11:27 p.m update

DURHAM -- Throughout the week, Duke head coach David Cutcliffe said the only way Duke could truly put its loss at Stanford in the past was to get back to work.

Saturday night, the Blue Devils saw all their efforts during the week pay off, as they never trailed and rolled to a 54-17 win over N.C. Central. Duke also scored on offense, defense and special teams for the first time since 2004.

The 37-point victory over the Eagles, a second-year FCS program, was Duke’s largest victory of Cutcliffe’s five-year tenure, eclipsing the 35-point victory during previous meeting of the two teams in 2009.

“To get better was important,” Cutcliffe said. “We’re not where we want to be, our team has some personal changes and some things we need to correct, but we did get better.”

Duke's Blair Holliday (8) was an honorary captain. Credit: LAURA KEELEY 

DURHAM—Good evening from Wallace Wade Stadium. Duke has taken the field in all black, and in about a 45 minutes’ time the contest between the Blue Devils and the Eagles of NC Central will commence.

The action started around 5 pm, though, when Blair Holliday led Duke into the stadium. The fact that he could do so only two months removed from a July 4 jet ski accident that left him unconscious in the water is, truly, a miracle.

Duke will be looking to bring the pregame feel-good vibes onto the field. If you haven’t already, check out the game preview. And here are a few other things to watch for:

Duke S August Campbell (32) is the latest starter to go down with an injury. Credit: CHRIS SEWARD

The list just keeps growing.

S August Campbell, who left midway through the Stanford game with an injury, and DE Justin Foxx, who had surgery on his right ring finger the week, are the latest starters to move to the “out” list. Duke is now without seven projected starters: WR Blair Holliday, TE Braxton Deaver, NG Jamal Bruce, LB Kelby Brown, S Jordon Byas, Foxx and Campbell.

Key reserves LB Kelby Brown and S Corbin McCarthy are also out. Counting S Jeremy Cash, the Ohio State transfer whose waiver to play immediately was denied, Duke is now down 15 scholarship players.

“I’ve never been a part of any football team challenged like this one is,” head coach David Cutcliffe said in reference to the number of injuries.