DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke?waited until it was time to play No. 17 North Carolina to finally cut out all the mistakes that kept haunting the Blue Devils in close losses. They ran the ball with a physical edge and tightened defensively, then ended their Senior Night by sprinting across the field as time expired to reclaim a lost rivalry trophy.Daniel Jones ran for two scores and threw for another to help the Blue Devils upset the Tar Heels 28-27 on Thursday night to secure their first Atlantic Coast Conference win. Duke (4-6, 1-5 ACC) was flirting with its first winless league record since 2007 after a tight loss at No. 6 Louisville and a pair of three-point losses to Georgia Tech and No. 14 Virginia Tech.I laid all of that out there: heres the path weve been on, heres how you correct it, Cutcliffe said. Theyre smart. They listen, they believe. And thats huge that they keep buying into each other, the loyalty. So that joy, thats huge.Jones, a redshirt freshman, ran for 94 yards as part of a ground game that kept moving the chains against the Tar Heels (7-3, 5-2 ACC; No. 15 AP). Shaun Wilson ran for a game-high 107 yards and a score of his own, Duke finished with 227 yards rushing and converted 10 of 17 third-down chances.Our offensive line was doing a tremendous job all game, Jones said, firing off the ball and being physical and creating that physicality that we want as a team.That formula was on display at the end, as Duke took more than 6 1/2 minutes off the clock with a long drive from its own 1 before punting back to UNC.The Blue Devils then came up with a final stop, with Alonzo Saxton II picking off Mitch Trubisky near midfield with 1:02 left on a night that ended with Duke players sprinting across the field to re-claim the Victory Bell presented to the winner of the long-running rivalry.More surprisingly, Dukes defense gradually locked down the Tar Heels high-scoring offense, which finished with just 31 yards in the final 15 minutes.Every time we would make a play, we would shoot ourselves in the foot on the next one or something would happen, Tar Heels coach Larry Fedora said.There was no consistency whatsoever.THE TAKEAWAYUNC: The Tar Heels likely saw any chance of repeating as the leagues Coastal Division champion die with this loss considering they had to keep winning and hope for the Hokies to lose once. But there was a familiar problem with being physical enough to stop the run, on top of the surprising offensive struggles after halftime.We missed a big opportunity, Trubisky said.DUKE: After a couple of close losses, Duke showed it had enough fortitude to bounce back and play a clean game even as it flirted with the programs first winless ACC record since 2007. Notable in Thursdays performance: no turnovers for the second straight week.STREAK SNAPPEDThe Tar Heels came into this game with nine straight wins on an opponents home field, tied with No. 2 Clemson for third longest in the nation behind No. 1 Alabama (11) and No. 11 Oklahoma (10).BLOWN LEADNorth Carolina got off to a sprint of a start, jumping to a 14-0 first-quarter lead behind a sharp Trubisky. The junior completed 12 of his first 15 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns, but threw for just 97 yards on 12-for-18 passing with two interceptions from there. 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I know that Im going to be fine. But its tough right now.The kickers third-quarter extra point attempt ricocheted off the upright instead of tying the game at 10 in the third quarter, and Walsh had a 46-yard field goal attempt blocked in the fourth quarter with the Vikings down by a point. He has now missed three extra points this season, the most in the NFL. Walsh, who came into the game tied for 18th in the league in field goal percentage, has now made 12 of his 16 field goal attempts this season.Asked to explain what happened on the two misses, Walsh said, They didnt go in, man. I mean, you watched it. When asked if the extra point felt good coming off his foot, Walsh said, I mean, obviously not. It didnt go in, right? I mean, you guys are going to ask me this question a million times. Did it feel good? Did I make it? No, I didnt. Do I have to? Yes. Do I want to? Yes. I mean, if youve got something else, please. Seriously.Later, when asked whhat he saw on the field goal attempt that Tyrunn Walker blocked, Walsh said.dddddddddddd I probably did not hit it well enough. I mean, you can never know until you watch film, but I probably did not hit it well enough, and did not get it over the line. So thats my fault, and I need to come through for my team there. When asked if the kick was too low, Walsh said, Its hard to tell, but that would be my guess.The Vikings were down by four when coach Mike Zimmer decided to go for it on fourth down from the Lions 5 midway through the fourth quarter. Zimmer said he felt like the Vikings offense continues to need confidence as they move forward, and while he said it did factor in that [Walsh] missed an extra point in there, he added, That really wasnt it. ... I was prepared to get a field goal, but it was so close that I figured [Id go for it]. Points for us are hard to come by -- at least they were in the beginning of the ballgame.The Vikings signed Walsh to a four-year contract extension in July 2015, but the kicker struggled at the beginning of the 2015 season before missing a 27-yard field goal attempt at the end of the Vikings NFC wild-card playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The team has continued to stand by Walsh, and players backed the kicker in the locker room Sunday. Asked where he stands now with Walsh, Zimmer said, I dont know. Well see. Im not going to make any evaluations right now. Todays not the day to be making any evaluations. ' ' '