Duke beats Miami 27-17 to snap 5-game slide

DURHAM, N.C. -- Quentin Harris spent four years patiently waiting his turn to start at Duke. He wasn’t about to end his college career with six straight losses. Harris led two fourth-quarter touchdown drives, and the Blue Devils’ defense had nine sacks in a 27-17 victory over Miami on Saturday that snapped a five-game losing streak. Deon Jackson ran 2 yards for the go-ahead TD one possession before Harris threw a 49-yard scoring pass to Jalon Calhoun , helping the Blue Devils (5-7, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) win a game played in a persistent downpour that made things tough on the offenses. “That effort was about pride,” Duke coach David Cutcliffe said. “I watched our defensive front literally twist, scratch, claw, anything they could to rush that quarterback.