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AWAY · 3-1 Wake Forest WAKE HOME · #16 · 2-2 Louisville @ #16 LOU 
Wake Forest
3-1
Louisville
#16 · 2-2
Final · 30 - 27
WEEK 4 · ACC L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, Louisville
Sat, Sep 26 4:00 PM L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, Louisville
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Recap
Wake Forest pulled off a thrilling road upset in ACC action, edging Louisville 30-27 at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium. The Demon Deacons weathered a hostile environment to hand the Cardinals a tough loss at home, with both teams trading blows through 199 plays of intense conference football. The three-point margin tells the story — this one went down to the wire. Wake Forest's ability to execute in crunch time proved decisive, while Louisville fell just short despite playing in front of their home crowd. It's a huge conference win for the Demon Deacons and a heartbreaker for the Cardinals, who'll be left wondering what might have been in this ACC battle.
KEY PERFORMERS
The difference-makers on both sidelines.
Final Stats
Wake Forest Louisville- 225 Pass Yards 324
- 177 Rush Yards 75
- 402 Total Yards 399
- 20 First Downs 24
- 20% 3rd Down Conv. 46.7%
- 1 Turnovers 1
- 85 Penalty Yards 90
- 26:26 Time of Possession 33:34
Play Breakdown
- Run plays 34 of 74 snaps 46%
- Pass plays 40 of 74 snaps 54%
Drive Chart
Q4
Q3
Q2
Q1
Play by play
Rush
Team rush to the middle for a loss of 1 yard to the Lou47.
PRIOR DRIVES
Lou · 4th Quarter FGM
Blocked Field Goal
Nick Keller 57 yard field goal attempt Is BLOCKED by Gabe Kirschke.
Defensive Time Out
Demon Deacons timeout.
Incomplete Pass
Lincoln Kienholz incomplete pass to the middle intended for Lawayne McCoy defensed by Deuce Blades II.
Incomplete Pass
Lincoln Kienholz incomplete pass to the right intended for Lawayne McCoy.
Incomplete Pass
Lincoln Kienholz incomplete pass to the right intended for TreyShun Hurry.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Cardinals (Johnnie Brown III) -10 yards.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the left to Tre Richardson for 19 yards to the Wake30. Tackled by Braylon Johnson.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Isaac Brown for 0 yards to the Wake49. Tackled by Deuce Blades II.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the middle to Isaac Brown for 6 yards to the Wake49. Tackled by Aiden Hall.
Rush
Isaac Brown rush to the left for 5 yards to the Lou45. Tackled by Somad Eaddy.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the left to TreyShun Hurry for 9 yards to the Lou40. Tackled by Somad Eaddy.
Wake · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Ethan Hyams punts for 37 yards to Lou31. No return.
Rush
Gio Lopez rush to the right for 0 yards to the Wake32. Tackled by TJ Banks.
Defensive Time Out
Cardinals timeout.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 3 yards to the Wake32. Tackled by Benjamin Perry and Kaleb Beasley.
Defensive Time Out
Cardinals timeout.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the left for 4 yards to the Wake29. Tackled by Benjamin Perry.
Lou · 4th Quarter FG Miss
Missed Field Goal
42 yard field goal attempt by Carson Hilbert is NO GOOD.
Sack
Lincoln Kienholz sacked at Wake25 for a loss of 11 yards by Zach Lohavichan.
Rush
Lincoln Kienholz rush to the right for a loss of 1 yard to the Wake14. Tackled by Frank Cusano.
Incomplete Pass
Lincoln Kienholz incomplete pass to the left intended for Tre Richardson defensed by Somad Eaddy.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Lawayne McCoy for 17 yards to the Wake13. Tackled by Myles Turpin.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the middle for 12 yards to the Wake30. Tackled by Braylon Johnson and Aiden Hall.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush for 6 yards to the Wake42. Tackled by Braylon Johnson and Vincent Firenze.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Lawayne McCoy for 23 yards to the Wake48. Tackled by Aiden Hall.
