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Hartman, No. 22 Wake Forest beat No. 23 Florida State 31-21
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (AP) Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson knew his players were down after a double-overtime loss to Clemson last week.
He also knew they had put it behind them by the time they took the field for another top-25 matchup with Florida State.
Sam Hartman threw for 234 yards and two touchdowns, Justice Ellison ran for 114 yards and a touchdown and No. 22 Wake Forest beat the No. 23 Seminoles 31-21 on Saturday.
''That was a great, gutty, incredible team win,'' Clawson said. ''Last week was a soul crusher and I certainly had concerns with our ability to get them back. They just put in a great week of work and prepared, and came down here expecting to win.''
Wake Forest (4-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) looked focused early, scoring touchdowns on three straight drives after an opening punt. The Demon Deacons ran for 171 yards, their most against an FBS opponent in 2022, while Hartman connected with eight receivers. A.T. Perry led the way with eight receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown.
The Demon Deacons also converted 7 of 11 third downs and 2 of 2 fourth downs in the first half as they grabbed a 21-7 halftime lead.
''That's huge,'' Hartman said. ''We take pride on that. We take pride on staying on schedule.''
Jordan Travis connected with Mycah Pittman on touchdown receptions of 18 and six yards as the Seminoles opened both halves with TD drives. Travis completed 23 of 35 passes for 281 yards and three touchdowns.
The Seminoles (4-1, 2-1) got within 28-21 with a 58-yard drive in the fourth quarter, which culminated in Travis' 4-yard TD throw to Johnny Wilson and a two-point pass. But the Demon Deacons responded again with a long drive, ending in Matthew Dennis' 27-yard field goal to give them a 31-21 lead with 2:55 left.
An Oregon transfer, Pittman had career bests with five receptions and 85 yards.
Florida State's offense had its moments, but Travis' fumble gave Wake a short field and set up a Demon Deacons touchdown. Another Seminoles drive set up Ryan Fitzgerald for a 29-yard field-goal attempt, which he missed. Florida State also started a drive at its 45 with the benefit of a long kickoff return but went three-and-out.
''Disappointed,'' Florida State coach Mike Norvell said. ''I thought our guys, especially there in the first half, really started almost pressing when we had a little bit of adversity that showed up, did a lot of uncharacteristic things, uncharacteristic mistakes showing up. Way too many penalties. Turnovers, balls were in jeopardy. You look at the third-down situations on both sides, they did a really good job in those critical down situations. I think they were 13 out of 21 of third and fourth downs.''
THIRD-DOWN SUCCESS
Wake Forest had been converting just 41% of its third-down opportunities coming into the game, while FSU's third-down stop rate was 31.5%.
The Demon Deacons flipped the script and used those third-down conversions to build lengthy scoring drives. Wake had touchdown drives of 80, 90, 75 and 39 (a short field off the Travis fumble) and also a final 66-yard drive that took 6 1/2 minutes off the clock and resulted in Dennis' 27-yard field goal with 2:55 to go.
CLIMBING ACC CHARTS
Hartman moved into fifth place on the ACC's career list with 10,462 passing yards.
TAKEAWAYS
Wake Forest: The Demon Deacons put together touchdown drives of 80, 90 and 75 yards, with a final 71-yard drive that resulted in a field goal. Wake also converted 10 of 18 third downs for the game.
Florida State: The Seminoles could not overcome a season-high 11 penalties and a fumble by Travis, which set Wake up with a short field and resulted in a touchdown in the second quarter.
UP NEXT
Wake Forest: Hosts Army next Saturday.
Florida State: Travels to No. 10 North Carolina State next Saturday.
