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MUSIC CITY BOWL WAKE FOREST VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE DEC. 30, 2011 LP FIELD WAKE FOREST FACES MISSISSIPPI ST. IN MUSIC CITY BOWL After a two year hiatus, Wake Forest is back in a bowl and will take on Mis- DEACON STORYLINES sissippi State in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl in Nashville, Page 3: Deacons looking to continue re- Tenn. The game will be played on Friday, Dec. 30 at 6:40 p.m. at LP Field and will cent bowl success. be televised on ESPN. The game can also be heard on the Wake Forest Sports Network from IMG College. Page 4: Sophomore QB Tanner Price is WAKE FOREST (6-6, 5-3) The Deacons fi nished the regular season with a 6-6 overall record and were nearing second-year passing records. VS. 5-3 in ACC play. That marks just the fourth time in school history that Wake Page 5: WRs Chris Givens and Michael MISSISSIPPI STATE (6-6, 2-6) Forest has won fi ve ACC games in a season. Campanaro combining to re-write the Wake is looking to fi nish the season on a high note after ending the regular receiving record books. Date: December 30, 2011 season with a 41-7 setback at the hands of SEC foe Vanderbilt on Nov. 26. The Page 6: Wake Forest has had success in Time: 6:40 p.m. ET Deacs took a 7-6 lead early in the second quarter but the Commodores then 13th game of the season. Site: Nashville, Tenn. reeled-off fi ve unanswered touchdowns. Stadium: LP Field (68,798) Senior running back Brandon Pendergrass fi nished the day with 74 yards on SERIES HISTORY Television: ESPN. Mark Jones (play-by-play) 12 carries or an average of 6.2 yards per carry. Sophomore quarterback Tan- and Ed Cunningham (analyst) will have the ner Price was 16 of 34 for 157 yards and hit junior Terence Davis for a 10-yard Overall: First meeting call. touchdown in the second quarter. Radio: Wake Forest Sports Network From IMG Price has had a tremendous season, throwing for 2,803 yards and 20 touch- WAKE VS. THE SEC College. Stan Cotten (play-by-play), Chuck downs. He is just the second quarterback in school history to throw for more than 2,800 yards and his 20 touchdowns are the third-most in a single-season Opponent GP W L T Ramsey (analyst) and Dave Goren (sidelines) in school-history. Auburn 8 2 6 0 call the action. Price’s favorite target this year is junior Chris Givens. Givens has caught 74 Georgia 3 2 1 0 Records: Wake Forest enters the game at 6-6 passes for a school-record 1,276 yards. He has also recorded seven 100-yard Mississippi 2 2 0 0 overall and had a 5-3 record in ACC play. The receiving games this season, which is one-shy of the school-record. South Carolina 56 20 34 2 Deacs won fi ve ACC games for just the fourth Defensively, seniors Cyhl Quarles and Kyle Wilber have been the stalwarts. Tennessee 9 3 6 0 time in school history. Mississippi St. comes in Quarles leads the team with 96 tackles Vanderbilt 14 6 8 0 at 6-6 overall and 2-6 in the SEC. The Bulldogs WHAT’S INSIDE on the year and Wilber has notched 10.5 Total 92 35 55 2 defeated Kentucky and Ole Miss in SEC play. Schedule Notes. .2 tackles for loss, including 3.5 sacks. Game Week Info . .2 Neither Wake Forest or Mississippi Freshman cornerback Merrill Noel has Rankings: Deacon Notes . 3-9 GROBE VS. THE SEC State are ranked in the national polls. also had a great season as he leads the Opponent GP W L T Quick Facts & Radio Info . .3 country in passes defended with 20. His Wake Forest Coach Jim Grobe: Grobe (Virginia National Polls . .4 Mississippi 2 2 0 0 ‘75) is in his 11th year at Wake Forest and has 19 pass breakups have also set a new Vanderbilt 5 3 2 0 Pronunciation Guide. .6 school-record. a record of 68-66 (.507) with the Deacons. Wake’s Record When . .9 Total 7 5 2 0 Grobe, who spent six seasons at Ohio Univer- ACC. .10 QUICKIE NOTES sity, is in his 17th year as a head coach and has Head Coach Jim Grobe . .11 ■ This is Wake Forest’s 10th bowl ap- MISSISSIPPI STATE a career mark of 101-99-1 (.505). Depth Chart. .12 pearance. The Deacs are 6-3 in their VS. THE ACC Mississippi State Coach Dan Mullen: Mullen Numerical Roster . 13-14 previous nine bowl games and have won Opponent GP W L T (Ursinus College, ‘96) is in his third season at 2011 Statistics . 15-19 two straight and fi ve of its last six. Wake Clemson 3 1 1 1 Mississippi State. He has a career record of 2011 Box Scores. 