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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Demon Deacons Eyeing Atlantic Division Win at Florida State

5:50 PM




Following its bye week, Wake Forest returns to action on Saturday, October 20, as the Deacs hit the road to face Florida State. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2. Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky and Paul Carcaterra will call the action. Saturday’s game can also be heard on the Wake Forest Sports Network. Stan Cotten and Lary Sorensen have the call with Dave Goren reporting from the sidelines.



The Demon Deacons fell to 3-3 on the year following a 63-3 defeat to No. 4 Clemson on Saturday, October 6. Greg Dortch became the fastest player in program history to 100 career receptions, needing just 14 games to catch 100 passes. Additionally, Dortch ranks second in the country and first in the ACC in all-purpose yards per game with 176.17 while ranking second nationally in receptions per game (8.0) and 10th in punt return average (13.5). As a team, the Deacs have committed just 20 penalties on the season, the fewest in the ACC and the third-fewest in all of the FBS.



Florida State enters Saturday's contest with a 3-3 record and a 1-3 mark in ACC play Willie Taggart is in his first season at the helm of the Seminoles. It is the second coaching stop for Taggart in the state of Florida, as he served as the head coach for South Florida from 2013 to 2016. As a team, the Seminoles allow just 101.2 rushing yards per game, the eighth-fewest in the country. The Seminoles lead the all-time series, 29-6-1 and have won the last six meetings.



Redshirt sophomore WR Greg Dortch became the fastest Demon Deacon to record 100 career catches in a career. Against Clemson, Dortch had three catches for 37 yards, enough to push him over the century mark in just his 14th career game. He now has 101 career catches for 1,314 yards and 14 touchdowns in 14 career contests. John Henry Mills (1989-92) had been the previous record-holder, hitting the 100-catch mark in his 22nd career game. Earlier this year against Boston College, Dortch became the quickest Deacon to ever reach 1,000 career receiving yards, surpassing the mark in his 11th game. The previous mark had been 19 games.



Dortch is second in the nation and first in the ACC in all-purpose yards this week, as the redshirt sophomore is averaging 176.2 yards per game in 2018, up from his 2017 season average of 161.2 YPG. Dortch also leads the ACC in receptions per game (8.0) while ranking second in the league in punt return average (13.5) and receiving yards (98.7) per game. He is fifth in the ACC in kickoff return average (23.2). His 8.0 receptions per game rank second nationally while also ranking in the top-10 in the country in punt return average (tenth). The redshirt sophomore remains the only player in FBS with two punt return touchdowns.



Dortch is just the second player in school history with 500 or more receiving yards, 150 or more punt return yards and 200 or more kickoff return yards. The only other Deacon to have accomplished this feat is Fabian Davis in 2002 when he finished the season with 575 receiving yards, 363 punt return yards and 363 kickoff return yards.



According to Pro Football Focus, Wake Forest QB Sam Hartman is the No. 5 freshman player in the FBS through the first six games of the season. Hartman is preceded by WR Jaylen Waddle of Alabama, QB Alan Bowman of Texas Tech, RB Pooka Williams, Jr. of Kansas and WR Jayden Reed of Western Michigan. Hartman this week ranks fourth in the nation among freshmen with 209.8 passing yards per game, fourth in completions per game with 17.0, tied for fourth with 10 touchdown passes and tied for fourth in points responsible for (points scored and passed for) with 66.



Hartman is ranked No. 2 in the nation among freshmen with 1,259 passing yards. Texas Tech’s Alan Bowman is the national leader with 1,680. Freshman QB Sam Hartman has two of the top 10 total offense play games in school history. Hartman debuted with 442 yards of total offense on 64 plays on Aug. 30 against Tulane. He added 64 total offense plays against Boston College on Sept. 13. The 64 total offense plays in a game are tied for the ninth-most in a single game. In addition, Hartman has become the first Wake Forest freshman with two games of 300 or more total offense yards. Along with his 442 yards vs. Tulane, Hartman had 306 yards vs. Towson.



