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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 8 ON THE AIR WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS LOUISVILLE CARDINALS VS TV: ACC Network 4-3 | 3-3 ACC 3-7 | 2-7 ACC Play-by-Play: TBD Head Coach: Dave Clawson Head Coach: Scott Satterfield Analyst: TBD Record at Wake Forest: 40-43 (.488) / 7th year Record at Louisville: 11-12 (.478) / 2nd year Reporter: TBD Career Record: 130-123 / 21st year Career Record: 62-36 / 8th year Last Game: L, 53-59 at North Carolina Last Game: L, 27-34 at Boston College RADIO: Wake Forest Radio Network DECEMBER 12, 2020 // NOON ET // ACC NETWORK // CARDINAL STADIUM // LOUISVILE, KY. 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 39.3 (16/3) Points/Game (70/11) 28.0 Play-by-Play: Stan Cotten 29.7 (69/9) Points Allowed/Game (55/5) 27.2 Analyst: Lary Sorensen 175.6 (57/7) Rush Yards/Game (36/5) 194.6 (83/10) Rush Yards Allowed/Game (87/11) 182.0 185.2 SOCIAL MEDIA 271.7 (33/5) Pass Yards/Game (47/9) 248.7 275.4 (113/13) Pass Yards Allowed/Game (18/1) 185.7 Twitter: @WakeFB 447.3 (26/4) Total Offense/Game (28/6) 443.3 Instagram: wakefootball 457.4 (107/12) Total Defense/Game (45/5) 370.9 Facebook: Wake Forest Football (National Ranking/Conference Ranking) KEY STORYLINES BY THE NUMBERS ON THE GROUND SECURE THE BAG Boogie Basham’s is • DYNAMIC DUO: The running back duo of Kenneth Walker III • INTERCEPTING THE OPPOSITION: Last season, the Demon currently fourth on the and Christian Beal-Smith have been hard to stop through Deacons finished the year with 14 interceptions by 10 different 4 Wake Forest all-time the first seven games of the 2020 campaign. In the last players. Through seven games, Wake Forest is on pace to break sack list with 20.5 career six of the last seven games, at least one of the backs have that mark as nine different players have accounted for the Deacs’ sacks, sitting 3.0 away from Duke Ejiofor for third gone for over 100 yards rushing. Against North Carolina, it 12 total interceptions. After week 13 of the FBS season, Wake was Beal-Smith’s turn to break the century mark. On just 17 Forest is the one of just four teams in the country to have three or carries he went for 120 rushing yards (7.1 yards per carry). more interceptions returned for touchdowns. Ja’Sir Taylor and Zion In the last six games, the Demon Deacons have 21 This included four runs of 12 yards or better with a game- Keith have both returned their interceptions 45 yards for TDs while 21 rushing touchdowns. Wake long 37 yarder helping set the tone in the first quarter. Gavin Holmes touchdown at Syracuse was from 32 yards out. Forest had 18 rushing • HAT TRICK KING: On three seperate occasions this season • STREAKING: Wake Forest has forced a turnover in the last touchdowns during the including at Syracuse on Oct. 31, Kenneth Walker III has 16 contests. The last time the Demon Deacons failed to entire 2019 campaign. finished a game with three rushing touchdowns. All three force a turnover came against Elon on Sept. 21, 2019. have come in conference play against NC State (Sept. 19), • PROTECTING THE ROCK: Through seven games, Wake Forest has The Deacs 12 Virginia (Oct. 17) and Syracuse (Oct. 31). He posted two only turned the ball over once this season and the Deacs are the interceptions this season rushing touchdowns at North Carolina, making it six straight only FBS schools who has played more than five games yet to throw which leads FBS and games with a touchdown. an interception this season and the only ACC school who has not 12 leads the ACC by two. • PUTTING THE BALL IN THE PAINT: In the last six games, thrown an interception this year. The Demon Deacons +15 turnover Nick Andersen and Ja’Sir the Demon Deacons have found the endzone 21 times. margin this season ranks first nationally and leads the ACC. Taylor are the only two Wake Forest players with In 2019, Wake Forest finished the season with 18 total multiple picks this year. touchdowns as a team. RUNNING INTO THE RECORD BOOK BOOGIE IN THE BACKFIELD • Kenneth Walker III’s 