Post Game Notes
10/30/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 30, 2004
The Win Today...
- makes Wake Forest's season record 4-4 for the fourth time since 2001, or every year under Jim Grobe.
- makes Wake Forest 30-53-2 all-time against Duke.
- makes Wake Forest 12-13 at Groves Stadium under Grobe.
- extends Wake Forest's winning streak in the all-time series to five games -- the longest in the history of the series -- and seven games out of nine.
- makes Grobe's teams 4-0 against Duke and 1-0 against Ted Roof's teams.
- improves Grobe's four-year record against in-state opponents to 13-4.
- improves Grobe's four-year record at Wake Forest to 22-22 and 55-55-1 in his career.
- gives Wake Forest an all-time record of 374-564-33.
- gives the Deacs an all-time ACC record of 98-247-5.
Today's Captains...
Today's captains were Blake Lingruen, Eric King, Matt Robinson. Wake Forest won the toss and elected to defer.
For Starters...
- Jamil Smith made his first career start at defensive tackle, in place of Zach Stukes.
- Senior cornerback Eric King will start his 40th straight game today. He has started every game since Oct. 6, 2001.
- Senior linebacker Caron Bracy will start his 39th straight game today.
- Junior quarterback Cory Randolph and sophomore offensive lineman will start their 20th straight game today.
- Senior linebacker Brad White will see his streak of 32 straight starts come to an end today. He had started every game of his Wake Forest career.
Gattis In The Right Place At The Right Time...
Josh Gattis' fumble recovery on the game's opening drive was his third of the season, which leads the ACC. It was also his second forced fumble.
Raising The Bar-clay...
Chris Barclay continued his climb on Wake Forest's all-time rushing yards list. In his third carry of the day, he passed Topper Clemons for fifth place. He surpassed the 2,500 career rushing yards during the second quarter. In the third quarter, Barclay reached 100 yards -- his seventh career 100 yard rushing day. He also passed Morgan Kane and Tarance Williams for third place in the fourth quarter. His 134 yards on the day give him a career total of 2,611. Only James McDougald (3,811) and Michael Ramseur (3,325) stand in front of him in the Deacon career rushing record book. His second quarter touchdown was his 5th of the year, the 26th of his career and pushed him into seventh place all-time on the Wake Forest scoring chart.
Rare Randolph Interception...
Cory Randolph's first quarter interception was just his third of the year in 125 attempts. Randolph has the second fewest interceptions of any starting quarterback in the ACC. He had two interceptions in one game for the first time this season.
Freshman Connection For Touchdown...
A pair of redshirt freshmen connected for Wake Forest's first touchdown. Ben Mauk hit Kevin Marion on a 30-yard touchdown pass. It was Marion's first career touchdown and Mauk's second career touchdown pass.
Andrews Gets Into The Endzone...
Micah Andrews' touchdown in the third quarter was his sixth of the year, establishing a new Wake Forest record for most rushing touchdowns by a redshirt freshman, previously set by Mark Young in 1986.
Plack Attack...
Ryan Plackemeier's 57-yard and 54-yard punts in the fourth quarter were his 12th and 13th 50+ yard punts of the season.
Close Call...
The last time a Wake Forest and Duke game was this close was in 2000, when the Deacons walked away with a 28-26 victory. Today's win marks the fifth straight for the Deacons, the longest streak in the all-time series.
