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FOOTBALL 4 CONSECUTIVE BOWL GAMES » 2 ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS » 4 ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS » 28 ALL- AMERICANS » 139 NFL DRAFT PICKS GAME 9 ON THE AIR WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES VS TV: ACC Network 4-4 | 3-4 ACC 3-6 | 2-6 ACC Play-by-Play: TBD Head Coach: Dave Clawson Head Coach: Mike Norvell Analyst: TBD Record at Wake Forest: 40-44 (.476) / 7th year Record at Louisville: 3-6 (.333) / 1st year Reporter: TBD Career Record: 130-124 / 21st year Career Record: 41-21 / 5th year Last Game: L, 21-45 at Louisville Last Game: W, 56-21 vs Duke RADIO: Wake Forest Radio Network DECEMBER 19, 2020 // NOON ET // ACC NETWORK // TRUIST FIELD // WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Local: WBRF-FM 98.1 | WPOL 1340 AM / WPOL 103.5 FM Sirius: TBD | XM: TBD | Internet: TBD QUICK COMPARISON (2020 Stats) Web: GoDeacs.com 37.0 (20/4) Points/Game (85/12) 25.8 Play-by-Play: Stan Cotten 31.6 (81/10) Points Allowed/Game (105/13) 36.0 Analyst: Lary Sorensen 169.5 (61/7) Rush Yards/Game (31/5) 199.9 (93/12) Rush Yards Allowed/Game (99/13) 191.0 199.2 SOCIAL MEDIA 265.8 (35/5) Pass Yards/Game (95/14) 196.8 265.9 (106/12) Pass Yards Allowed/Game (99/11) 257.1 Twitter: @WakeFB 435.2 (33/6) Total Offense/Game (63/9) 396.7 Instagram: wakefootball 456.9 (109/13) Total Defense/Game (108/12) 456.3 Facebook: Wake Forest Football (National Ranking/Conference Ranking) KEY STORYLINES BY THE NUMBERS RACK IT UP ROBERSON SECURE THE BAG Boogie Basham’s is • THREE IN A ROW: Redshirt junior wide receiver Jaquarii • INTERCEPTING THE OPPOSITION: Last season, the Demon currently fourth on the Roberson became the first Wake Forest player since Chris Deacons finished the year with 14 interceptions by 10 different 4 Wake Forest all-time Givens in 2011 to have back-to-back-to-back 100-plus yard players. Through eight games, Wake Forest is on pace to break that sack list with 20.5 career receiving games. Most recently, he had a nine-catch, 138- mark as nine different players have accounted for the Deacs’ 12 sacks, sitting 3.0 away from Duke Ejiofor for third yard performance at Louisville on Saturday. It also marked total interceptions. After week 14 of the FBS season, Wake Forest the third consecutive game the Murfreesboro, N.C. native is the one of just five teams in the country to have three or more found the endzone, scoring on a 37-yard pass from Sam interceptions returned for touchdowns. Ja’Sir Taylor and Zion Keith In the last seven games, the Demon Deacons have Hartman in the third quarter. have both returned their interceptions 45 yards for TDs while Gavin 21 21 rushing touchdowns. • AMOUNG THE LEAGUE’S BEST: Heading into Saturday, Holmes touchdown at Syracuse was from 32 yards out. Wake Forest had 18 Roberson ranks second in the ACC in reception yardage per • STREAKING: Wake Forest’s streak of 16 consecutive games rushing touchdowns during game, posting a 99.4 yard average this season. Despite with a forced turnover ended on Saturday. It was the first the entire 2019 campaign. having just eight games this season he also ranks sixth in time the Demon Deacons failed to force a turnover since total yardage (795) and eighth in total receptions (54) in the against Elon on Sept. 21, 2019. The Deacs 12 league. • PROTECTING THE ROCK: Through eight games, Wake Forest interceptions this season • NAME IN THE RECORD BOOKS: Roberson enters the final has only turned the ball over three times this season and the which leads FBS and regular season game needing just 72 yards to move into Deacs are the only FBS schools who has played more than 12 leads the ACC by two. the top-10 in program history for single-season receiving five games yet to throw one or zero interceptions and the Nick Andersen and Ja’Sir yards. Marshall Williams currently ranks 10th with 867 only ACC school to do so. The Demon Deacons +13 turnover Taylor are the only two Wake Forest players with yards during the 2009 season. margin this season ranks first nationally and leads the ACC. multiple picks this year. BOOGIE IN THE BACKFIELD KICKING INTO HISTORY Wake Forest leads FBS with • TACKLES FOR LOSS: Against Syracuse, Carlos “Boogie” • Nick Sciba is on his way to becoming the most