Freshman PK Nick Sciba ranks sixth in the nation in field goal percentage among freshmen at .750. He has made 9-of-12 field goal attempts. Sciba is sixth in the nation among freshmen with nine field goals made. Sciba leads the Deacons with 49 points this season. The school record for most points scored by a true freshman is 60 by RB James McDougald in 1976. Sciba already owns the school mark for field goals made by a true freshman having surpassed the previous mark of four set by Danny Nolan in 1983.
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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Duke Battles Florida State This Weekend

7:36 PM

Now in its 105th season of football, Duke hosts Florida State at 12 noon. The game will be broadcast live by ESPN2 with Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (analyst) & Kris Budden (sideline). Duke is 4-2 overall and 1-2 in the ACC following last week’s 28-21 loss at Virginia.





Coming off a 24- 20 loss to Miami, Florida State is 1-3 overall and 1-2 in league play. Duke owns an all-time record of 500-513-31 in 104-plus seasons. Saturday’s game will mark the 20th on the gridiron between the two schools with Florida State leading the series, 19-0.





The series began in 1992 with a 48-21 FSU victory. In Durham, the Seminoles have won all seven affairs. This week’s game features the top two kickoff return units in the ACC with the Seminoles ranking first (29.4) and Blue Devils second (27.2). Duke will celebrate Band Day and Teacher Appreciation Day against the Seminoles while BSBSNC serves as the official game sponsor.













Now in his 10th season as Duke’s head coach, David Cutcliffe is 56- 63 with the Blue Devils and 100-92 overall. Cutcliffe earned ACC Coach of the Year honors in both 2012 & 2013. Under head coach David Cutcliffe, the Blue Devils are 33-5 (.868) when allowing 20 points or less. Dating back to the 2013 season, the Blue Devils are 32-18 (.640) in their last 50 regular season games





Duke continues to lead the ACC in third-down defense having allowed just 19 conversions in 80 attempts (.238). CB Mark Gilbert and S Jeremy McDuffie lead the ACC in passes defended per game (1.83). The Blue Devils have established a school single-season record with four interception returns for touchdowns in 2017. The previous standard of three was set in 1942, 1945 and 1949. Last week at Virginia, LB Joe Giles-Harris turned in a 15-tackle performance that included 3.5 TFL, 1.0 sack, two quarterback pressures, one caused fumble and one PBU.







The double-digit tackle outing marked the seventh of his career. With 63 ground yards against Miami two weeks ago, RB Shaun Wilson became the seventh player in Duke history to reach the 2,000- yard plateau. In 42 career games, Wilson has 2,085 rushing yards while his career 5.37 yards per attempt average ranks fourth on Duke’s all-time chart. Led by DT Mike Ramsay (4.5 sacks), Duke ranks second in the ACC in sacks per game (3.17), behind only Clemson (3.50) 

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Five ACC Football Teams Ranked in Preseason Associated Press Top 25 Poll

5:46 PM



ACC places two in the top five for second consecutive season







Greensboro, N.C. (theACC.com) – Greensboro, N.C. (theACC.com) – Five Atlantic Coast Conference teams, including No. 3 Florida State and No. 5 Clemson, are ranked in the preseason college football Top 25 poll released Monday by the Associated Press. FSU received four first place votes.



Also included in the poll are No. 16 Louisville, No. 18 Miami and No. 21 Virginia Tech. NC State and Pitt received votes outside the Top 25.



The ACC is the only conference with two top five selections and is tied for second with five teams in the poll. This marks the second consecutive season (and second time overall) two ACC teams have been included in the top five. Last year, Clemson and Florida State also were ranked in the top five.



