Wake Forest vs. Florida State
11/12/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 12, 2006
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Today's Captains:
Today's captains were seniors Willie Idlette and Jyles Tucker. Florida State won the toss and elected to defer. The Seminoles kicked off.
The Wake Forest Win Today...
... keeps the Deacons in at least a tie for first place of the ACC's
Atlantic Division with Maryland.
... gives the Deacons nine wins to break the school record for most wins
in a single season.
... makes Wake 9-1 for the first time ever.
... makes Wake Forest 5-1 in the ACC for the second time in school
history (1970 when the Deacons finished 5-1 to win the ACC).
... guarantees Wake Forest a winning ACC record for the first time since
1988 and for only the seventh time in school history.
... ties the school record for most road wins in the season (5 in 1948).
... keeps Wake ranked in the top 25 for the fifth straight week, the
longest such streak in school history.
... extends Wake's winning streak to four.
... extends Wake Forest's road winning streak to five games.
... extends Wake Forest's winning streak in night games to five games
dating to last season.
... extends Wake Forest's winning streak against non-ranked opponents to
seven games.
... snaps a 14-game losing streak to FSU.
... gives the Deacons their first win against the Seminoles since 1973.
... gives Wake Forest its first win in Tallahassee, or any city in
Florida, since 1959, snapping a streak of 17 games.
... improves Wake Forest's record in the all-time series to 3-21-1.
... improves Wake Forest's all-time record in Tallahassee to 2-15-1.
... improves Jim Grobe's Wake Forest record to 1-5 against Bobby
Bowden's FSU teams.
... improves Grobe's Wake Forest road record to 16-17.
... improves Grobe's Wake Forest record to 35-33 and ACC record to 18-28
in six seasons and his career record to 68-66-1 in 12 seasons.
... improves Wake Forest's all-time record to 387-575-33.
... improves Wake Forest's all-time ACC record to 106-256-6.
Starting Notes...
Two of Wake Forest's defensive starts -- junior LB Jon Abbate (ankle) and senior FS Josh Gattis (ankle) -- were not in the starting lineup. Both players saw a streak of 18 straight starts come to an end, dating back to the Nebraska game last year. Abbate had an injured hamstring that night in Lincoln and Gattis was recovering from a concussion. Sophomore Eric Berry started in Abbate's place and sophomore Chip Vaughn started in Gattis' place. For both Berry and Vaughn, it was their second career starts, but the first of 2006.
When Scoring First...
Sam Swank's 20-yard field goal with 7:16 to go in the first half marked the first points of the game. The Deacons entered the game 7-0 when scoring first. Only once in that stretch did the Deacons lead off with a field goal (Liberty).
Leading After One Quarter...
Wake Forest led 3-0 after the first quarter. The Deacons entered tonight's game 5-1 when leading after the first 15 minutes.
Smith Gets First Interception of Year...
Alphonso Smith's interception early in the second quarter was his first of the year. It was his first since last year's NC State game, one he returned for a touchdown.
Swank Moves Into Top Ten For Career Scoring...
Sophomore PK Sam Swank jumped into Wake Forest's all-time top 10 for career scoring. He passed Phil Denfeld, Matt Wisnosky and Mike Green on Saturday to move into 8th place all-time.
Arnoux Makes First Career Pick...
Sophomore LB Stanley Arnoux intercepted his first career pass midway through the second quarter. It set up a Wake Forest touchdown.
Tereshinski Hauls In Touchdown Catch...
Riley Skinner fired a 18-yard touchdown pass to John Tereshinski to make it 13-0. For Skinner, it was his seventh touchdown pass of the year and Tereshinski's second touchdown catch of the year.
Belton's 33-Yard Touchdown Run...
Rich Belton's 33-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the longest run of his career.
Pitching A First Half Shutout...
Wake Forest blanked FSU in the first half, marking the first time that happened since 1973 -- which was the last time the Deacons beat FSU.
Pitching A First Half Shutout, Part II...
Wake Forest blanked FSU in the first half, marking the first time that happened since 1973 -- which was the last time the Deacons beat FSU. The score that day was 6-0 at halftime.
Wake Forest Up At The Half...
Wake Forest led 20-0 at halftime, up at the break for the first time in Tallahassee since 1970. Tonight's game marked the third time in five years the Deacons have led at halftime. The two previous times (2002, 2004) happened in Winston-Salem both ended in Florida State wins.
Wake Forest Up At The Half, Part II...
The Deacons entered today's game 5-1 when leading at the half and 24-10 in the Grobe era under those circumstances.
Halftime Stats...
The Deacons outrushed Florida State 137-19 in the first half and outpassed the Seminoles 74-58. Wake Forest had 12 first downs to Florida State's six.
Swank Nails Another 50-Plus Yarder...
Sam Swank's 51-yard field goal was his fifth field goal from beyond 50 yards this season. He leads the NCAA in that category. Swank had three 50-plus yarders against NC State and one against Liberty.
Patterson 52-Yard INT Return...
Kevin Patterson's 52-yard interception return was his first career touchdown and the second defensive touchdown of the year for the Deacons.
BOO!...
Boo Robinson's interception late in the third quarter was his first career pick and the fourth of the game for the Deacons.
Four Picks...
The most interceptions in the Jim Grobe era, prior to tonight, was four. The Deacs picked off four East Carolina passes on Sept. 7, 2002 in a 27-22 win.
Leading After Three...
The Deacons entered today 6-1 when leading after three quarters. Wake Forest led 30-0 after three quarters.
Noting The Defense...
- Wake Forest held its opponent to less than 20 points for the 8th time this season.
- Wake Forest held its opponent to less than 100 rushing yards for the 6th time this season.
- Wake Forest has forced a turnover in every game this season.
- Wake Forest has forced two or more turnovers six times this season.
- Wake Forest has forced 10 turnovers in the last three games.
- Wake Forest has forced 15 turnovers in the last five games.
- Wake Forest shut out an opponent in a half for the fifth time this season.
Shutout...
Wake Forest posted its first shutout since Oct. 26, 2002 against North Carolina. It was Wake Forest's first road shutout since 1985 at Boston University.
Shutout, Part II...
Florida State was shut out for the first time at home since 1973 vs. Kansas.
