Wake Forest University
3-4 , 0-3
Florida State
4-3 , 2-3
Deacs Fall at Florida State 38-17
10/20/2018 7:36:00 PM | Football
Sam Hartman throws a pair of touchdown passes
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeFB)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Wake Forest football team returned to action Saturday and suffered a 38-17 loss at Florida State. The Demon Deacons fall to 3-4 overall and 0-3 in the ACC with the loss, while the Seminoles improved to 4-3 and 2-3 in the conference.
Wake Forest started the game strong, taking an early 10-0 lead before Florida State answered with 38 straight points. Sam Hartman and Jamie Newman combined to throw for 273 yards as eight different Demon Deacon receivers made multiple receptions. Matt Colburn II ran for a team-high 71 yards.
Cameron Glenn and Justin Strnad each had 12 tackles to lead the Wake Forest defense.
The Demon Deacons took the opening kickoff and drove down the field with a 15-play, 61-yard drive to set up a 32-yard field goal from Nick Sciba to take an early lead. Later in the quarter, the Demon Deacons scored their first touchdown in Tallahassee in six games with a 9-yard pass from Hartman to Freudenthal to extend the score to 10-0. In the final minute of the first quarter, the Seminoles got on the board with a 3-yard run from Cam Akers to cut the lead to 10-7.
After the teams traded turnovers early in the second quarter, the Seminoles took advantage of a short field to take a 14-10 lead on a 2-yard touchdown run from Jacques Patrick. Â Florida State pushed the lead to 21-10 on a 33-yard touchdown pass to Nyqwan Murray late in the second quarter and took that advantage into halftime.
On the second play of the third quarter Akers ran 58 yards for a touchdown to make the Florida State lead 28-10. A field goal extended the lead to 31-10 at the end of three quarters. The teams traded touchdowns in the fourth quarter. After Florida State's Tre'Shaun Harrison had a touchdown catch, the Deacs answered with a touchdown pass from Hartman to Sage Surratt. Â
The Demon Deacons will return to action next Saturday at Louisville. Game time is noon on the Regional Sports Networks.
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Team Stats
WF 3, FS 0
WF - Sciba, N 32 yd field goal 15 plays, 61 yards, TOP 3:06
WF 10, FS 0
WF - Freudenthal, J 9 yd pass from Hartman, S (Sciba, N kick) 9 plays, 51 yards, TOP 2:04
WF 10, FS 7
FS - Akers, C 3 yd run (Aguayo, R kick), 6 plays, 60 yards, TOP 1:40
WF 10, FS 14
FS - Patrick, J 2 yd run (Aguayo, R kick), 3 plays, 9 yards, TOP 0:53
WF 10, FS 21
FS - Murray, N 33 yd pass from Francois, D (Aguayo, R kick) 7 plays, 73 yards, TOP 3:01
WF 10, FS 28
FS - Akers, C 58 yd run (Aguayo, R kick), 2 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:30
WF 10, FS 31
FS - Aguayo, R 49 yd field goal 5 plays, 14 yards, TOP 1:27
WF 10, FS 38
FS - Harrison, T 21 yd pass from Francois, D (Aguayo, R kick) 4 plays, 34 yards, TOP 1:46
WF 17, FS 38
WF - Surratt, S 9 yd pass from Hartman, S (Sciba, N kick) 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 5:07
