OCT. 20, 2018 | 3:30 P.M. | DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM (79,560) | TALLAHASSEE, FLA. | ESPN2 Head Coach: Dave Clawson Head Coach: Willie Taggart Season: 5th Season: 1st Alma Mater: Williams, ‘89 Alma Mater: Western Kentucky, '98 2018 Home Record: 2-3 2018 Home Record: 2-1 2018 Away Record: 1-0 2018 Away Record: 1-2 Record at Wake Forest: 24-32 Record at Florida State: 3-3 Head Coaching Record: 114-112 WAKE FOREST VS FLORIDA STATE Head Coaching Record: 50-53 Rank: -- DEMON DEACONS SEMINOLES Rank: -- Points Scored (gm): 32.3 Points Scored (gm): 23.0 Points Allowed (gm): 36.8 Record: 3-3 | ACC: 0-2 Record: 3-3 | ACC: 1-3 Points Allowed (gm): 25.2 THE NUMBERS WAKE FOREST VS. FLORIDA STATE WAKE FOREST Wake Forest Florida State THE MATCHUP SCHEDULE & RESULTS Record 3-3 Record 3-3 • Following its bye week, Wake Forest returns to action on Saturday, AUGUST ACC 0-2 ACC 1-3 October 20, as the Deacs hit the road to face Florida State. 30 at Tulane (CBSSN) W, 23-17 (OT) Nonconference 3-1 Nonconference 2-0 • 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. Home 2-3 Home 2-1 • Saturday’s game can also be heard on the Wake Forest Sports Network. SEPTEMBER Away 1-0 Away 1-1 Stan Cotten and Lary Sorensen have the call with Dave Goren reporting 8 TOWSON (ACCNE) W, 51-20 Neutral 0-0 Neutral 0-0 from the sidelines. 13 BOSTON COLLEGE* (ESPN) L, 34-41 #8/8 (ABC) National Rank -- National Rank -- 22 NOTRE DAME L, 27-56 (RSN) Points Scored 32.3 Points Scored 23.0 29 RICE W, 56-24 WAKE FOREST STORYLINES Points Allowed 36.8 Points Allowed 25.2 • The Demon Deacons fell to 3-3 on the year following a 63-3 defeat to OCTOBER Rushing Yards 232.8 Rushing Yards 92.8 No. 4 Clemson on Saturday, October 6. 6 #4/4 CLEMSON* (ESPN) L, 3-63 Passing Yards 2215.0 Passing Yards 251.2 • Greg Dortch became the fastest player in program history to 100 career (ESPN2) receptions, needing just 14 games to catch 100 passes. Additionally, 20 at Florida State* 3:30 TDs Rush/Pass 9/10 TDs Rush/Pass 4/11 (RSN) Dortch ranks second in the country and first in the ACC in all-purpose 27 at Louisville* 12:00 Total Offense 447.8 Total Offense 344.0 yards per game with 176.17 while ranking second nationally in receptions Total Defense 500.7 Total Defense 372.2 per game (8.0) and 10th in punt return average (13.5). NOVEMBER • As a team, the Deacs have committed just 20 penalties on the season, 3 SYRACUSE* TBA SERIES HISTORY the fewest in the ACC and the third-fewest in all of the FBS. 8 at NC State* (ESPN) 7:30 17 PITTSBURGH* TBA Florida State leads 29-6-1 Overall: 24 at Duke* TBA All Games at FSU: 3-19-1 THE OPPOSITION & SERIES HISTORY Games at Doak Campbell Stadium: 3-19-1 • Florida State enters Saturday's contest with a 3-3 record and a 1-3 Home games in BOLD CAPS mark in ACC play. * - ACC game Dave Clawson vs. Florida State: 0-4 • Willie Taggart is in his first season at the helm of the Seminoles. It is the All times listed are ET Willie Taggart vs. Wake Forest: 0-0 second coaching stop for Taggart in the state of Florida, as he served as Last WF Win: 35-30 (10/8/11) at WF the head coach for South Florida from 2013 to 2016. FLORIDA STATE Last FSU Win: 26-19 (9/30/17) at WF • As a team, the Seminoles allow just 101.2 rushing yards per game, the eighth-fewest in the country. SCHEDULE & RESULTS Last WF win at FSU: 12-3 (9/20/08) • The Seminoles lead the all-time series, 29-6-1 and have won the last Last FSU win at WF: 26-19 (9/30/17) six meetings. SEPTEMBER Current Streak: Florida State, 6 3 VIRGINIA TECH* L, 3-24 Longest WF Streak: 3 (2006-08) LOOKING AHEAD 8 SAMFORD W, 36-26 Longest CU Streak: 14 (1992-05) • The Demon Deacons remain on the road to face Louisville on Saturday, 15 at Syracuse* L, 7-30 Largest WF win: 30 in 2006 October 27. 22 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W, 37-19 Largest CU win: 59 in 1996 • Kickoff is set for 12:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on the ACC's RSN. 29 at Louisville* W, 28-24 WHAT’S INSIDE GAMEDAY COVERAGE OCTOBER Media Policies & Game Week Info ...............2 Television Live Stats 6 at Miami* L, 27-28 Deacon Notes .................................................2-5 ESPN2 WakeForestSports.com 20 WAKE FOREST* 3:30 Quick Facts & Radio Info .................................3 Play-by-Play: Clay Matvick Twitter 27 CLEMSON* 12:00 Pronunciation Guide ..........................................4 Color: Dan Orlovsky Live updates, stats and more Sideline: Paul Carcaterra Wake’s Record When ........................................5 @WakeFB Series History ......................................................6 Facebook NOVEMBER ACC Statistics .......................................................7 