20-25 last appeared in a bowl in 2008 when Florida State 9 2 7 0 20-17 (.541) and is 9-15 (.375) in the SEC. Prior Season/Career Highs. 26-28 they posted a 29-19 win over Navy in the Georgia Tech 4 0 4 0 to MSU, he spent four season as the offensive Ind. Player Pages. 29-42 EagleBank Bowl. Maryland 1 0 1 0 coordinator at Florida. The Last Time . .43 Miami 5 2 3 0 Opponent Schedule. .44 ■ This is the second time that Wake For- North Carolina 2 1 1 0 Postseason History . 45-54 WAKE FOREST MEDIA RELATIONS est has played a bowl game on Dec. 30. NC State 5 2 3 0 Press Clippings . 55-72 The Deacons defeated Oregon 38-17 in Total 29 8 20 1 Notable WF Alumni . IBC the 2002 Seattle Bowl. Address ......................................PO Box 7426 .............................Winston-Salem, NC 27109 Phone .................................... (336) 758-5640 WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS Fax ........................................ (336) 758-5140 (6-6, 5-3 ACC) (6-6, 2-6 SEC) Website .......... www.WakeForestSports.com Associate AD/Media Relations (FB Contact) Sept. 1 at Syracuse (ESPN3) L, 29-36 (ot) Sept. 1 at Memphis W, 59-14 .................................................... Steve Shutt Sept. 10 NC STATE (FSN) W, 34-27 Sept. 10 at Auburn L, 34-41 Email .................................. [email protected] Sept. 17 GARDNER-WEBB (ESPN3) W, 48-5 Sept. 15 LSU L, 6-19 Offi ce .................................... (336) 758-5640 Oct. 1 at Boston Col. (ACC Net.) W, 27-19 Sept. 24 LOUISIANA TECH W, 26-20 (ot) Cell ........................................ (336) 970-7512 Secondary FB Contact .....................Gary Petit Oct. 8 FLORIDA STATE (ACC Net.) W, 35-30 Oct. 1 at Georgia L, 10-24 Email [email protected] Oct. 15 VIRGINIA TECH (ESPN3) L, 17-38 Oct. 8 at UAB W, 21-3 Admin. Coord. (Credentials) ....... Emily Richey Oct. 22 at Duke (ACC Net.) W, 24-23 Oct. 15 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 12-14 Email [email protected] Oct. 29 at Kentucky W, 28-16 Associate Director ..................Scott Wortman Oct. 29 at North Carolina (ESPNU) L, 24-49 Assistant Director.................... Steven Wright Nov. 5 NOTRE DAME (ESPN2/ABC) L, 17-24 Nov. 5 TENNESSEE MARTIN W, 55-17 Media Relations Assistant ........Alex Botoman Nov. 12 at Clemson (ESPNU) L, 28-31 Nov. 12 ALABAMA L, 7-24 Media Relations Intern ..........Brendan Bergen Nov. 19 MARYLAND (FSN) W, 31-10 Nov. 19 at Arkansas L, 17-44 Pressbox Phone .....................(336) 896-9159 Nov. 26 VANDERBILT (ESPNU) L, 7-41 Nov. 26 at Ole Miss W, 31-3 MUSIC CITY BOWL WAKE FOREST VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE DEC. 30, 2011 LP FIELD AT SYRACUSE Syracuse rallied from a 15-point fourth quarter defi cit to edge Wake Forest 36-29 in SEPTEMBER 1 overtime. The Deacs had built a 29-14 lead early in the fourth quarter on the strength CARRIER DOME of the play of QB Tanner Price. Price was 18-of-31 for 289 yards and three TDs. But L, 29-36 (OT) Price suffered a knee injury at the start of the 4th quarter and left the game. Chris ESPN3.COM Givens and Michael Campanaro each had career nights receiving for the Deacs. NC STATE The Demon Deacons jumped out to a 20-6 halftime lead and would withstand a late SEPTEMBER 10 Wolfpack rally to secure a 34-27 victory in the ACC-opener for both teams. State BB&T FIELD drove inside the WF 40-yardline with under two minutes to play but the Deacon GAME WEEK W, 34-27 defense came up with a big stop. Tanner Price threw for 297 yards and one TD while FSN Chris Givens recorded over 100 yards receiving for the second-straight game. Weekly Press Conference GARDNER-WEBB After a bit of a sluggish start, Wake Forest reeled-off 38 unanswered points to roll Wake Forest’s weekly press conference SEPTEMBER 17 past Gardner-Webb 48-5. Wake’s defense held GWU to just 139 total yards and less begins each Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Miller Center on campus. Selected players BB&T FIELD than one yard per carry. WR Danny Dembry fi nished the game with eight catches W, 48-5 for 126 yard, both career-highs. Junior Chris Givens and his half-brother Nick Knott are available fi rst to the electronic media in the Team Meeting Room on the fi rst ESPN3.COM became the fi rst Demon Deacon brothers to score in the same game since 1946. fl oor. The players will then meet the print AT BOSTON COLL.