13 rushing touchdowns this season are two Wake Forest leads FBS with away from the program record of 15 in a single season. He is the 15 a +15 (+2.14 per game) • TACKLES FOR LOSS: Against Syracuse, Carlos “Boogie” second player in the Dave Clawson era (John Wolford, 10, 2007) turnover margin, +3 better Basham Jr. saw his streak of 23 games with a tackles for loss with double-digit rushing scores. than the next closest. come to an end. Over the course of the nation’s longest streak, he had a total of 29.5 tackles for loss and 112 total tackle for Wake Forest Top-Five Single Season Rushing Touchdowns Sam Hartman’s streak of loss yards. He added a 0.5 TFL on Saturday at North Carolina. 1. Brian Piccolo (1964) 15 234 passes without an • SACK KING: During the first five games of the season, Basham Larry Russell (1971) 15 8 interception ranks eighth recorded a sack in each game. Over the last 17 contests, the 3. Kenneth Walker III (2020) 13 in ACC history. He is nine Roanoke, Va. native has at least one sack in 13 games. He is John Polanski (1939) 13 pass attempts away from breaking into the top five currently fourth on Wake Forest’s all-time sack list with 20.5 5. Chris Barclay (2003) 12 on the list. total sacks, 3.0 away from third all-time. Ovie Mughelli (2002) 12 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 / NOON DEC. 19 / TBA DEC. 19 / TBA L, 13-37 L, 42-45 W, 66-14 W, 40-23 W, 23-16 W, 38-14 L, 53-59 ACC NETWORK TBA TBA 2020 WAKE FOREST FOOTBALL / GODEACS.COM / @WAKEFB 1 WAKE FOREST FOOTBALL THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT louisville cardinals 2020 LOUISVILLE STAT LEADERS 2020 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result RUSHING G Att. Yds. Avg. TD Yds/G Javien Hawkins 8 133 822 6.2 7 102.75 Sept. 12 Western Kentucky W, 35-21 Malik Cunningham 10 118 571 4.8 6 57.10 Sept. 19 Miami (FL)* L, 34-37 Hassan Hall 7 42 196 4.7 0 28.00 Sept. 26 at Pitt* L, 20-23 Oct. 9 at Georgia Tech* L, 27-46 PASSING G Cmp-Att. Pct. Yds. TD/INT Oct. 17 at Notre Dame* L, 7-12 Malik Cunningham 10 176-282 63.5 2422 18/12 Oct. 24 Florida State* W, 48-16 Oct. 31 Virginia Tech* L, 35-42 RECEIVING G No. Yds. Avg. TD Yds./G Nov. 7 Duke* L, 24-56 Dez Fitzpatrick 10 37 756 20.4 3 75.6 Tutu Atwell 9 46 625 13.6 7 69.4 Nov. 14 at Virginia* L, 17-31 Branden Smith 10 24 317 13.2 0 31.7 Nov. 20 Louisville* W, 30-0 Nov. 28 at Boston College* L, 27-34 DEFENSE G Solo Asst Total TFL Other Dec. 12 Wake Forest* Noon/ACCN CJ Avery 10 46 24 70 5.0 3 PBU Dec. 19 ACC Championship^ TBA Rodjay Burns 10 34 16 50 6.5 2.0 Sack * - Atlantic Coast Conference game Dorian Etheridge 10 28 18 46 9.0 2.5 Sack SERIES HISTORY vs. LOUISVILLE • The Cardinals are 10-2 when CROSSING PATHS scoring 30 or more points in a 2020 STATS COMPARISON 8TH MEETING • The Cardinals have two players game under Satterfield. LOUISVILLE LEADS 5-2-0 from the state of North Carolina: 1-2-0 • In his seven seasons as a head CATEGORY WF UL at Wake Forest: at Louisville: 1-2 coach, Scott Satterfield’s teams Record 4-3 3-7 • LS Mitch Hall (Clayton, N.C.) Biggest Win: 56-35 (Oct. 27, 2018) are 51-5 when scoring 30 or Conf. Record 3-3 2-7 Biggest Loss: 44-12 (Nov. 12, 2016) • DB Marqui Lowery (Charlotte, more points after defeating Scoring Offense 39.3 28.0 Longest Winning Streak: 2, (2017-18) N.C.) Longest Losing Streak: 4, (2007-16) Syracuse 30-0. Total Offense 447.3 443.3 Rushing Offense 175.6 194.6 Current Streak: UL 1, (2019-pres.) • The Cardinals dropped a 47-34 • The Deacs have one player Passing Offense 271.7 248.7 NOTING THE CARDINALS decision to Miami on Sept. 19 from the state of Kentucky: Scoring Defense 29.7 27.2 — the first loss when scoring Total Defense 457.4 370.9 • Named the 23rd head football 30 or more points since a 45-38 Rushing Defense 182.0 185.2 coach at Louisville on Dec. 4, • WR Jackson Hensley (Pikeville, decision at No. 9 Penn State in Passing Defense 275.4 185.7 2018, Scott Satterfield not Ky.) 2018 when Satterfield was at Kickoff Ret. Avg. 34.00 20.26 only changed the culture of the Punt Ret. Avg. 9.67 3.14 Appalachian State.