Incomplete Pass
Lincoln Kienholz incomplete pass to the left intended for TreyShun Hurry.
Rush
Tre Richardson rush to the left for 4 yards to the Lou29. Tackled by Rushaun Tongue.
Kickoff
Caleb Carlson kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Wake · 4th Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Connor Calvert 32 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the right for a loss of 1 yard to the Lou14. Tackled by Stanquan Clark and Jerod Smith II.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 1 yard to the Lou13. Tackled by Benjamin Perry.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the right for 8 yards to the Lou14. Tackled by Tayon Holloway and Clev Lubin.
Penalty
Penalty: Offside on Cardinals (Clev Lubin) 5 yards.
Rush
Jamar Searcy rush to the left for 5 yards to the Lou27. Tackled by Tayon Holloway and Micah Carter.
Offense Time Out
Demon Deacons timeout.
Sack
Gio Lopez sacked at Lou32 for a loss of 1 yard by Benjamin Perry.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the left for 2 yards to the Lou31. Tackled by Stanquan Clark.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the right to Carlos Hernandez for 12 yards to the Lou33. Tackled by T.J. Capers.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush to the right for 6 yards to the Lou45. Tackled by Stanquan Clark.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush to the middle for 2 yards to the Wake49. Tackled by Joshua Donald and Stanquan Clark.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush to the middle for 9 yards to the Wake47. Tackled by Kaleb Beasley.
Lou · 4th Quarter Downs
Incomplete Pass
Lincoln Kienholz incomplete pass to the right intended for Lawayne McCoy defensed by Deuce Blades II.
Offense Time Out
Cardinals timeout.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to TreyShun Hurry for 4 yards to the Wake38.
Rush
Lincoln Kienholz rush to the middle for a loss of 2 yards to the Wake42. Tackled by Zach Lohavichan.
Rush
Tre Richardson rush to the left for 4 yards to the Wake40. Tackled by Frank Cusano.
Penalty
Penalty: Unsports. Conduct on Cardinals (Stanquan Clark) -15 yards.
Wake · 3rd Quarter TO
Fumble
Gio Lopez pass to the left to Carlos Hernandez for 8 yards to the Wake29. Tackled by Benjamin Perry. FUMBLE, recovered by Lou (Jerod Smith II).
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Demon Deacons (Kamrean Johnson) -5 yards.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the right for 1 yard to the Wake26. Tackled by TJ Banks.
Kickoff
Nick Keller kicks off to the Wake0. Koredell Bartley return for 25 yards to Wake25. Tackled by Tyler Thompson.
Lou · 3rd Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Carson Hilbert 54 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Penalty
Penalty: Intentional Grounding on Cardinals (Lincoln Kienholz) 0 yards.
Sack
Lincoln Kienholz sacked at Wake37 for a loss of 8 yards by Langston Hardy.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the right for 0 yards to the Wake29. Tackled by Matt Herron.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the left for 4 yards to the Wake29. Tackled by Deuce Blades II and Myles Turpin.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Lawayne McCoy for 12 yards to the Wake33. Tackled by Braylon Johnson.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the left for 4 yards to the Wake45. Tackled by Davaughn Patterson.
Penalty
Penalty: Pass Interference on Demon Deacons (Somad Eaddy) 15 yards.
Rush
Lincoln Kienholz rush to the right for 2 yards to the Lou36. Tackled by Aiden Hall.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the middle for 2 yards to the Lou34. Tackled by Tyler Walton.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the middle to Jaleel Skinner for 7 yards to the Lou32. Tackled by Aiden Hall and Deuce Dyce.