The league has now had a pair of top 10 teams in the AP preseason poll on seven occasions, beginning with its first year of existence in 1953 when Maryland was ranked ninth and Duke 10th. The ACC also had two top 10 teams in 1991 (No. 8 Georgia Tech, No. 9 Clemson), 1997 (No. 3 Florida State, No. 7 North Carolina), 2001 (No. 6 Florida State, No. 10 Georgia Tech), 2004 (No. 8 Virginia Tech, No. 9 Miami), 2005 (No. 8 Virginia Tech, No. 9 Miami) and 2016 (No. 2 Clemson, No. 4 Florida State).



Alabama was picked No. 1 in the AP poll and will face the third-ranked Seminoles on Saturday, Sept. 2, in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta. Those are the highest-ranked teams in a season opener since the AP started a preseason poll in 1950. It is the fourth season-opening matchup between two top five opponents. The others were No. 1 Pitt against No. 5 North Carolina in 1982, No. 1 Nebraska against No. 4 Penn State in 1983 and No. 1 Oklahoma against No. 4 UCLA in 1986.

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Sunday, December 4, 2016

Clemson’s College Football Playoff Spot Leads ACC Bowl Lineup, Belk Bowl to Host Virginia Tech

3:05 PM



GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Clemson’s return trip to the College Football Playoff highlights a Sunday in which 11 of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 14 football members secured spots in 2016 postseason bowl games.





The ACC champion Tigers (12-1) are seeded No. 2 in the CFP field and will face No. 3 seed Ohio State (11-1) in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl at 7 p.m. ET on New Year’s Eve in the second of two national semifinal games. If the Tigers advance, they will face No. 1 Alabama or No. 4 Washington for the College Football Playoff National Championship at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, January 9, at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium (ESPN).





The ACC, which tied a league record by landing 11 teams in postseason play for the third time in four years, owns a total of 42 bowl berths over the past four seasons. This marks the 16th consecutive year that at least six ACC teams received postseason berths. The ACC ranks second among all conferences with 106 total bowl bids since 2005.





With Clemson’s selection, the ACC has placed a team in the College Football Playoff in each of its first three years of existence. The Tigers earned the No. 1 seed last season, and Florida State was seeded No. 3 as the ACC champion in 2014. The ACC is one of just two conferences that has placed a team in the College Football Playoff or the BCS Championship in each of the last four years.


A pair of ACC schools will continue the two longest current Division I bowl streaks in the nation, as Florida State (35th straight year) and Coastal Division champion Virginia Tech (24th straight) confirmed their postseason destinations. Virginia Tech’s bowl game streak is the longest active streak recognized by the NCAA.





Boston College, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Pitt and Wake Forest are also bound for holiday bowl games. ACC teams will head into bowl competition with 42 victories against nonconference opposition this season – four wins shy of the league record of 46. The ACC’s eight teams with at least eight wins this season are the most of any conference.





Clemson is bidding for the program’s first national title since 1981 and the second by an ACC team in the last four seasons. The Tigers have won four of their last five postseason games and take a 20-19 all-time postseason record into their meeting with Ohio State. The Tigers and Buckeyes last met in in the 2013 Orange Bowl, with Clemson posting a 40-35 win. The only other meeting between the teams came in the 1978 Gator Bowl, where the Tigers posted a 17-15 win.





No. 11 Florida State (9-3) will face No. 6 Michigan (10-2) in the Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. (ESPN).  The Seminoles own a 27-16-2 all-time record in bowl games, a winning percentage of .622 that ranks fifth among all schools that have played 15 or more postseason games. This year’s berth is Florida State’s fifth straight in a BCS/New Year’s Six bowl, which ties defending national champion Alabama for the longest such streak in the nation.





Since 2012, the ACC has posted a 5-3 record in the New Year’s Six Bowls and College Football Playoff Games – the best among peer conferences.





The ACC has won four consecutive Orange Bowl games, and is the first conference in 57 years to do so since the Big Eight Conference won four straight from 1956-59.





Two ACC teams are bound for Orlando, Florida, this postseason as Louisville landed a spot in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl, and Miami is headed to the Russell Athletic Bowl.