accurate kicker 13 a +13 (+1.63 per game) Basham Jr. saw his streak of 23 games with a tackles for loss in ACC history. Through three seasons, he is 57-of-64 (.891), the turnover margin. come to an end. Over the course of the nation’s longest streak, best mark for any kicker in conference history (min. 50 attempts). he had a total of 29.5 tackles for loss and 112 total tackle for loss yards. He added a 0.5 TFL on Saturday at North Carolina. ACC Career Field Goal Percentage Sam Hartman’s streak • SACK KING: During the first five games of the season, Basham 1. Nick Sciba (2018-present) 89.1 of 258 passes without recorded a sack in each game. Over the last 17 contests, the 2. Roberto Aguayo (2013-15) 88.5 5 an interception came Roanoke, Va. native has at least one sack in 13 games. He is 3. Nate Freese (2010-13) 86.4 to an end on Saturday. currently fourth on Wake Forest’s all-time sack list with 20.5 4. Christopher Dunn (2018-present) 86.2 The streak was the fifth longest in ACC history. total sacks, 3.0 away from third all-time. Andre Szmyt (2018-present) 86.2 2020 SCHEDULE & RESULTS CLEMSON at NC STATE CAMPBELL VIRGINIA VIRGINIA TECH at SYRACUSE at NORTH CAROLINA at LOUISVILLE FLORIDA STATE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP SEPT. 12 SEPT. 19 OCT. 2 OCT. 17 OCT. 24 OCT. 31 NOV. 14 DEC. 12 DEC. 19 / NOON DEC. 19 / 4 PM L, 13-37 L, 42-45 W, 66-14 W, 40-23 W, 23-16 W, 38-14 L, 53-59 L, 21-45 ACC NETWORK ABC 2020 WAKE FOREST FOOTBALL / GODEACS.COM / @WAKEFB 1 WAKE FOREST FOOTBALL THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT FLORIDA ST SEMINOLES 2020 FLORIDA STATE LEADERS 2020 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result RUSHING G Att. Yds. Avg. TD Yds/G Jordan Travis 8 97 559 5.8 7 69.9 Sept. 12 Georgia Tech* L, 13-16 Jashaun Corbin 9 81 401 5.0 5 44.6 Sept. 26 at #12 Miami (FL)* L, 10-52 La’Damian Webb 7 69 369 5.3 3 52.7 Oct. 3 Jacksonville State W, 41-24 Oct. 10 at #5 Notre Dame* L, 26-42 PASSING G Cmp-Att. Pct. Yds. TD/INT Oct. 17 #5 North Carolina* W, 31-28 Jordan Travis 8 72-131 55.0 1056 6/6 Oct. 24 Louisville* L, 16-48 Nov. 7 Pitt* L, 17-41 RECEIVING G No. Yds. Avg. TD Yds./G Nov. 14 at NC State* L, 22-38 Ontaria Wilson 9 30 382 12.7 1 42.4 Tamorrion Terry 5 23 289 12.6 1 57.8 Dec. 12 Duke* W, 56-35 Cameren McDonald 9 23 263 11.4 2 29.2 Dec. 19 at Wake Forest* Noon/ACCN Dec. 19 ACC Championship^ 4 p.m./ABC DEFENSE G Solo Asst Total TFL Other * - Atlantic Coast Conference game Amari Gainer 9 36 29 65 5.0 3 QBH ^ - Game in Charlotte, N.C. Emmett Rice 9 27 35 62 7.5 2 PBU Stephen Dix 9 18 27 45 3.5 1 QBH SERIES HISTORY vs. FLORIDA ST • Defensive end Jarrett CROSSING PATHS Jackson, offensive lineman 2020 STATS COMPARISON 39TH MEETING • The Seminoles have two Lloyd Willis, linebacker Jayion FLORIDA ST LEADS 30-7-1 players from the state of North McCluster and tight end at Wake Forest: 4-9-0 Carolina: CATEGORY WF FS at Florida State: 2-20-1 Carter Boatwright made their Record 4-4 3-6 Biggest Win: 30-0 (Nov. 11, 2006) first career appearances as Conf. Record 3-4 2-6 Biggest Loss: 72-13 (Oct. 14, 1995) • DB Hamsah Nasirildeen Seminoles. For the season 34 Scoring Offense 37.0 25.8 Longest Winning Streak: 3, (2006-08) (Concord, N.C.) Longest Losing Streak: 14, (1992-05) different players have made Total Offense 435.2 396.7 Current Streak: WF 1, (2019-pres.) • RB DJ Daniels (Wilson, N.C.) Rushing Offense 169.5 199.9 their FSU debut. Passing Offense 265.8 196.8 NOTING THE SEMINOLES • Saturday marked a 28-day • The Deacs have 14 players Scoring Defense 31.6 36.0 layoff for the Seminoles, the Total Defense 456.9 456.3 • Quarterback Jordan Travis from the state of Florida: first game since Nov. 14. It tied Rushing Defense 191.0 199.2 rushed for 90 yards against for the longest gap between Passing Defense 265.9 257.1 Duke, setting FSU’s single- • DL James Ash (Tampa, Fla.) regular season games in Kickoff Ret. Avg. 24.00 20.83 season record for rushing • LB Mark Balbis (Jupiter, Fla.) Punt Ret. Avg. 9.67 5.44 program history, matching a yards by a quarterback (504, • DL Dion Bergan (Kissimmee, Net Punting 37.58 41.34 mark from 1980 when FSU Charlie Ward in 1992) with Fla.) Time of Possession 28:05 30:33 played a Nov. 8 game against 3rd Down Conversions 40% 35% 559. • Michael Kern (Orlando, Fla.) Virginia Tech and a Dec.