN (5:27)
1st & 10 on D40 - Tony Leoni at LT for 3 (Mashore)
2nd & 7 on D37 - Reid at RT for 6 (Doby)
3rd & 1 on D31 - Reid at center lost 1(Algor)
4th & 2 on D32 - Leoni took pitchback at LE for 5
PENALTY: PERSONAL FOUL - DUKE - 14 yards
1st & 10 on D13 - Reid at RT for 3 (King)
2nd & 7 on D10 - Leoni took pitchout at LE for 2 (Mashore)
3rd & 5 on D8 - Dickey passed to Clayton 8 yards for the TOUCHDOWN
Dickey held while Willner converted

SCORE: MICHIGAN 52 - DUKE 0

Virgil kicked off to Brower on the D15, returned 12 yards (Trgovac)

DUKE (2:02)
1st & 10 on D27 - Driskell's pass for Jones went through his hands, incomplete
2nd & 10 on D27 - Driskell's pass for Castor broken up by Rick Jones
3rd & 10 on D27 - Driskell passed to Small for 11 (Andy Cannavino)
1st & 10 on D38 - Driskell passed to Small for 9 (Harris)
2nd & 1 on D47 - Driskell's pass for Castor broken up by Jones
3rd & 1 on D47 - Driskell hit by Weber for -5
4th & 6 on D42 - Driskell passed to Small for 5

MICHIGAN (0:18)
1st & 10 on D47 - Craig Page at RT for 4 (Penn)

END OF GAME
SCORE: MICHIGAN 52 - DUKE 0