Richmond 13, Duke 0

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	12	12
Total Yards	225	210
Passing	120	159
Rushing	105	51
Penalties	3-30	3-35
3rd Down Conversions	5-16	3-14
4th Down Conversions	0-1	2-4
Turnovers	1	2
Possession	33:16	26:44

Individual Leaders

Richmond Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Ward 11/23 120 1 0	Duke Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Lewis 15/24 148 0 0 Jones 2/6 11 0 0
Richmond Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Hightower 20 86 0 23 Vaughan 10 26 0 6 Ward 9 0 0 5	Duke Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Boyle 7 23 0 7 Boyette 8 20 0 8 Drummer 2 7 0 6
Richmond Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Shields 5 69 1 20 Hale 3 29 0 21 Hightower 2 10 0 8 Vaughan 1 12 0 12	Duke Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Chestnut 7 73 0 17 Wright 7 52 0 11 Riley 2 26 0 16 Robinson 1 8 0 8

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				RICH	DUKE
	FG	11:24	ANDREW HOWARD 20 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 6 yards.	3	0
SECOND QUARTER				RICH	DUKE
	TD	10:40	ARMAN SHIELDS 16 YD PASS FROM ERIC WARD (ANDREW HOWARD KICK) Drive info: 9 plays, 75 yards.	10	0
THIRD QUARTER				RICH	DUKE
	FG	1:06	ANDREW HOWARD 22 YD FG Drive info: 18 plays, 83 yards.	13	0

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Andrew Howard kicked two field goals and Eric Ward threw a touchdown pass in his college debut Saturday to lead Division I-AA Richmond past Duke 13-0, the Blue Devils' ninth loss in a row.

Duke lost to a Division I-AA team for the first time in nine games since 1978.

Richmond won a season opener for the first time since 2000, and beat Duke for just the second time in 11 games. The last victory came in 1926. It's also the Spiders' ninth win in their last 10 games.

Both teams were relying on inexperienced quarterbacks. Ward is a redshirt freshman who sat out 2005 waiting his turn behind then-senior Stacy Tutt. Duke was hoping Zack Asack would be its quarterback after having started six of the last seven games last season, but he was dismissed from the team in July for plagiarism.

That left Marcus Jones, who was a wide receiver last season, and freshman Thaddeus Lewis.

Ward led the Spiders on a 75-yard scoring drive early in the second quarter, capping it off with a 16-yard pass to Arman Shields. Howard added field goals of 21 and 22 yards.

Duke had two late chances to score. Lewis was stopped on a fourth-and-goal at the Richmond 2 with just under 5 minutes left. Richmond's Tim Hightower lost a fumble at his own 10 and John Talley recovered for Duke. The Blue Devils got it down to the 2, but Lewis lost the ball trying to stretch for the end zone on fourth down.