Wake Forest vs. Clemson Game Notes

11/12/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football

Nov. 12, 2011

Wake Forest Postgame Notes
November 12, 2011 - Memorial Stadium
Clemson 31, Wake Forest 24

With the Loss

Wake Forest falls to .500 at 5-5 overall and 4-3 in the ACC
Wake Forest has lost three straight games for the first time this season
Jim Grobe's record stands at 67-65 at Wake Forest and 100-98-1 overall
Wake Forest lost its sixth straight game in Death Valley, falling to 7-35 all-time in Clemson
Wake Forest lost to a ranked Clemson team for the 19th consecutive time and is now 1-19 vs. ranked Tiger teams
Wake Forest fell to 20-112-1 all-time against ranked opponents

The Beat Goes On For Givens

Junior Chris Givens has been climbing the receiving charts all year. He finished the game today four catches for 31 yards.
He now has 1,016 yards this season which is the second-most receiving yards for a single-season in school-history. Givens only trails Ricky Proehl, who had 1,053 receiving yards in 1989.
Givens has now caught a pass in each of the last 25 games he has played in.
The Wylie, Texas native moved into a tie for 6th all-time with 142 career receptions and is also 6th all-time with 2,159 career yards.

Cam Ford Finds Paydirt

Senior tight end Cameron Ford caught a 3-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to tie the game at 7-7.
That was the second touchdown reception of the year and the second of his career.
Ford finished the day with two catches for 21 yards.

Pendergrass In The Zone

Senior running back Brandon Pendergrass took over as the starting running back against Virginia Tech on Oct. 15, and has made the most of his opportunity.
He finished the day with a career-high 134 yards on 20 carries.
This is just his second 100-yard rushing day of his career and it topped his previous career-high of 110 yards which he had against Virginia on Nov. 8, 2011.
He scored two touchdowns today, giving him 16 for his career.
It was the second multi-touchdown game of his career. He also had two scores in the loss at North Carolina on Oct. 29.
Wake is 9-5 when Pendergrass scores a touchdown.

Bush At It Again

Josh Bush recorded his seventh career interception in the third quarter.
That was Bush's team-high sixth interception of the season and his third in the last two weeks. He had two interceptions last week against Notre Dame.
Bush also finished the day with a team-high two pass breakups.

Deacs Go To Return Camp

Sophomore Michael Campanaro returned a third-quarter punt 50 yards for a touchdown.
That was the first punt return for a touchdown of his career.
It was the first punt return for a touchdown for Wake Forest since Kenny Moore returned a punt 55-yards for a score against Army on Sept. 15, 2007.
That was also the first special teams/defensive touchdown of the season for or an opponent.

Thompson Gets a Paw On It

Sophomore defensive end Zach Thompson recorded his first career interception in the second quarter.
That was the first interception for a Wake Forest defensive linemen since John Russell in 2007.
Thompson intercepted Boyd as Clemson was on the move. The interception occurred at the Wake Forest 28-yard line and he returned eight yards.
Thompson finished the day with three tackles.

Wilber Makes A Stand

Senior Kyle Wilber recorded a career-high 13 tackles on the afternoon. That topped his previous career-high of 11 stops, which he recorded at Florida State on Sept. 25, 2010.
Wilber also had one tackle for loss today which was the 34th of his career. He is now tied for 8th all-time in school-history with James Parker (1976-79).

Orville Let Loose To Fly

True-freshman running back Orville Reynolds played in his second-straight game this season.
Reynolds ran the ball
He is the only true-freshman to play this season for the Demon Deacons.

Newman With Rare Misses

Place kicker Jimmy Newman missed a 47-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter and a 32-yard attempt in the fourth quarter.
After missing a 42-yard attempt in the fourth quarter against Notre Dame last Saturday, Newman has now missed three-straight field goal attempts for the first time in his career.
Newman had not missed two-straight field goal attempts since Oct. 31, 2009 when he missed a 45-yard and a 60-yard attempt at Miami.
Newman is now 15-of-19 on the year.

Miscellaneous Stats

Wake Forest won the toss and elected to receive.
The Demon Deacons have now received the ball first in all 10 games this season.
Wake Forest captains were seniors Kyle Wilber and Joe Looney.
Wake Forest had a total of seven pass breakups on the day but six different defenders. Senior Josh Bush was the only player with multi pass breakups.