Wake Forest Athletics
Game Notes
9/24/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 24, 2005
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Today's Captains:
The captains were Goryal Scales and Steve Vallos. Maryland won the toss and elected to receive. Wake Forest kicked off and defended the south goal.
The Loss This Week...
... gives Wake Forest a 1-3 start for the first time under Jim Grobe.
... drops Wake Forest to 13-40-1 overall in the Maryland series.
... drops Wake Forest to 6-21-1 against Maryland at home.
... increases Maryland's winning streak over Wake Forest to seven games.
... drops Wake Forest 6-14 all-time in nationally televised games.
... drops Grobe's record at Wake Forest 23-28 in five seasons and his all-time record to 56-61-1 in 11 seasons.
... drops Grobe's Wake Forest record to 12-14 in home games ... drops Grobe's Wake Forest record to 10-23 in all ACC games ... drops Grobe's Wake Forest record to 5-10 in home ACC games ... drops Grobe's Wake Forest record to 10-10 in September games ... drops Grobe's Wake Forest record to 14-19 in night games.
... drops Wake Forest's all-time record to 379-577-33.
... drops Wake Forest's all-time ACC record to 98-252-5.
Starting Assignments...
Goryal Scales started his 20th career game on the defensive line.
Patrick Ghee started his 15th straight game. Defensively, five players have started every game including Ghee, Kevin Patterson, Matt Robinson, Alphonso Smith and Jeremy Thompson. On the offensive side, tailback Chris Barclay made his first start of 2005, the 23rd start of his career. Steve Vallos started his 27th straight game.
After Further Review...
Josh Gattis' first half fumble recovery on a muffed punt was reviewed, but upheld. In the third quarter, Richard Belton was ruled to have fumbled after a shovel pass. However, that play was overturned. Since the introduction of instant replay, the Deacons have had a play reviewed in each game. The original calls were upheld twice in five opportunities.
Defensive Scores...
Maryland's first half fumble recovery for a touchdown was the fourth defensive score by a Deacon opponent. Nebraska's Blackshirts got into the endzone three times on September 10.
Turnover Woes Continue...
Wake Forest committed two turnovers against Maryland. In four games this year, eight Deacon turnovers have resulted in 38 points.
Like A Greased Watermelon...
Wake Forest fumbled four times today and lost two. Overall, the Deacons have fumbled the ball 10 times this season, losing four of those.
Meanwhile, Josh Gattis' fumble recovery in the first half was the team's first of the season.
Trailing At Halftime...
For the third time this season, the Deacons trailed at halftime. Wake Forest was previously 0-2 at the break -- trailing to Vanderbilt and Nebraska. Entering today's contest, Wake Forest was 0-2 when trailing at halftime and 5-18 in the Jim Grobe era.
Million Dollar Baby...
Redshirt freshman Sam Swank nailed a field goal as time expired in the first half -- just as he did at Nebraska two weeks ago. Today's attempt was from 42 yards and made him a perfect 3-for-3 from 40 yards or longer.
Plack Booms Another 60-Yarder...
Ryan Plackemeier's 61-yard punt in the third quarter and 60-yarder in the fourth was the third and fourth punts of at least 60 yards this season and the 11th and 12th in the career of the Ray Guy Award candidate.
Safety Squeeze...
Dominic Anderson's sack of the Maryland quarterback in the endzone resulted in Wake Forest's first safety since the 2001 season when the Deacons scored five.
Selmon Hauls In First Reception...
Zac Selmon's eight yard reception in the third quarter was his first catch of the season.
Boldin Makes A Grab...
Redshirt freshman Demir Boldin made his first career reception in the fourth quarter.
Barclay Record Book Update...
Chris Barclay continues to climb the ACC and Wake Forest record books.
... he finished with 86 rushing yards today. He is in third place in Wake Forest history in that category, 64 yards behind Michael Ramseur for second place. Among all ACC players, he passed Travis Minor of Florida State for 19th place. He needs six yards to catch Kelvin Bryant of UNC.
... he finished with 20 carries. He is in third place in Wake Forest history in that category, 75 carries behind Michael Ramseur for second place.
... he scored his 35th career rushing touchdown. He is Wake Forest's career leader in that category and ranks 10th in ACC history, one behind LaMont Jordan and Thomas Jones for 8th place.
... he scored his 35 career touchdown (of any kind). He is Wake Forest's career leader in that category.
Andrews & Barclay Limited To Less Than 200 Yards...
The nation's top rushing duo, Micah Andrews (six-for-23) and Chris Barclay (20-for-86), was held to just 109 combined total yards today -- more than 179 yards under their season average of 288.3 per game.
Deacons Slowed To A Crawl..
The Wake Forest rushing attack, ranked first in the ACC and eighth nationally, was limited to just 111 yards today. The Deacons were averaging 270.3 yards per game. The 111 yards also marked the second fewest yards rushed under Grobe. The Deacons managed just 56 yards against Purdue in 2003.
Noting the Grobe record book...
Ben Mauk's 18 completions tied for the second most passes completed by a Grobe quarterback. The Deacs completed 19 passes in the win at Georgia Tech in 2002. The 12 first downs marked the second fewest first downs in a game (11, Georgia Tech in 2003). Wake Forest managed just 244 yards of total offense which tied for the third fewest in the Grobe Era. The Deacons gained just 193 at Miami last year and 224 against Duke in 2002.
Wake Forest also gained 244 yards against Purdue in 2003.
The Deacons set a new all-time low of third downs converted under Grobe.
The Deacs managed just two conversions against the Terps. Wake Forest completed just three at Nebraska earlier this season and at Maryland in 2002.
Deacon Trends Under Grobe...
The Deacons fall to 0-2 in games televised by ESPNU ... Wake Forest moves to 3-12 overall when getting outrushed by the opponent, 18-25 when passing for fewer yards and 13-21 when getting outgained ... The Deacons also fall to 1-7 when allowing a defensive or special teams touchdown.
