US EditionMensah Throws for 4 TDs and Leads Duke to a 42-39 Win over Arizona State in the Sun Bowl
Duke's Darian Mensah threw four touchdowns including the game-winning pass, while the teams combined for a Sun Bowl record 1,158 total yards of offense.
- Updated Dec. 31, 2025, the 92nd Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl pits Arizona State Sun Devils against Duke Blue Devils with kickoff at 12 p.m. MT/1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET at Sun Bowl Stadium, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
- Duke's late-season surge produced an ACC title and earned the Blue Devils a Sun Bowl berth, while Arizona State qualified with an 8-4 record, winning three of its last four games.
- SportsLine's advanced simulation model, which is 31-19 on top-rated money-line picks, ran 10,000 simulations and projects the Over with 56 combined points and Duke favored by 3.5.
- A high-scoring shootout produced 1,158 combined yards and a one-possession victory for Duke, ending 42-39 with Duke season finish 9-5 and Arizona State season finish 8-5.
- Arizona State was missing 22 rostered players, forcing four first-time starters and 18 gameday debuts, while Sam Leavitt entered the transfer portal and Jordyn Tyson is expected to be a first-round pick.
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n a hell of a take-and-daca match, with the largest number of yards combined in history (a thousand 158), with one player thrown out of the team and even one more who was taken on a stretcher from the stadium due to injury, Duke's Blue Devils recovered two balls at the best possible time, to defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils this Wednesday, 42-39, in the 92nd edition of the Sun Bowl, played at El Paso's Sun Bowl Stadium. It was just the second…
Duke beats Arizona State 42-39 in Sun Bowl thriller
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Duke Blue Devils battled their way to a 42-39 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils in a Sun Bowl thriller that will go down as one of the best games in the game’s long and storied history. Both teams combined for 81 points in the contest, the most [...]
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Rockdale Citizen & Newton CitizenDuke outscores Arizona State as offenses shine in Sun Bowl
Darian Mensah's fourth touchdown pass of the day went to Que'Sean Brown for 17 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 2:10 remaining in Duke's 42-39 victory against Arizona State in the Sun Bowl on Wednesday at El Paso, Texas.
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