Duke QBs throw 5 TD passes in 62-7 romp past William & Mary

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Sutton, B. (2026, September 27). Duke QBs throw 5 TD passes in 62-7 romp past William & Mary. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/duke-qbs-throw-5-td-passes-in-62-7-romp-past-william-mary/article_f6420f81-14f2-54b4-9dce-090760280906.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-27 · by Bob Sutton

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Walker Eget and Dan Mahan led Duke to a dominant 62-7 victory over William & Mary on Saturday, with the pair combining for five touchdown passes. Nate Sheppard, Duke’s leading rusher, had his lowest rushing output of the season with 116 yards and one touchdown. Despite losing its third game in a row, William & Mary managed only 170 total yards. The win extends Duke's winning streak to eight games since last season, marking their best run since 2013.

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On Saturday, Duke's quarterbacks Walker Eget and Dan Mahan combined to throw five touchdown passes as Duke defeated William & Mary 62-7 in Durham, North Carolina. Despite entering the game with a national-best 528 rushing yards, Duke running back Nate Sheppard gained only 116 yards, including a 19-yard touchdown run. The Blue Devils improved their record to 4-0 and extended their winning streak to eight games, their longest since 2013. William & Mary's Winston Watkins threw for 137 yards and one touchdown but managed just 170 total yards of offense as the team dropped to 2-3 after losing three straight games.

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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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DURHAM Duke The Blue Devils Tribe William & Mary

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Duke ORG · 6× William & Mary ORG · 5× Tribe ORG · 3× The Blue Devils ORG · 2× DURHAM GPE · 1× Dan Mahan PERSON · 1× N.C. GPE · 1× Nate Sheppard PERSON · 1× Walker Eget PERSON · 1× Winston Watkins PERSON · 1×

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The Tribe didn’t convert after taking over at the Duke 26-yard line following the Blue Devils’ failed conversion on a fake punt midway through the first quarter.

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🔮 Walker Eget and Dan Mahan combined to throw five touchdown passes as Duke rolled past William & Mary 62-7 on Saturday.

2026-09-27 · Toronto Star

Duke QBs throw 5 TD passes in 62-7 romp past William & Mary · assertive framing

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Walker Eget and Dan Mahan combined to throw five touchdown passes as Duke rolled past William & Mary 62-7 on Saturday. asserted

Duke → combine → Saturday

Duke running back Nate Sheppard, who entered the week with a nation-best 528 yards rushing, gained a season-low 116 yards, including a 19-yard touchdown. asserted

who → enter → touchdown

He had nine carries. asserted

He → have → carries

The Blue Devils (4-0), stretching back to last season, have won eight consecutive games for the first time since 2013. asserted

Devils → stretch → 2013

Winston Watkins threw for 137 yards and a touchdown for William & Mary (2-3), which lost its third in a row. asserted

which → throw → row

The Tribe had 170 yards of total offense. asserted

Tribe → have → offense

Eget had Duke’s first and fourth TD throws and finished 16 of 22 for 182 yards. asserted

Eget → have → yards

Mahan, a second-year freshman, threw his first two career touchdown passes in the second quarter – both for 29 yards – to Kavon Simmons and Jaivon Solomon. asserted

Mahan → throw → Simmons

Those were his only throws until late in the third quarter, when he lofted another TD pass and ended up 6 of 7 for 126 yards. asserted

he → loft → yards

The Tribe didn’t convert after taking over at the Duke 26-yard line following the Blue Devils’ failed conversion on a fake punt midway through the first quarter. asserted

Tribe → convert → quarter

Luke Mergott then blocked Max Lipinski’s 53-yard field goal attempt. asserted

Mergott → block → attempt

William & Mary went 75 yards on its next possession, with Watkins throwing 6 yards to Jack Reuter for a touchdown. asserted

Watkins → go → touchdown

The Tribe’s string of scoring at least 20 points in 13 consecutive games came to a halt. asserted

string → score → halt

They’ve held three of their opponents to seven points or fewer this year. asserted

They → hold → points

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