The Duke Blue Devils closed their home season with another win, toppling Virginia Tech, 31-28, to give them 16 wins in 19 games at Wallace Wade Stadium over the past three seasons.

The Duke Blue Devils won their eighth game of the 2024 college football season on Saturday night, a 31-28 triumph over the Virginia Tech Hokies, but the journey to that victory contained highs and lows that would draw envy from playwrights.

Duke football didn't play its sharpest game of the season, but the Blue Devils get a passing grade for their performance against Virginia Tech.

Duke’s Eli Pancol runs the ball during the first half of the Blue Devils’ 31-28 win over Virginia Tech on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C. Kaitlin McKeown [email protected]

Duke defeated Virginia Tech 31-28 in a game that featured a little bit of everything. With the win, head coach Manny Diaz’s squad improves to 8-3 on the year for the team’s third straight eight-win season.

That’s what many Virginia Tech fans are thinking after another Hokies’ loss — this time, Tech fell to the Duke Blue Devils, 31-28, to fall to 5-6 on the season and 3-4 in ACC play. This game began like so many in the Brent Pry era.