Western Carolina at Wake Forest
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Western Carolina | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | |
| Wake Forest | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 42 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 5:57 | Wake Forest touchdown. Robby Ashford 41 Yd Run (Connor Calvert Kick) |
| 2:59 | Wake Forest touchdown. Demond Claiborne 33 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) |
| 2:47 | Wake Forest touchdown. Demond Claiborne 27 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) |
| 0:27 | Wake Forest safety. Team Safety |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 5:46 | Western Carolina field goal. Christian Lowery 23 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 12:29 | Wake Forest touchdown. Demond Claiborne 85 Yd Run (Connor Calvert Kick) |
| 7:16 | Wake Forest touchdown. Sterling Berkhalter 51 Yd pass from Robby Ashford (Connor Calvert Kick) |
| 1:52 | Wake Forest touchdown. Jeremiah Melvin 27 Yd pass from Deshawn Purdie (Connor Calvert Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 6:49 | Western Carolina touchdown. Markel Townsend 1 Yd Run (Marcus Trout Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Western Carolina | Wake Forest |
| Total first downs | 17 | 21 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Western Carolina | Wake Forest |
| Third downs attempted | 17 | 10 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 4 |
| Third down percentage | 24 % | 40 % |
| Fourth down | Western Carolina | Wake Forest |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Western Carolina | Wake Forest |
| Total yards | 238 | 542 |
| Total rushing yards | 34 | 273 |
| Total passing yards | 204 | 269 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 35:58 | 24:02 |
| Rushing | Western Carolina | Wake Forest |
| Total rushing plays | 33 | 31 |
| Total rushing yards | 34 | 273 |
| Average yards per rush | 1.0 | 8.8 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Passing | Western Carolina | Wake Forest |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.7 | 10.3 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties | Western Carolina | Wake Forest |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 3 |
| Penalty yards | 48 | 22 |
| Turnovers | Western Carolina | Wake Forest |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 1 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Isaac Lee | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Camury Reid | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Markel Townsend | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Branson Adams | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Patrick Boyd Jr. | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Dominic Dutton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bennett Judy | 6 | -27 | -4.5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Wake Forest | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Demond Claiborne | 10 | 193 | 19.3 | 3 | 85 | ||||
| Robby Ashford | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 1 | 41 | ||||
| Ty Clark III | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Tate Carney | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| JaMario Clements | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Chris Barnes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Bennett Judy | 32 | 18 | 56 % | 155 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Isaac Lee | 10 | 8 | 80 % | 49 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Tyre | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wake Forest | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Robby Ashford | 22 | 13 | 59 % | 227 | 10.3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Deshawn Purdie | 4 | 3 | 75 % | 42 | 10.5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Malik Knight | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| James Tyre | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Dominic Dutton | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Marcus Striggles | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Painter Richards-Baker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Camury Reid | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Josiah Thomas | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Markel Townsend | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Branson Adams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| David Hulbert | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Patrick Boyd Jr. | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Wake Forest | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Chris Barnes | 6 | 149 | 24.8 | 0 | 64 | ||||
| Sterling Berkhalter | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 1 | 51 | ||||
| Jeremiah Melvin | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 | 27 | ||||
| Kamrean Johnson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ty Clark III | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Carlos Hernandez | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Demond Claiborne | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Camury Reid | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Jordan Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Justin Wallace | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Wake Forest | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Robby Ashford | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Quincy Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Cam'Ron Dabney | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wake Forest | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Zamari Stevenson | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Samaurie Dukes | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan McKinnis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darian Anderson Jr. | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zayveon Wells | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jeno Junius Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Thompson | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hayward McQueen Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Moore Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Wallace | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hank Bodine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bo Simpson-Nealy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dominic Dutton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Na'koma Simpson-Nealy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cam'Ron Dabney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Jones IV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaac McLellan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marseille Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vanier Baptiste III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jahleel Anderson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devin Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sean Morris | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jhamari Pierre-Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hasaan Sykes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emmet Rhoades | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wake Forest | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Aiden Hall | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lardarius Webb Jr. | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davaughn Patterson | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Frank Cusano | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dylan Hazen | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Loving | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Langston Hardy | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Nick Andersen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zach Lohavichan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quincy Bryant | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zamari Stevenson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mateen Ibirogba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darius Jones | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nuer Gatkuoth | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alec Marenco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Walton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Afalava | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Travon West | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ashaad Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Myles Turpin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Tackie Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Karon Prunty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rushaun Tongue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gabe Kirschke | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Smiley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Koredell Bartley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| BJ Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Dominic Dutton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Wake Forest | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Chris Barnes | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Wake Forest | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Carlos Hernandez | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Christian Lowery | 1/1 | 23 | 0/0 | 3 | |||||
| Marcus Trout | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Wake Forest | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Connor Calvert | 0/1 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Western Carolina | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Stephen Brantley | 9 | 406 | 45.1 | 1 | |||||
| Wake Forest | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Cal Joseph | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Friday, October 3, 2025 4:47 AM.