The Blue Devils played Elon in the football season opener. The Blue Devils again were heavily favored at Wallace Wade Stadium. And again, Elon made Duke work for the victory: The Blue Devils broke ...

Unlike last season’s opener, where Duke dominated Elon for the majority of the game, the Phoenix proved a much tougher opponent out of the gate. After limping through the first half, the Blue Devils ...

Darian Mensah threw three second-half touchdown passes in his Duke debut and the Blue Devils broke free from a halftime tie to defeat Elon 45-17 in Thursday night’s season opener.