NCAAF Game Recap - Wake Forest at Louisville
Sat Oct 27, 2018 12:00 PM EDT

Clem
59
FlaSt
10
F
ND
44
Navy
22
F
Tex
35
OkSt
38
F
Fla
17
UGA
36
F
K St
14
Okla
51
F
KY
15
MIZ
14
F
Bayl
14
WVU
58
F
WaSt
41
Stan
38
F
Wash
10
Cal
12
F
TxAM
13
MissSt
28
F
Iowa
24
PSU
30
F
Oreg
15
Ariz
44
F
Wisc
17
NW
31
F
SoFL
36
Hou
57
F
NCSt
41
Syr
51
F
Utah
41
UCLA
10
F
App
14
GaSo
34
F
Troy
38
SoAl
17
F
Toled
51
WestMI
24
F
Ball
14
Ohio
52
F
GATec
49
VaTec
28
F
LT
21
FlAtl
13
F
MiaFL
14
BC
27
F
Ind
31
MIN
38
F
Wyo
34
ColSt
21
F
B-C
9
Neb
45
F
TxTch
31
IASt
40
F
Vand
45
Ark
31
F
Purd
13
MSU
23
F
Wake
56
Lou
35
F
Army
37
E Mi
22
F
UMass
22
UConn
17
F
C Mi
10
Akr
17
F
UNC
21
UVA
31
F
CoCar
37
GASt
34
F
SouLA
25
SamHu
28
F
SMiss
17
UNCC
20
F
OreSt
41
Colo
34
F OT
TCU
26
Kans
27
F
AzSt
38
USC
35
F
NIU
7
BYU
6
F
Cin
26
SMU
20
F OT
Duke
45
Pitt
54
F
MidTN
51
OD
17
F
Ill
33
MD
63
F
Stony
10
JMU
13
F
NM
19
UtSt
61
F
Rice
17
NorTx
41
F
JacSt
42
Murr
15
F
UNLV
37
SJSU
50
F
Boise
48
AF
38
F
ArkSt
43
ULLaf
47
F
Tul
24
Tuls
17
F
NMS
20
TxSt
27
F
UAB
19
UTEP
0
F
FLInt
38
W Ky
17
F
Tenn
24
SCar
27
F
SDSU
24
NEV
28
F
Hawaii
20
Fres
50
F
MiaOH
42
Buff
51
F
Kent
35
BGSU
28
F

Oct 27, 2018, 12:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Wake Forest (4-4)

21

14

21

0

56

Louisville (2-6)

7

14

14

0

35

Wake Forest blows out Louisville 56-35 for first ACC victory
Sat Oct 27, 2018 5:27 PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Wake Forest running back Matt Colburn II couldn't believe the space he had on many of his carries against Louisville.

While that says a lot about the Demon Deacons' run blocking, the senior did a lot in turning those openings into a career day against the school that pulled its scholarship offer.

Colburn rushed for career highs of 243 yards and three touchdowns, Sam Hartman threw two TD passes and Wake Forest rolled up a season-high 591 yards in a 56-35 rout of Louisville on Saturday.

A 2,000-yard career rusher with the Demon Deacons, Colburn said he had moved past Louisville rescinding his scholarship in what Cardinals coach Bobby Petrino chalked up to a numbers situation. Colburn made a statement nonetheless in surpassing his previous bests of 237 yards and two TDs last November against Syracuse.

"After my freshman year, I just wanted to get rid of the whole revenge narrative because if it wasn't for that I wouldn't be at Wake," Colburn said. "But it definitely is personal and it's really just the icing on the cake to go out like this and to get our season rolling again."

Said Petrino of Colburn, "I'm glad he had a good career. It was just one of those things where you got caught up in numbers and you had to ask somebody to redshirt."

The Demon Deacons (4-4, 1-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) had their way offensively in a high-scoring matchup of schools seeking their first league win. They scored TDs on five of their first six first-half possessions and broke 500 yards for the fourth time this season, the second in ACC play.

Colburn encountered little resistance from the Cardinals (2-6, 0-5). The senior ran for scores of 74, 56 and 12 yards on the way to his career best and finished with an average of 12.2 yards on 20 attempts.

Wake ended up rushing for 368 yards. Hartman completed 16 of 24 passes for 223 yards and TDs to Jack Freudenthal and Scotty Washington as Wake Forest beat Louisville for the second year in a row.

Hartman also ran for a 12-yard TD as the Demon Deacons ended a two-game losing streak.

"You hate to use the term must-win," coach Dave Clawson said, "but it was going to be really hard to accomplish any of our goals this year if we didn't find a way to get this one.

"Still gave up a lot of points and a lot of yards, but we played the game with a big lead and we did what we had to do. Anyway that we can find a way this year, we'll take it."

Louisville's Trey Smith rushed for a career-high three TDs and 98 yards on 13 carries. Jawon Pass added a career-best 358 yards passing and a TD, but the Cardinals (532 yards) were left playing catch-up after scoring on the game's opening drive.

