Duke quarterback [autotag]Maalik Murphy[/autotag] threw his first touchdown pass with the Blue Devils against Elon on Friday night.
The former Texas transfer completed five of his first six passes in the season opener, but it took him until the third quarter to throw one into the end zone.
He nearly got the first score in impressive fashion, finding star wideout [autotag]Jordan Moore[/autotag] for a 47-yard gain down the sideline on a play that was initially ruled a score.
However, replays confirmed that Moore’s knee came down a yard short of the goal line. Not that the ruling delayed Murphy long. On the very next play, offensive coordinator Jonathan Brewer dialed up a play-action bootleg for his new starting quarterback, and the Blue Devils captain rolled out to his right and found a wide-open Jeremiah Hasley for the score.
Murphy left that drive, with six minutes left in the third quarter, well over the 200-yard mark through the air. Duke tried to add on a 2-point conversion, but an incompletion kept the Blue Devils lead 19-0.
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