No. 13 Louisville (9-3), which will face No. 20 LSU (7-4) on Dec. 31 (11 a.m., ABC), will be making the first appearance by an ACC team in the Citrus Bowl since Clemson on Jan. 1, 1992. The Cardinals will make their third bowl appearance in as many years as an ACC member and their seventh straight overall. Louisville, which will play in a bowl game for the 21st time, owns a 10-9-1 all-time record in previous appearances.





Miami (8-4) makes its third bowl appearance in Orlando since 2009 and its 40th bowl appearance overall when it faces No. 16 West Virginia (10-2) on Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 5:30 p.m. (ESPN). The Hurricanes own a 19-20 all-time record in previous bowl game appearances.





No. 23 Pitt (8-4) heads to the Bronx for a Dec. 28 meeting with Northwestern (6-6) in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium (2 p.m., ESPN). The Panthers, who own a 13-19 all-time record in bowl games, are making their ninth straight postseason appearance.




No. 22 Virginia Tech (9-4) will play in the Belk Bowl at Charlotte, North Carolina, for the first time when it faces Arkansas (7-5) on the evening of Dec. 29 (5:30 p.m., ESPN). The Hokies, under first-year head coach Justin Fuente, are 13-17 all-time in bowl games and are seeking their third straight win in postseason play.




North Carolina, 14-18 in 32 previous bowl appearances, will play in a postseason game for the eighth time in nine years and for the fourth straight year under head coach Larry Fedora when the Tar Heels (8-4) meet No. 18 Stanford (9-3) in the Hyundi Sun Bowl in El Paso on Friday Dec. 30 (2 p.m., CBS). The UNC has played in three previous Sun Bowls – most recently versus Texas in 1994 – and owns an all-time record of 1-2 in the event.




Georgia Tech (8-4) has accepted an invitation to participate in the 72nd-annual TaxSlayer Bowl, where it will face Kentucky (7-5) at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31 at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The Yellow Jackets are 24-19 in all-time bowl appearances. This year’s TaxSlayer Bowl will be shown nationally by ESPN. 





Also representing the ACC will be Boston College in the Quick Lane Bowl, NC State in the Camping World Independence Bowl, and Wake Forest in the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman.





Boston College will be the first ACC team to kick off a bowl game when it meets Maryland (6-6) at Detroit’s Ford Field on Monday, Dec. 26 at 2:30 p.m. (ESPN). The Eagles, who are 13-11 all-time in bowl games, will be going after their first postseason win since 2007.




NC State (6-6) is set to meet Vanderbilt (6-6) at Shreveport, Louisiana on Dec. 26 at 5 p.m. (ESPN2). The Wolfpack stands 15-13-1 all-time in bowl games and will take part in postseason play for the third straight year under fourth-year head coach Dave Doeren.





Wake Forest, 6-4 all-time in bowl games, makes its first postseason appearance since 2011 when it faces American Athletic Conference champion and 24th-ranked Temple (10-3) at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium on the afternoon of Dec. 27 (3:30 p.m., ESPN).





All starting times listed for upcoming bowl games involving ACC teams are Eastern.

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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Florida State Downs Georgia Tech to Win Third Straight ACC Title

9:30 PM



Chuck Burton (AP)


Florida State (13-0) extended its win streak to twenty-nine
games as if captured its third straight ACC title on Saturday night at
Charlotte's Bank of American Stadium. Led by freshman Dalvin Cook’s 177 rushing yards (most by a freshman in ACC Championship game history), the Atlantic
Division champion Seminoles defeated Coastal Division champs Georgia Tech 37-35
in front of a crowd of 64,808.










Chuck Burton (AP)


Defending Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston became the
first quarterback to have two three-hundred yard passing games in the ACC title
game. Winston is still to lose a game as a college quarterback, leading the Seminoles
to twenty-six consecutive wins.










Chuck Burton (AP)


Quarterback Justin Thomas led the Georgia Tech rushing
attack with 104 yards, the most by a quarterback in ACC Championship game history.
Synjyn Days of Georgia Tech scored three touchdowns for the Yellow Jackets in
the game, doubling his scores for the year.