Kickoff
Caleb Carlson kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Wake · 3rd Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Connor Calvert 35 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Penalty
Penalty: Unsports. Conduct on Demon Deacons (Will Way) -15 yards.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for a loss of 1 yard to the Lou2. Tackled by Stanquan Clark and T.J. Capers.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the right for 3 yards to the Lou1. Tackled by Blake Ruffin and TJ Banks.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush to the right for 3 yards to the Lou4. Tackled by Joshua Donald.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush to the left for 21 yards to the Lou7. Tackled by Tayon Holloway.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush for 7 yards to the Lou28. Tackled by Stanquan Clark.
Penalty
Penalty: Face Mask on Cardinals (Stanquan Clark) 15 yards.
Rush
Gio Lopez rush to the right for 1 yard to the Wake50. Tackled by Stanquan Clark and Micah Carter.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 1 yard to the Wake49. Tackled by Clev Lubin.
Rush
Gio Lopez rush to the right for 9 yards to the Wake48. Tackled by T.J. Capers.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 2 yards to the Wake39. Tackled by T.J. Capers and Stanquan Clark.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the right to Carlos Hernandez for 4 yards to the Wake37. Tackled by Blake Ruffin.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the left to Drayden Dickmann for 8 yards to the Wake33.
Kickoff
Nick Keller kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Lou · 3rd Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Carson Hilbert 41 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Sack
Lincoln Kienholz sacked at Wake24 for a loss of 5 yards by Gabe Kirschke.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Lawayne McCoy for 5 yards to the Wake19. Tackled by Somad Eaddy.
Rush
Isaac Brown rush to the middle for 1 yard to the Wake24. Tackled by Braylon Johnson and Davaughn Patterson.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Tre Richardson for 26 yards to the Wake25. Tackled by Rushaun Tongue.
Rush
Isaac Brown rush to the right for 4 yards to the Lou49. Tackled by Aiden Hall.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the middle to TreyShun Hurry for 8 yards to the Lou45. Tackled by Aiden Hall and Frank Cusano.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Lawayne McCoy for 3 yards to the Lou37. Tackled by Somad Eaddy.
Wake · 3rd Quarter Punt
Punt
Ethan Hyams punts for 44 yards to Lou37. Jackson Voth return for a loss of 3 yards to Lou34. Tackled by Vincent Firenze.
Sack
Gio Lopez sacked at Wake19 for a loss of 7 yards by Clev Lubin.
Offense Time Out
Demon Deacons timeout.
Incomplete Pass
Gio Lopez incomplete pass to the left intended for Carlos Hernandez.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 1 yard to the Wake26. Tackled by Kalib Perry and Joshua Donald.
Kickoff
Nick Keller kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Lou · 2nd Quarter
Rush
Isaac Brown rush to the right for 6 yards to the Lou15. Tackled by Rushaun Tongue.
Defensive Time Out
Demon Deacons timeout.
Rush
Braxton Jennings rush to the middle for 3 yards to the Lou9. Tackled by Matt Herron and Langston Hardy.
Defensive Time Out
Demon Deacons timeout.
Rush
Marquise Davis rush to the right for 2 yards to the Lou6. Tackled by Deuce Blades II.
Wake · 2nd Quarter Punt
Punt
Ethan Hyams punts for 70 yards to Lou4. No return.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Demon Deacons (Ja'Marion Kennedy) -5 yards.
Defensive Time Out
Cardinals timeout.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 8 yards to the Wake31. Tackled by Blake Ruffin and T.J. Capers.
Penalty
Penalty: Delay of Game on Cardinals 5 yards.
Defensive Time Out
Cardinals timeout.
Sack
Gio Lopez sacked at Wake18 for a loss of 7 yards by Jerod Smith II.
Incomplete Pass
Gio Lopez incomplete pass to the left intended for Dominick Barry.
Kickoff
Nick Keller kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Lou · 2nd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Carson Hilbert extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the left to Jaleel Skinner for 61 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the left to TreyShun Hurry for 7 yards to the Lou39. Tackled by Davaughn Patterson.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the left to Tre Richardson for 7 yards to the Lou32. Tackled by Deuce Blades II.
