DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — D’Eriq King threw three landing passes and ran for a rating to assist No. 9 Miami beat Duke 48-Zero on Saturday evening within the Hurricanes’ return from a two-week pause amid coronavirus points.

King hit Mike Harley for an 89-yard landing within the third quarter for the Hurricanes (8-1, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Convention, No. 10 CFP), whereas Cam’Ron Harris ran for 96 yards and two scores.

Miami’s protection was dominant the whole recreation, holding the Blue Devils (2-8, 1-8) to 177 complete yards and forcing 5 turnovers.

Miami earned its first highway shutout in 20 years, whereas Duke was shut out for the primary time in a dozen years.

Miami was enjoying for the primary time since beating Virginia Tech on Nov. 14, and had spent the weeks since coping with constructive COVID-19 assessments and quarantines. That included having two video games postponed. The journey to face the Blue Devils was a late alternative for a rescheduled go to to Wake Forest, because the Demon Deacons confronted their very own coronavirus points.

The Hurricanes had 15 gamers unavailable, however had no hassle.

King hit Brevin Jordan for a 24-yard landing halfway by means of the primary quarter, adopted by Harris blowing by means of a gaping gap on the left facet, untouched, for a 34-yard rating. King adopted with an 11-yard keeper, punctuated by a collision with Duke’s Jeremiah Lewis on the proper pylon, that gave Miami a 21-Zero halftime lead.

That lead solely grew, as King hit Harley with an ideal go deep down the center for Miami’s longest offensive play of the yr.

Chase Brice accomplished 20 of 25 passes for 94 yards for Duke, which had simply 81 yards by halftime and completed with 56 yards dashing.

THE TAKEAWAY

Miami: The Hurricanes had been making an attempt to maintain alive slim hopes of reaching the ACC championship recreation, however fourth-ranked Clemson’s win at Virginia Tech on Saturday evening closed the door on that. The Hurricanes had a bumpy begin with the additional day without work, shedding a fumble on the second snap and placing the ball on the bottom once more on the subsequent drive earlier than recovering it. However the King-led offense quickly settled in, whereas the protection secured this system’s first highway shutout since beating Syracuse 26-Zero in November 2000.

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Duke: Roughly every week in the past, the Blue Devils had been anticipating to host Florida State. As an alternative, they ended up with a matchup in opposition to the Hurricanes with an opportunity for a 3rd straight collection win. However they merely added to a national-worst 30 turnovers coming into Saturday whereas struggling defensively once more after giving up 56 factors in every of their final two video games. It resulted of their first shutout loss since dropping a 27-Zero choice at Georgia Tech in October 2008.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

Miami did nothing to harm its standing as a top-10 workforce, both within the AP High 25 or the CFP rankings.

UP NEXT

Miami: The Hurricanes host North Carolina subsequent Saturday.

Duke: The Blue Devils go to Florida State subsequent Saturday in a matchup bumped to make room for the Miami recreation.

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