Postgame Notes: Wake Forest vs. Gardner-Webb

Sept. 6, 2014

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With the Win...

With the win, Dave Clawson

What a night for Wolford

Freshman quarterback John Wolford had a tremendous night throwing the ball, finishing 30-of-38 for 291 yards and two touchdowns.
He threw his first-career touchdown pass to E.J. Scott in the third quarter and then hit Scott again for another TD strike in the fourth quarter.
Wolford had a completion percentage of .789 which is the highest completion percentage by a Demon Deacon true-freshman quarterback with at least 20 attempts.
He completed passes to eight different receivers.
At one point, Wolford completed 12-consecutive passes.
Wolford also ran for 29 yards on the night.

Career-Highs

Running back Orville Reynolds rushed the ball a career-high 17 times, breaking his previous career-high of 16 which he set last week against ULM.
Matt James caught a career-high five passes for a career-high 60 yards.
Redshirt-freshman Cam Serigne hauled-in five passes for a team-high tying 62 yards.
Wide receiver Jared Crump caught a career-high six passes for a career-high 59 yards.
True-freshman Tyler Henderson recorded the first three carries of his career for four yards.
Defensively, Marquel Lee, Thomas Brown and Shelldon Lewinson each recorded the first sacks of their careers.
Merrill Noel recorded the six interception of his career.

Off to a good start

Placekicker Mike Weaver knocked-home three more field goals tonight (27, 37, 28).
He has now made the first four FG attempts of his career. The record for most consecutive makes to start a career is six by Tracy Lounsbury in 1969.

Stoppage Time

The game was delayed by severe weather with :14 seconds left in the second quarter.
The delay lasted 58:30.
The game resumed at the start of the third quarter.

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