Kickoff
Caleb Carlson kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Wake · 2nd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Connor Calvert extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the left for 6 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 20 yards to the Lou6. Tackled by Micah Carter.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush to the middle for 10 yards to the Lou26. Tackled by TJ Banks.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the middle to Carlos Hernandez for 31 yards to the Lou36. Tackled by Tayon Holloway.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush to the middle for 3 yards to the Wake33. Tackled by T.J. Capers.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Demon Deacons (Will Way) -5 yards.
Lou · 2nd Quarter TO
Interception
Lincoln Kienholz pass intended for Lawayne McCoy INTERCEPTED by Somad Eaddy and returned for 1 yard. Tackled by Lawayne McCoy.
Penalty
Penalty: Hands to the Face on Demon Deacons (Dallas Afalava) 15 yards.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the left to Isaac Brown for 7 yards to the Lou40. Tackled by Deuce Blades II.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Cardinals (Cason Henry) -10 yards.
Rush
Lincoln Kienholz rush to the middle for 2 yards to the Lou43. Tackled by Dallas Afalava.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Isaac Brown for a loss of 2 yards to the Lou41. Tackled by Somad Eaddy.
Kickoff
Caleb Carlson kicks off to the Lou43. Kalib Perry - no return.
Wake · 2nd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Connor Calvert extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the right to Carlos Hernandez for 77 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Rush
Gio Lopez rush to the left for 8 yards to the Wake23. Tackled by Tayon Holloway.
Incomplete Pass
Gio Lopez incomplete pass to the left intended for Kam Shanks.
Rush
Jamar Searcy rush to the right for 3 yards to the Wake15. Tackled by TJ Banks.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Demon Deacons (KD Daniels) -10 yards.
Kickoff
Nick Keller kicks off to the Wake0. Koredell Bartley return for 22 yards to Wake22. Tackled by Eric Hazzard.
Lou · 2nd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Carson Hilbert extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
Lincoln Kienholz rush to the right for 6 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the middle for 1 yard to the Wake6. Tackled by Aiden Hall and Davaughn Patterson.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the left for 6 yards to the Wake7. Tackled by Frank Cusano and Rushaun Tongue.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Tre Richardson for 12 yards to the Wake13. Tackled by Zamari Stevenson.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the middle for 2 yards to the Wake25. Tackled by Myles Turpin and Zach Lohavichan.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to TreyShun Hurry for 9 yards to the Wake27. Tackled by Somad Eaddy.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the left for 11 yards to the Wake36. Tackled by Frank Cusano.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to TreyShun Hurry for 11 yards to the Wake47. Tackled by Vincent Firenze and Somad Eaddy.
Rush
Lincoln Kienholz rush to the left for 3 yards to the Lou42. Tackled by Davaughn Patterson.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the left to Jaleel Skinner for 13 yards to the Lou39. Tackled by Deuce Blades II.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the right for 1 yard to the Lou26. Tackled by Gabe Kirschke and Aiden Hall.
Kickoff
Caleb Carlson kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Wake · 1st Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Connor Calvert extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 6 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the left to Carlos Hernandez for 4 yards to the Lou6. Tackled by Kaleb Beasley and Tayon Holloway.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the left to Carlos Hernandez for 48 yards to the Lou10. Tackled by Kaleb Beasley.
Incomplete Pass
Gio Lopez incomplete pass to the right intended for Jack Foley defensed by T.J. Capers.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Demon Deacons (Jack Hines) -5 yards.
Incomplete Pass
Gio Lopez incomplete pass to the left intended for Jack Foley.
Penalty
Penalty: Roughing Passer on Cardinals (Clev Lubin) 15 yards.
Incomplete Pass
Gio Lopez incomplete pass to the right intended for Carlos Hernandez defensed by DJ Waller Jr..