Score by Quarter

1

2

3

4

Total


Florida State

7

21

3

6

37


Georgia Tech

14

7

7

7

35


 Scoring
Summary























































































Qtr


Time


Scoring Play


V-H


1st

09:50

GT - Days, S. 1 yd run (Butker, H. kick), 8-71 3:48

0 - 7






07:42

FSU - O'Leary, N. 46 yd pass from Winston, J. (Aguayo, R.
kick), 5-74 2:03

7 - 7






01:45

GT - Days, S. 1 yd run (Butker, H. kick), 11-75 5:50

7 - 14


2nd

14:10

FSU - Cook, D. 1 yd run (Aguayo, R. kick), 7-75 2:30

14 - 14






08:02

GT - Laskey, Z. 4 yd run (Butker, H. kick), 11-75 6:08

14 - 21






05:40

FSU - Greene, R. 44 yd pass from Winston, J. (Aguayo, R.
kick), 6-71 2:15

21 - 21






00:30

FSU - Greene, R. 9 yd pass from Winston, J. (Aguayo, R.
kick), 10-75 1:56

28 - 21


3rd

08:01

GT - Days, S. 1 yd run (Butker, H. kick), 14-77 6:52

28 - 28






03:13

FSU - Aguayo, R. 33 yd field goal, 10-59 4:48

31 - 28


4th

10:25

FSU - Aguayo, R. 32 yd field goal, 12-75 4:46

34 - 28






04:28

FSU - Aguayo, R. 28 yd field goal, 6-36 2:55

37 - 28






01:47

GT - Waller, D. 25 yd pass from Thomas, J. (Butker, H.
kick), 6-97 1:09

37 - 35





Game Statistics

FSU

GT


FIRST DOWNS

24

28


 Rushing

12

19


 Passing

11

8


 Penalty

1

1


NET YARDS RUSHING

179

331


 Rushing Attempts

33

59


 Average Per Rush

5.4

5.6


 Rushing Touchdowns

1

4


 Yards Gained
Rushing

186

335


 Yards Lost Rushing

7

4


NET YARDS PASSING

309

134


 Completions - Attempts
- Int

21-30-0

8-14-1


 Average Per Attempt

10.3

9.6


 Average Per
Completion

14.7

16.8


 Passing Touchdowns

3

1


TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS

488

465


 Total offense plays

63

73


 Average Gain Per
Play

7.7

6.4


Fumbles: Number-Lost

0-0

0-0


Penalties: Number-Yards

5-45

3-20


PUNTS-YARDS

2-84

2-69


 Average Yards Per
Punt

42.0

34.5


 Net Yards Per Punt

41.5

34.5


 Inside 20

1

1


 50+ Yards

0

0


 Touchbacks

0

0


 Fair catch

0

1


KICKOFFS-YARDS

8-501

5-324


 Average Yards Per
Kickoff

62.6

64.8


 Net Yards Per
Kickoff

41.4

39.0


 Touchbacks

5

2


Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD

0-0-0

1-1-0


 Average Per Return

0.0

1.0


Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD

3-79-0

3-45-0


 Average Per Return

26.3

15.0


Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD

1-4-0

0-0-0


Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD

0-0-0

0-0-0


Miscellaneous Yards

0

0


Possession Time

25:05

34:55


 1st Quarter

5:15

9:45


 2nd Quarter

5:08

9:52


 3rd Quarter

4:59

10:01


 4th Quarter

9:43

5:17


Third-Down Conversions

7 of 12

5 of 10


Fourth-Down Conversions

0 of 0

1 of 2


Red-Zone Scores-Chances

5-5

4-4


 Touchdowns

2-5

4-4


 Field goals

3-5

0-4


Sacks By: Number-Yards

0-0

0-0


PAT Kicks

4-4

5-5


Field Goals

3-3

0-0


Points off turnovers

0

0






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