DURHAM, N.C. — Riley Leonard ran for one landing and threw for some other because the Duke Blue Devils disappointed Deny. 9 Clemson, 28-7, on Monday night time, capping a wild Era 1 of faculty soccer.

The Tigers (0-1) outgained the Blue Devils (1-0) and gained the while of ownership struggle, however 3 submits doomed the new-look Clemson offense.

Cade Klubnik, getting into his first complete season as Clemson’s foundation quarterback, was once intercepted, and the Tigers additionally misplaced two fumbles within the loss, a recreation wherein that they had the ball for 33:33, and completed with 29 first downs.

Jaquez Moore and Jordan Waters authored landing runs in help of Leonard, and the Blue Devils, who completed 9-4 terminating season together with a bowl win over UCF, have now gained 3 directly video games, courting again to Nov. 26.

Clemson, terminating season’s ACC champions who misplaced to Tennessee within the Orange Bowl to finish the future, remodeled the offense within the offseason, bringing in Garrett Riley because the fresh coordinator.

Extreme season, Riley orchestrated the TCU offense, serving to the Horned Frogs to the Faculty Soccer Playoff name recreation, the place they misplaced to Georgia. This was once now not the start mentor Dabo Swinney drew up, when he rented Riley.

The win was once Duke’s first over an AP Manage Ten opponent since 1989.

The Related Press contributed to this file.