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Sheppard runs for five touchdowns and Duke races past Boston College 47-2

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Sutton, B. (2026, October 31). Sheppard runs for five touchdowns and Duke races past Boston College 47-2. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/sheppard-runs-for-five-touchdowns-and-duke-races-past-boston-college-47-2/article_3b621597-67f8-5576-b191-389a6a7c5f89.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-31 · by Bob Sutton

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On October 31, 2026, Nate Sheppard led Duke to a dominant 47-2 victory over Boston College in their final home game of the season. Sheppard set a school record with five rushing touchdowns, gaining 97 yards on 20 carries. The Blue Devils' defense was equally impressive, holding Boston College to just 213 total yards and a single-digit score. With this win, Duke improved to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the ACC, keeping them in contention for the conference title. Boston College's two-game winning streak ended, dropping their record to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in the ACC. Sheppard now has 18 total touchdowns this season (14 rushing, 4 receiving), breaking a single-season school record.

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Bob Sutton
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🔮 But just like a week earlier at Georgia Tech, they couldn’t hold on after gaining a late lead and gave up the winning touchdown inside the 2-minute timeout.
2026-10-18 · assertive framing · McGill's late TD lifts North Carolina past Duke 24-20
🔮 The Demon Deacons could be primed to move closer to the Top 25.
2026-10-03 · assertive framing · Lopez accounts for five TDs as Wake Forest beats Stanford 57-3
🔮 Walker Eget and Dan Mahan combined to throw five touchdown passes as Duke rolled past William & Mary 62-7 on Saturday.
2026-09-27 · assertive framing · Duke QBs throw 5 TD passes in 62-7 romp past William & Mary
🔮 Duke: host William & Mary on Saturday.
2026-09-19 · assertive framing · Sheppard scores 3 TDs as Duke handles Stanford, 35-7
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Boston College DURHAM Duke Eagles The Blue Devils

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Duke ORG · 8× Boston College ORG · 5× DURHAM GPE · 2× Eagles ORG · 2× Sheppard PERSON · 2× The Blue Devils ORG · 2× ACC ORG · 1× Atlantic Coast Conference ORG · 1× N.C. GPE · 1× Nate Sheppard PERSON · 1×

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The Blue Devils pieced together a splendid performance on their final Saturday home game of the season, holding their fourth opponent of the season to a single-digit point total.
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2026-11-02 · Toronto Star
Sheppard runs for five touchdowns and Duke races past Boston College 47-2 · assertive framing

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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Nate Sheppard ran for three of his school-record five touchdowns in the first half as Duke rolled past Boston College 47-2 on Saturday. asserted
Duke → run → Saturday
Sheppard gained 97 yards on 20 carries. asserted
Sheppard → gain → carries
He had touchdown runs of 1, 2, 54, 4 and 1 yards, helping keep the defending Atlantic Coast Conference champions in the title hunt. asserted
He → have → hunt
The Blue Devils (6-2, 3-2 ACC) have won two in a row after the first meeting with Boston College in four years. asserted
Devils → win → years
Walker Eget threw for 201 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jeremiah Hasley for the final first-half touchdown that led to a 27-2 lead. asserted
that → throw → lead
Boston College (4-4, 2-3), which had a two-game winning streak end, was held to 213 yards of total offense. asserted
streak → have → offense
The Eagles scored following Duke’s second touchdown when Carter Davis made a 100-yard return with a blocked extra-point kick. asserted
Davis → score → kick
It marked the first defensive extra point surrendered by Duke since 1999. asserted
It → mark → 1999
Sheppard has 14 rushing touchdowns and four receiving TDs this year. asserted
Sheppard → have → touchdowns
The 18 total touchdowns mark a single-season school record. asserted
touchdowns → mark → record
A week after the Eagles posted 49-27 victory at Georgia Tech, it marked a difficult return to Durham for coach Bill O’Brien and defensive coordinator Ted Roof. asserted
it → post → O’Brien
The Blue Devils pieced together a splendid performance on their final Saturday home game of the season, holding their fourth opponent of the season to a single-digit point total. asserted
Devils → piece → total
Duke made six sacks with 11 tackles for loss. asserted
Duke → make → loss
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