Postgame Notes - Wake Forest 45, Duke 34 - Wake Forest University Athletics

Nov. 28, 2009

With the Win

Wake Forest finishes the season 5-7 overall and 3-5 in the ACC
Jim Grobe's record now stands at 59-51 at Wake Forest and 92-84-1 for his career
Wake Forest snapped a five-game losing streak
Wake Forest won its first road game of the year
Wake Forest snapped a seven-game road losing streak dating back to a 12-3 win at Florida State on Sept. 20, 2008
Wake Forest defeated Duke for the 10th consecutive year.
Wake Forest's seniors have become the winningest class in school history with a record of 33-19
Wake Forest finishes the decade with a record of 61-60, the first time since the 1940s that Wake Forest has finished a decade above .500

Riley Skinner Finishes Collegiate Career in Fine Fashion

Senior quarterback Riley Skinner closed his college career with perhaps his best game at Wake Forest, going 28-for-38 for a career-high 372 yards and five touchdown passes.
Skinner recorded his fifth 300-yard passing game of the season and 24th 200-yard passing game of his career, both school records.
The five TD passes marked a school record for touchdown passes in a game.
Skinner closes the 2009 season with 3,160 yards and 26 touchdowns on 264-of-400 passing
Skinner set single-season Wake Forest records in touchdowns and passing yards, while also tying the single-season mark for pass completions.

Skinner Career Numbers

Riley Skinner closes his Wake Forest career with a school-record 9,762 passing yards and 60 touchdowns. The 9,762 passing yards ranks fourth in ACC history.
Skinner also finished his career with 9,923 yards of total offense, which is a Wake Forest record and also fourth in conference history.
Skinner eclipsed the 900 completion mark, finishing with 903 career completions.
Skinner narrowly missed the ACC completion percentage record, finishing at 66.9 percent (903-of-1349). The record is held by Matt Schaub, who completed 67 percent (716-of-1069) of his career passes.

Demon Deacon Trio Breaks Games Played Record

With their participation today, Wake Forest's OG Jeff Griffin, LB Dominique Midgett and NT Boo Robinson have all played in 52 career games
That breaks the previous school record of 51 games set in 2008 by Aaron Curry, Stanley Arnoux, Alphonso Smith and Chip Vaughn

Wake Forest Offense Posts Season-High Point Total

The Wake Forest offense enjoyed its best scoring output of the season, scoring a season-high 45 points. The 45 points were the most points scored in a game since November 1, 2003, a 45-17 win vs. Clemson.
The Demon Deacons finished the game with 499 yards of total offense, marking the second straight game that Wake Forest has had more than 450 yards total offense.

Wake Forest Receivers Enjoy Big Day

Chris Givens caught his eighth touchdown pass of the season, the most among the nation's freshmen receivers this season. Givens caught five passes for 78 yards in the game.
Marshall Williams went over the 100-yard mark in receiving for the third time this season. He finished the game with 119 receiving yards.
Devon Brown had his second multi-touchdown game of the season, catching two TD passes. Brown had a team-high tying eight catches for 82 yards.

Career Highs

Miscellaneous Notes

Wake Forest won the toss and deferred
Game Captains were Riley Skinner and John Russell
Wake Forest's opponent scored first for the ninth time in 12 games this season.
Wake Forest finishes the season with 19 turnovers, the sixth time in the Jim Grobe era that the Demon Deacons have closed a year with less than 20 turnovers.
Wake Forest is now 48-17 when scoring at least 24 points in a game.
Alex Frye's 37-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter marked Wake's first non-offensive touchdown of the season.
Wake Forest has scored 35 or more points in seven straight games at Wallace Wade Stadium.

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