Duke 27, Rice 24 (OT)

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	21	24
Total Yards	407	410
Passing	61	188
Rushing	346	222
Penalties	5-50	7-45
3rd Down Conversions	8-19	7-14
4th Down Conversions	3-3	0-0
Turnovers	2	2
Possession	30:25	29:35

Individual Leaders

Rice Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Henderso... 6/19 61 1 0	Duke Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Schneide... 16/31 188 2 1 Scott 0/1 0 0 0
Rice Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Lott 12 101 1 46 Henderson 15 98 1 23 Bailey 15 52 0 9	Duke Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Douglas 18 110 1 43 Schneider 13 52 0 10 Wade 11 45 0 18
Rice Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Battle 2 30 0 23 Brock 1 16 0 16 Hall 1 9 1 9 Hurd 1 6 0 6	Duke Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Sharpe 4 63 0 30 Johnson 3 36 0 18 Patrick 2 25 1 16 Landrum 2 24 0 15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				RICE	DUKE
	TD	10:49	GREG HENDERSON 1 YD RUN (BRANDON SKEEN KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 87 yards.	7	0
	TD	8:57	REGGIE LOVE 9 YD PASS FROM MIKE SCHNEIDER (BRENT GARBER KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 66 yards.	7	7
	TD	6:04	THOMAS LOTT 20 YD RUN (BRANDON SKEEN KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	14	7
SECOND QUARTER				RICE	DUKE
	TD	1:34	BEN PATRICK 16 YD PASS FROM MIKE SCHNEIDER (BRENT GARBER KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 64 yards.	14	14
THIRD QUARTER				RICE	DUKE
	FG	5:15	BRENT GARBER 23 YD FG Drive info: 17 plays, 70 yards.	14	17
FOURTH QUARTER				RICE	DUKE
	TD	10:36	CHRIS DOUGLAS 1 YD RUN (BRENT GARBER KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 31 yards.	14	24
	FG	6:20	BRANDON SKEEN 46 YD FG Drive info: 12 plays, 43 yards.	17	24
	TD	0:03	ANDY HALL 9 YD PASS FROM GREG HENDERSON (BRANDON SKEEN KICK) Drive info: 15 plays, 75 yards.	24	24
OVERTIME				RICE	DUKE
	FG	0:00	BRENT GARBER 30 YD FG Drive info: 6 plays, 13 yards.	24	27

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Five years had passed since Duke won two straight games, a span that saw the Blue Devils come up just short in countless close games.

On Saturday night, things worked out for a change.

Brent Garber kicked a 30-yard field goal in overtime as the Blue Devils beat Rice 27-24, winning consecutive games for the first time under coach Carl Franks.

The Blue Devils blew a 10-point lead in the final 6{ minutes only to win it when the Owls' Brandon Skeen missed a 34-yard field goal on the second possession of the overtime.

"We really needed to come out here, get in a close game and win a close game," Garber said. "It will help our confidence. After several years of not winning many games, it is good for the team to remember what it is like to win."

Chris Douglas ran for 110 yards and a touchdown, and Mike Schneider threw two touchdown passes for the Blue Devils (2-1).

Reggie Love and Ben Patrick each had touchdown catches for Duke, which last won consecutive games by beating Western Carolina and Northwestern to open the 1998 season. In the four seasons since, the Blue Devils had gone 5-40 under Franks, including 0-11 seasons in 2000 and 2001.

"We have had a lot of bad things happen to us," Franks said. "I am glad it worked out that we won it."

The Blue Devils got a boost from a pair of players who were banged up in last week's 29-3 win against Western Carolina.

Schneider, a redshirt freshman, played the entire game despite coming off a concussion. He completed 16 of 31 passes for 188 yards and an interception. He also rushed for 52 yards. Garber, a senior, overcame a rib injury to kick two field goals.

After watching Rice (0-2) roll up 201 total yards in the first quarter, Duke's defense tightened up, allowing 96 yards over the next two quarters to take a 24-14 lead in the fourth quarter. But the Owls rallied, tying it on Greg Henderson's 9-yard pass to Andy Hall with 3 seconds to play.

Once in the overtime, the Blue Devils overcame a dropped pass by Douglas in the end zone to win for the fifth time in six meetings against the Owls.

Thomas Lott rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown, while Henderson rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown for the Owls. Rice rushed for 346 yards.

"There's no quit in our team," Henderson said. "That's a tough one to lose like that, being on the road. We wanted to win this week, but we'll just have to move on."

It was an important win for the Blue Devils, now in the middle of a critical four-game homestand. Duke opened the set with the win against the Catamounts and faces Northwestern next week at Wallace Wade Stadium.

The Blue Devils end the homestand with Florida State, beginning a brutal stretch that includes home dates against Wake Forest and North Carolina State, and games at Maryland and Tennessee. All five teams have been ranked this season.

The win "is bigger than most people would realize," linebacker Ryan Fowler said. "This was huge."

The teams were tied at 14 entering the second half, but Duke pushed ahead with a 17-play, 70-yard drive that took more than 8 minutes off the clock. Garber ended the drive with a 23-yard field goal with 5:15 left in the third.

Early in the fourth quarter, Lance Johnson had a 24-yard punt return to give Duke the ball at Rice's 31-yard line. On the next play, Schneider connected with Khary Sharpe for a 30-yard gain, and Douglas ran it in for the 24-14 lead with 10:36 to play.

Rice answered with a 43-yard drive, ending with Skeen's 46-yard field goal that cut it to 24-17 with 6:20 to play.

Duke was forced to punt on its next drive, giving Rice the chance to drive for the tying touchdown with 3:24 left. Converting three fourth downs, the Owls moved 75 yards in 15 plays to tie it on Hall's touchdown.

"It is a heartbreaker," Rice coach Ken Hatfield said. "It wasn't the one field goal, there were a lot of plays. It wasn't just one play that did it."