Duke capitalizes on five second-half turnovers in rout

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	17	16
Total Yards	304	258
Passing	194	174
Rushing	110	84
Penalties	6-41	3-35
3rd Down Conversions	5-15	8-17
4th Down Conversions	0-2	0-1
Turnovers	6	2
Possession	28:58	31:02

Air/Ground Leaders
Virginia Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Verica 19/42 194 0 4	Duke Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Lewis 18/32 160 2 2 Asack 1/1 14 0 0
Virginia Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Jackson 8 43 0 22 Payne 5 36 0 12	Duke Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Hollingsworth 15 59 0 12 Harris 9 28 0 10
Virginia Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Phillips 5 59 0 18 Ogletree 3 36 0 15	Duke Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Riley 3 36 1 30 Kelly 4 34 0 10

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UVA	DUKE
	FG	04:36	Yannick Reyering 33 Yd	3	0
SECOND QUARTER				UVA	DUKE
	FG	00:01	Nick Maggio 20 Yd	3	3
THIRD QUARTER				UVA	DUKE
	TD	07:25	Jay Hollingsworth 10 Yd Pass From Thaddeus Lewis (Nick Maggio Kick)	3	10
	TD	03:37	Eron Riley 30 Yd Pass From Thaddeus Lewis (Nick Maggio Kick)	3	17
FOURTH QUARTER				UVA	DUKE
	TD	13:08	Jabari Marshall 42 Yd Interception Return (Nick Maggio Kick)	3	24
	TD	01:41	Tielor Robinson 1 Yd Run (Nick Maggio Kick)	3	31

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke took advantage of five second-half turnovers to beat Virginia 31-3 on Saturday and end a 25-game Atlantic Coast Conference losing streak.

Quarterback Thaddeus Lewis completed nine of his first 10 pass attempts after halftime, and the Blue Devils scored three touchdowns in a 10-minute span.

Fast Facts

• Duke is outscoring its opponents 76-17 in the second half this season.

• Duke's 31-3 win over Virginia was the Blue Devils' largest margin of victory in an ACC game since a 49-16 win over Maryland on Sept. 3, 1994. That was the last season Duke went to a bowl game.

• The win over Virginia is Duke's largest margin of victory against anybody since beating Northwestern 44-10 on Sept. 12, 1998.

• Duke beat Virginia for its first ACC win since Nov. 13, 2004 (vs. Clemson). The win snaps a 25-game conference losing streak.

-- ESPN research

Duke intercepted Virginia's Marc Verica four times in the second half. Jabari Marshall returned the third interception 42 yards for a touchdown for Duke (3-1, 1-0 ACC), off to its best start since the 1994 team started 7-0.

Duke's last ACC victory before Saturday was Nov. 13, 2004, a 16-13 home victory over Clemson.

This one also seemed headed toward a last-second ending. The teams were locked in a 3-3 defensive battle at halftime, and Virginia had locked down Duke's passing game.

Freshman Jay Hollingsworth took a screen pass 10 yards for his first touchdown to give Duke a 10-3 lead. Then Duke relied on its defense, getting an interception from Leon Wright to set up Eron Riley's 30-yard touchdown reception.

Riley, Duke's top receiver, was held without a catch in the first half, but he had three for 36 yards in the third quarter, including his sixth touchdown of the season and 20th of his career.

Marshall snared a tipped pass off the hands of Virginia tight end John Phillips and dashed 42 yards for a touchdown and a 24-3 lead.

Virginia (1-3, 0-1) has been outscored 128-36 this season.

Though Virginia moved the ball at times in the first half, it couldn't finish drives. The Cavaliers failed to pick up a first down on their first nine third downs.

Each team struggled offensively in the first half. Duke had two turnovers and botched a fake punt in Virginia territory and got only Nick Maggio's 20-yard field goal with one second left in the half.

Ras-I Dowling had two first-half interceptions for the Cavaliers. His first, on the first play from scrimmage, ended Lewis' school-record streak of 206 attempts without an interception.

Lewis finished 18-for-32 for 160 yards.