Radio Wake Forest Sports Network Photos and news 3 at NC State* TBA Head Coach Dave Clawson .............................8 Play-by-Play: Stan Cotten Wake Forest Football Depth Chart ..........................................................9 Color: Lary Sorensen Instagram 10 at Notre Dame 7:30 Numerical Roster .....................................10-11 Sideline: Dave Goren Photos and videos 17 BOSTON COLLEGE* TBA 2018 Statistics ..........................................12-16 Studio Host: James Travis Box Scores ..................................................17-19 @WakeFootball 24 FLORIDA TBA Individual Player Pages ..........................20-28 Wake Forest Football on SiriusXM YouTube The Last Time ................................................... 29 Sirius: 134 | XM: 201 Postgame highlights and interviews Home games in BOLD CAPS Opponent Schedules ...................................... 30 * - ACC game All times listed are ET INTERVIEWS & POLICIES NOTING THE CLEMSON GAME ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • Wake Forest fell to 3-3 on the season following a 63-3 Weekly Press Conference home loss to Clemson on Oct. 6. 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Steve Shutt Hinton’s 53-yard run vs. Clemson was the longest rush of will then be served and Dave Clawson Email ....................................................shuttsj@wfu.edu the season by Wake Forest. will meet with the media at 12:00 p.m. in Office ...................................................... (336) 758-5640 the Rovere Room followed by lunch with • Freshman S Nasir Greer recorded a career-high seven tackles against the Tigers. Cell .......................................................... (336) 970-7512 the print media in the Rovere Room. Any Assistant Director (Secondary FB Contact) ...Dan Wallace specific player requests must be made • WR Greg Dortch was held to a season-low 76 all- Email ..................................................wallacdj@wfu.edu before noon on Monday. Quotes and purpose yards. Office ...................................................... (336) 758-1880 video of the press conference will be Cell .......................................................... (630) 450-2077 posted on WakeForestSports.com. DORTCH TOPS 100 CAREER RECEPTIONS • Redshirt sophomore WR Greg Dortch became the Administrative Coordinator (Credentials) .. Linda Rieck Email ..................................................... [email protected] ACC Weekly Teleconference fastest Demon Deacon to record 100 career catches in a Director ............................................................Steve Kirkland Dave Clawson participates in the career. Associate Director .............................................Jay Garneau ACC’s weekly teleconference. The • Against Clemson, Dortch had three catches for 37 yards, telecoference takes places each enough to push him over the century mark in just his 14th Assistant Director ..............................................Grace Bolin Wednesday, with Coach Clawson set career game. He now has 101 career catches for 1,314 Pressbox Phone ........................................ (336) 896-9159 to speak at 12:00 p.m. For the media yards and 14 touchdowns in 14 career contests. • John Henry Mills (1989-92) had been the previous Kansas and WR Jayden Reed of Western Michigan. access number, contact the ACC Media • Hartman this week ranks fourth in the nation among Relations Office or the Wake Forest record-holder, hitting the 100-catch mark in his 22nd career game. freshmen with 209.8 passing yards per game, fourth in Athletic Communications Office. The completions per game with 17.0, tied for fourth with 10 • Earlier this year against Boston College, Dortch became teleconference is archived online at touchdown passes and tied for fourth in points responsible theACC.com. the quickest Deacon to ever reach 1,000 career receiving for (points scored and passed for) with 66. yards, surpassing the mark in his 11th game. The previous • Hartman is ranked No. 2 in the nation among freshmen Covering Practice mark had been 19 games. with 1,259 passing yards. Texas Tech’s Alan Bowman is Wake Forest typically conducts its the national leader with 1,680. practices on campus at the Doc Martin LIGHT THE DORTCH Practice Complex adjacent to the Pruitt • WR Greg Dortch is second in the nation and first in HOT HAND HARTMAN Football Center. Please contact the the ACC in all-purpose yards this week, as the redshirt • Freshman QB Sam Hartman has two of the top 10 total Athletic Communications Office if you’d sophomore is averaging 176.2 yards per game in 2018, offense play games in school history.