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S. Hartman
10 QB 234 PaYds, 2 PaTDs, -5 RuYds |
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J. Travis
13 QB 281 PaYds, 3 PaTDs, 2 RuYds |
Team Stats | ||
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1st Downs | 28 | 21 |
Rushing | 10 | 6 |
Passing | 16 | 14 |
Penalty | 2 | 1 |
3rd Down Conv | 10-18 | 4-11 |
4th Down Conv | 3-3 | 1-1 |
Total Net Yards | 405 | 393 |
Total Plays | 85 | 63 |
Avg Gain | 4.8 | 6.2 |
Net Yards Rushing | 171 | 112 |
Rush Attempts | 51 | 28 |
Avg Rush Yards | 3.4 | 4.0 |
Yards Passing | 234 | 281 |
Comp. - Att. | 22-34 | 23-35 |
Yards Per Pass | 5.3 | 7.6 |
Penalties - Yards | 4-40 | 11-96 |
Touchdowns | 4 | 3 |
Rushing TDs | 2 | 0 |
Passing TDs | 2 | 3 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
Fumbles - Lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Int. Thrown | 0 | 0 |
Punts - Avg | 3-38.3 | 4-42.3 |
Return Yards | 0 | 34 |
Punts - Returns | 1-0 | 1-34 |
Kickoffs - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Int. - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Safeties | 0 | 0 |
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Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
S. Hartman
10 QB
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S. Hartman | 22/34 | 234 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
J. Ellison
6 RB
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J. Ellison | 18 | 114 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Turner
0 RB
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C. Turner | 20 | 64 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S. Hartman
10 QB
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S. Hartman | 11 | -5 | 0 | 10 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
A. Perry
9 WR
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A. Perry | 11 | 8 | 91 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Williams
13 WR
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K. Williams | 6 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D. Greene
11 WR
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D. Greene | 5 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Banks
80 WR
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J. Banks | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Bull
83 TE
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J. Bull | 4 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. Turner
0 RB
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C. Turner | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Ellison
6 RB
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J. Ellison | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Morin
2 WR
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T. Morin | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
C. Garnes
9 DB
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C. Garnes | 4-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Hudson
15 LB
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J. Hudson | 3-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M. Mustapha
3 DB
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M. Mustapha | 3-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R. Smenda, Jr.
5 LB
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R. Smenda, Jr. | 3-7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
I. Wingfield
8 DB
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I. Wingfield | 2-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Jones
21 LB
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C. Jones | 2-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Roberts
12 DB
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J. Roberts | 2-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. Turner
2 DL
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K. Turner | 2-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Hazen
50 LB
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D. Hazen | 2-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. Williams
22 DB
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A. Williams | 2-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
E. Slocum
14 DB
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E. Slocum | 1-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G. Holmes
7 DB
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G. Holmes | 1-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Davis
30 DL
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J. Davis | 1-0 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Jones
10 DB
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D. Jones | 1-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. Wayman
35 DL
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K. Wayman | 1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Martin Jr.
25 DB
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J. Martin Jr. | 1-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C. Davis
20 DB
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C. Davis | 0-3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Bergan Jr.
95 DL
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D. Bergan Jr. | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Johns
4 DL
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J. Johns | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kicking | FG | LG | XP | PTS |
M. Dennis
99 K
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M. Dennis | 1/2 | 27 | 4/4 | 7 |
Punting | NO | AVG | IN20 | LG |
I. Mora
36 K
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I. Mora | 3 | 38.3 | 0 | 39 |
Kickoff Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
Punt Returns | NO | AVG | LG | TD |
T. Morin 2 WR
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T. Morin | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Passing | CP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT |
J. Travis
13 QB
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J. Travis | 23/35 | 281 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing | ATT | YDS | TD | LG |
T. Ward
8 RB
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T. Ward | 13 | 87 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
L. Toafili
9 RB
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L. Toafili | 5 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Benson
3 RB
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T. Benson | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Travis
13 QB
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J. Travis | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Receiving | TAR | REC | YDS | TD | LG |
J. Wilson
14 WR
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J. Wilson | 9 | 6 | 85 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M. Pittman
4 WR
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M. Pittman | 6 | 5 | 85 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C. McDonald
87 TE
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C. McDonald | 3 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M. Douglas
85 TE
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M. Douglas | 3 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
O. Wilson
80 WR
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O. Wilson | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M. McClain
11 WR
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M. McClain | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Ward
8 RB
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T. Ward | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T. Benson
3 RB
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T. Benson | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D. Spann
5 WR
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D. Spann | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
L. Toafili
9 RB
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L. Toafili | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense | T-A | SACK | INT |
R. Green
8 DB
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R. Green | 6-4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A. Dent
27 DB
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A. Dent | 5-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
P. Payton
56 DL
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P. Payton | 5-1 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K. DeLoach
4 LB
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K. DeLoach | 4-1 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Robinson
10 DB
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J. Robinson | 4-8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T. Bethune
15 LB
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T. Bethune | 3-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Lundy
46 LB
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D. Lundy | 2-3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
O. Cooper
13 DB
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O. Cooper | 2-2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J. Jones
7 DB
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