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Demon Deacons (Kamrean Johnson) -5 yards.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Demon Deacons -5 yards.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the middle to Kamrean Johnson for 17 yards to the Wake42. Tackled by DJ Waller Jr..
Kickoff
Nick Keller kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Lou · 1st Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Carson Hilbert extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
Lincoln Kienholz rush to the right for 5 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Rush
Lincoln Kienholz rush to the middle for 0 yards to the Wake5.
Rush
Isaac Brown rush to the middle for 1 yard to the Wake5. Tackled by Frank Cusano and Davaughn Patterson.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Lawayne McCoy for 15 yards to the Wake6. Tackled by Vincent Firenze.
Rush
Keyjuan Brown rush to the right for a loss of 1 yard to the Wake21. Tackled by Kadear Dembele.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Tre Richardson for 21 yards to the Wake20. Tackled by Ashaad Williams.
Rush
Isaac Brown rush to the right for 7 yards to the Wake41. Tackled by Dallas Afalava.
Rush
Isaac Brown rush to the middle for 6 yards to the Wake48. Tackled by Myles Turpin and Aiden Hall.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the left to TreyShun Hurry for 18 yards to the Lou46. Tackled by Rushaun Tongue.
Rush
Isaac Brown rush to the middle for 3 yards to the Lou28. Tackled by Tyler Walton and Aiden Hall.
Incomplete Pass
Lincoln Kienholz incomplete pass to the right intended for Lawayne McCoy.
Kickoff
Caleb Carlson kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
Wake · 1st Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Connor Calvert 39 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the left to Carlos Hernandez for 3 yards to the Lou21. Tackled by T.J. Capers.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush to the left for 2 yards to the Lou24. Tackled by Clev Lubin.
Incomplete Pass
Gio Lopez incomplete pass to the right intended for Ty Clark III.
Penalty
Penalty: Roughing Passer on Cardinals (Benjamin Perry) 15 yards.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 12 yards to the Lou41. Tackled by Kaleb Beasley and Stanquan Clark.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the left to Drayden Dickmann for 6 yards to the Wake47. Tackled by Brycen Scott.
Lou · 1st Quarter Punt
Punt
Niall Hayes punts for 34 yards to Wake41. No return.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the left to TreyShun Hurry for 5 yards to the Lou25. Tackled by Vincent Firenze.
Sack
Lincoln Kienholz sacked at Lou20 for a loss of 9 yards by Gabe Kirschke.
Rush
Lincoln Kienholz rush to the right for a loss of 1 yard to the Lou29. Tackled by Langston Hardy.
Wake · 1st Quarter Downs
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 0 yards to the Lou30. Tackled by Stanquan Clark and Jerod Smith II.
Rush
Deuce Lawrence rush to the left for 1 yard to the Lou30. Tackled by T.J. Capers and Blake Ruffin.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 2 yards to the Lou31. Tackled by T.J. Capers and Stanquan Clark.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 6 yards to the Lou33. Tackled by Stanquan Clark and T.J. Capers.
Rush
Gio Lopez rush to the left for 12 yards to the Lou39. Tackled by Daylen Russell.
Rush
Ty Clark III rush to the middle for 7 yards to the Wake49. Tackled by Blake Ruffin and Demeco Kennedy.
Pass
Gio Lopez pass to the right to Carlos Hernandez for 7 yards to the Wake42. Tackled by Brycen Scott.
Lou · 1st Quarter Punt
Punt
Niall Hayes punts for 39 yards to Wake35. No return.
Incomplete Pass
Lincoln Kienholz incomplete pass to the left.
Pass
Lincoln Kienholz pass to the right to Jaleel Skinner for 1 yard to the Lou26. Tackled by Braylon Johnson.
Rush
Isaac Brown rush to the left for 0 yards to the Lou25. Tackled by Frank Cusano.
Kickoff
Caleb Carlson kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
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