Not quite what Louisville expected coming out of a bye.

"We didn't perform the way we needed to on defense today," said Petrino, whose team has its first five-game conference losing streak since the end of the 2008 season.

"Offensively, we did some good things but we weren't consistent enough to be able to win a shootout. That's what you have to do to win games."

HIGHLIGHT WORTHY

Wake Forest receiver Greg Dortch had eight catches for 135 yards, including a one-handed 35-yarder that set up the first TD. "I saw it was a little out of reach," Dortch said, "so I just reached my one hand out there and it stuck. It was a great play."

EMPTY SEATS

Homecoming attendance appeared to be less than half the listed total of 49,603 tickets sold.

THE TAKEAWAY

Wake Forest: Needing a boost after being outscored 101-20 losses to Clemson and Florida State, the Demon Deacons regrouped big against Louisville. They moved the ball at will against the Cardinals and at one point in the second quarter averaged 12.2 yards per play before finishing at 8.2. While their defense finished close to their ACC-worst average of 498 yards per contest, it stopped the Cardinals when needed and Carlos Basham returned a fumble 23 yards for a TD.

Louisville: The Cardinals thought they had corrected some flaws during their bye and began promisingly enough offensively with a game-opening TD drive. But their defense allowed Wake Forest to score on its first three possessions and things only got worse as they yielded at least 50 points for the second time in three games. Receiver TuTu Atwell's 132 yards receiving on eight catches set a school single-game record.

UP NEXT

Wake Forest hosts Syracuse on Saturday.

Louisville visits No. 2 and Atlantic Division leader Clemson on Saturday in search of its first league win against the Tigers.

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Passing

Wake Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
S. Hartman 24 16 66.7 2 223 35 0 124.1
Lou Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
J. Pass 54 30 55.6 1 358 30 0 82.2

Rushing

Wake Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
M. Colburn II 20 243 12.2 74 3
C. Carney 14 83 5.9 16 1
Lou Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
T. Smith 13 98 7.5 52 3
H. Hall 10 45 4.5 14 1

Receiving

Wake Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
G. Dortch 8 135 16.9 35 0
S. Washington 4 31 7.8 10 1
Lou Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
T. Atwell 8 132 16.5 30 0
J. Smith 8 107 13.4 25 0

Fumbles

Lou F FL
M. Riley 1 1
J. Pass 1 0

Returning

Wake KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
G. Dortch 3 19.0 0 22 0 0 0
A. Bachman 1 12.0 0 12 0 0 0
Lou KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
H. Hall 5 19.6 0 30 0 0 0
R. Burns 0 0 0 1 45.0 0 45

Punting

Wake Punt Yds Avg LgPu
D. Maggio 3 141 47.0 51
Lou Punt Yds Avg LgPu
M. King 4 149 37.3 42

Takeaways

Wake Int Yds InTD
C. Basham Jr. 0 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

Wake Lou
Points For 56 35
Total Yards 591 532
Rushing Yards 368 174
Passing Yards 223 358
Passing Completions / Attempts 16/24 30/54
Turnovers 0 1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Fumbles - Lost 0/0 2/1
First Downs 28 31
Penalties - Yards 3/35 5/31
Time Of Possession 11:11 49:49
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 7/13 10/19
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/1 2/5
Punts - Average Yards 4/38 4/37

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Wake Lou
Lou 02:21 TD Trey Smith 52 yd run (Blanton Creque kick) 0 7
Wake 03:59 TD Jack Freudenthal 28 yd pass from Sam Hartman (Nick Sciba kick) 7 7
Wake 08:44 TD Sam Hartman 12 yd run (Nick Sciba kick) 14 7
Wake 12:31 TD Scotty Washington 9 yd pass from Sam Hartman (Nick Sciba kick) 21 7
2nd Quarter Wake Lou
Lou 05:10 TD Trey Smith 1 yd run (Blanton Creque kick) 21 14
Wake 05:26 TD Matt Colburn II 74 yd run (Nick Sciba kick) 28 14
Wake 05:40 TD Carlos Basham Jr. 23 yd fumble return (Nick Sciba kick) 35 14
Lou 14:07 TD Seth Dawkins 19 yd pass from Jawon Pass (Blanton Creque kick) 35 21
3rd Quarter Wake Lou
Wake 01:11 TD Matt Colburn II 56 yd run (Nick Sciba kick) 42 21
Lou 05:10 TD Hassan Hall 12 yd run (Blanton Creque kick) 42 28
Wake 08:20 TD Cade Carney 1 yd run (Nick Sciba kick) 49 28
Wake 11:19 TD Matt Colburn II 12 yd run (Nick Sciba kick) 56 28
Lou 12:23 TD Trey Smith 2 yd run (Blanton Creque kick) 56 35
4th Quarter Wake Lou
No scores this quarter

Game Information

Stadium: Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 49,603
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