Akron at Wake Forest
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Akron | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 16 | |
| Wake Forest | 10 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 38 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 11:32 | Wake Forest touchdown. Kam Shanks 27 Yd pass from Gio Lopez (Connor Calvert Kick) |
| 2:44 | Wake Forest field goal. Connor Calvert 25 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:39 | Wake Forest touchdown. Antonio Meeks 72 Yd pass from Gio Lopez (Connor Calvert Kick) |
| 6:53 | Wake Forest field goal. Connor Calvert 29 Yd Field Goal |
| 4:57 | Wake Forest touchdown. Carlos Hernandez 78 Yd pass from Gio Lopez (Steele Pizzella Pass to Will Loerzel for Two-Point Conversion) |
| 1:35 | Akron field goal. Matthew Schramm 28 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 10:16 | Wake Forest field goal. Connor Calvert 26 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 11:49 | Wake Forest touchdown. Deuce Lawrence 4 Yd Run (Connor Calvert Kick) |
| 7:06 | Akron touchdown. Elijah Alexander 2 Yd pass from Brayden Roggow (Aidan Stire Kick) |
| 0:29 | Akron touchdown. Titus Myers 4 Yd pass from Brayden Roggow (Aidan Stire PAT failed) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Akron | Wake Forest |
| Total first downs | 20 | 20 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Akron | Wake Forest |
| Third downs attempted | 13 | 15 |
| Third downs converted | 6 | 7 |
| Third down percentage | 46 % | 47 % |
| Fourth down | Akron | Wake Forest |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Akron | Wake Forest |
| Total yards | 305 | 559 |
| Total rushing yards | 149 | 203 |
| Total passing yards | 156 | 356 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 30:36 | 29:24 |
| Rushing | Akron | Wake Forest |
| Total rushing plays | 36 | 33 |
| Total rushing yards | 149 | 203 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.1 | 6.2 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Passing | Akron | Wake Forest |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.7 | 10.2 |
| Passing touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties | Akron | Wake Forest |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 11 |
| Penalty yards | 35 | 115 |
| Turnovers | Akron | Wake Forest |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Akron | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Cibastian Broughton | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Sean Patrick | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Marquese Williams | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jordan Gant | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Taven Curry | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Wake Forest | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Ty Clark III | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 0 | 57 | ||||
| Deuce Lawrence | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Gio Lopez | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Jamar Searcy | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| KD Daniels | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Steele Pizzella | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Akron | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Cibastian Broughton | 26 | 21 | 81 % | 111 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brayden Roggow | 7 | 7 | 100 % | 45 | 6.4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wake Forest | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Gio Lopez | 32 | 21 | 66 % | 350 | 10.9 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steele Pizzella | 3 | 1 | 33 % | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Akron | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Marcel Williams | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Luke Sivon | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Gentz Hilburn | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Brandon Hills | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Sean Patrick | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Kyan Mason | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Wyatt Hook | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Miles Burris | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Elijah Alexander | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Jordan Gant | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Conner Cravaack | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Titus Myers | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Jean Louis III | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wake Forest | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Carlos Hernandez | 5 | 165 | 33.0 | 1 | 78 | ||||
| Antonio Meeks | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 1 | 72 | ||||
| Kam Shanks | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 1 | 27 | ||||
| Bryce Kania | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Landon Morris | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Kamrean Johnson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Hugh O'Brien | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Drayden Dickmann | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Deuce Lawrence | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Akron | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jordan Gant | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Wake Forest | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Steele Pizzella | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Koredell Bartley | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Rushaun Tongue | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Akron | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Wake Forest | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Akron | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Donelius Johnson | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rodrick Hunter | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tairan Davis Jr. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daunte Curtis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Omari Abor | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dwight Nunoo | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mehki Flowers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aamii Branch | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caiden Newsome | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terence Thomas | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kurtis Waye | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zach Hobson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alex Branch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Catrell White | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vann Kavals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Smith III | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeremiah Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcel Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Hills | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Hull | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jaiden Brown-Demery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devin Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dahvon Frazier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wake Forest | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Vincent Firenze | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Cusano | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braylon Johnson | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Whittman Whaley | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Walton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rushaun Tongue | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deuce Blades II | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Myles Turpin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deuce Dyce | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Langston Hardy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Afalava | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gabe Kirschke | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ashaad Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Travon West | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Micah Bright | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matt Herron | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zach Lohavichan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davaughn Patterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aiden Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josiah Pratt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buom Jock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zamari Stevenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Smiley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Camden Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joshua Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Somad Eaddy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lucas Smalls-Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Akron | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Wake Forest | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Koredell Bartley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Akron | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Wake Forest | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Kam Shanks | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Carlos Hernandez | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Akron | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Matthew Schramm | 1/1 | 28 | 0/0 | 3 | |||||
| Aidan Stire | 0/0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1 | |||||
| Wake Forest | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Connor Calvert | 3/4 | 29 | 3/3 | 12 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Akron | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Joseph Castle | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 0 | |||||
| Wake Forest | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Ethan Hyams | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Thursday, September 3, 2026 11:58 PM.