Postgame Notes - Wake Forest vs. Miami - Wake Forest University Athletics

Oct. 31, 2009

With the loss

Wake Forest falls to 4-5 overall and 2-3 in the ACC
Wake Forest has lost three straight games for the first time since losing the final three games of the 2004 season
Wake Forest has lost six straight games to Miami including four straight in Winston-Salem
Wake Forest is 4-5 after nine games for the first time since 2005

Riley Skinner Continues to Move up Passing Charts

QB Riley Skinner completed 29 of 43 passes for 349 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
Skinner's third completion of the day, to Cameron Ford for 9 yards, pushed Skinner's season passing yardage total over 2,000 yards. He joined Philip Rivers as the only ACC quarterbacks with four 2,000-yard passing seasons. Later in the day, Duke's Thad Lewis also joined that club.
Skinner moved into second place in ACC history with 824 completions. NC State's Philip Rivers is the conference record-holder with 1,087 completions. During the game, Skinner passed BC's Matt Ryan (807), Clemson's Charlie Whitehurst (817) and Duke's Ben Bennett (820) in completions.
Skinner broke the school record for pass attempts in a career with 1,231. Brian Kuklick held the previous mark with 1,230.
Skinner moved into seventh place in ACC history for career passing yards with 8,900. He surpassed BC's Matt Ryan (8,963) who is now eighth.
Skinner recorded his 21st 200-yard passing game and his fourth 300-yard games.
Skinner now owns the school record for the most 300-yard passing games in a season with four.
Wake Forest is now 9-12 in games in which Skinner throws an interception.
Skinner is 30-16 as Wake's starting quarterback.
Skinner's 349 passing yards vs. Miami is the most ever by a Deacon QB vs. the Hurricanes.

Josh Adams moved in front of Brian Piccolo for 12th place in career rushing yards at Wake Forest. Adams now has 1,783 career rushing yards. Piccolo had 1,735.
Adams also is now fifth in school history for receptions by a running back. He has 72 career receptions including 22 this season.

Career Highs

QB Ryan McManus had career-highs for rush attempts (3), rush yards (17) and longest rush (16 yards).
McManus also had career-highs with 9 pass attempts, 5 completions and 42 yards.
Devon Brown had a career-high 12 receptions.
Josh Adams had a career-high 71 yards receiving and a career-long 23-yard catch.
Cameron Ford had a career-high three receptions.
Mike Rinfrette had a career-high four receptions and a career-long 21-yard catch.

Miscellaneous

RB Kevin Harris and LB Dominique Midgett served as game captains
Miami won the toss and elected to receive. Wake chose to defend the South goal.
With an attendance of 30,011, Wake Forest has now drawn 30,000 or more fans to all six home games this year and 21 of the last 22 home games at BB&T Field.

Statistics Notes

Wake Forest scored first for just the third time in nine games this year.
Wake Forest's 20 first half points equaled the number of points the Deacons had scored in the previous 10 quarters.
Wake Forest's 555 yards of total offense was a season high and the most by the Deacons since collecting 557 yards vs. Duke on Oct. 29, 2005.
Wake Forest is now 2-3 under Jim Grobe in games in which they gain over 500 yards of total offense.
Of Wake Forest's five losses this year, four have come by a total of 10 points.
Chris Givens caught his sixth touchdown pass of the season, extending his school record for TD catches by a redshirt freshman. The previous high was 2.
Wake Forest's 33 first downs were the most since the Deacons had 37 first downs against Georgia Tech on Nov. 21, 1998.
Wake Forest's 408 pass yards were the most since the Deacons threw for 494 against Georgia Tech on Nov. 21, 1998.
This was Wake Forest's first one-point loss at home since falling to Georgia Tech 24-23 on Nov. 4, 1995.

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