5 reasons why Louisville football underachieved against Duke
By Derek Snyder
2. Duke dominated the time of possession
You really have to give credit to the Duke football team in their loss to Louisville. The coaching staff had a great game plan, they didn’t turn the football over, played great defense, and had long-methodical drives. Louisville’s defense couldn’t get off the field and that almost proved costly for the Cardinals.
Duke held the football for 37 minutes and Louisville only had the football for 22 minutes. It’s not all that surprising that a team would have a better time of possession than Louisville because they usually score so fast. However, this was different because Duke was actually moving the football while Louisville wasn’t scoring.
The Blue Devils used a bunch of screens to create third and short situations where Duke excelled all evening. They were 8-16 on third down and 1-2 of 4th down. It was almost enough to knock of the seventh ranked Cardinals on Friday evening.