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Not a lot of buzz about WF's return, after 4 weeks, to play another ACC team in tackle football.
Perhaps some of these fun facts will get gin up some interest
- UVA favored by 2.5
- Six of the last seven games between UVA and WF have been decided by a TD or less
- UVA's starting QB will be a game time decision; Brennan Armstrong started the first 3 for UVA is in concussion protocol, if Armstrong is out, stubby Lindell Stone will start
- After playing every single season from 1980-2003, UVA and Wake Forest will only be meeting for the fifth time in the past 17 seasons. Saturday’s game is the first meeting in the series since 2016 and just the second at Truist Field since 2008.
- To give some perspective about how WF football has progressed: Virginia had a 17-game winning streak from 1984-2000, which is the third-longest winning streak in ACC history against a league foe
From the WF Sports website:
21 - Boogie Basham enters Friday with a streak of 21 consecutive games with a tackle for loss, the longest streak in FBS by nine games.
108 - The Deacs' 108 combined points over the last two games are the most in the modern college football era and second most all-time.
45 - Ja'Sir Taylor and Zion Keith have each returned their lone interceptions for the season back for 45 yards. Through week five, Wake Forest was the only Power-5 school with two interception touchdowns.
13 - A The Deacs 43.50 kickoff return average and 15.20 punt return average both rank in the top 13 nationally.
91.1 - PFF announced Tuesday that Jaquarii Roberson was the highest-rated wide receiver in all of FBS with a 91.1 rating. He is the only receiver with a 90 or above.
4 – A win on Saturday would extend the Demon Deacons' winning streak to four games against Virginia, the longest in series history.
Perhaps some of these fun facts will get gin up some interest
- UVA favored by 2.5
- Six of the last seven games between UVA and WF have been decided by a TD or less
- UVA's starting QB will be a game time decision; Brennan Armstrong started the first 3 for UVA is in concussion protocol, if Armstrong is out, stubby Lindell Stone will start
- After playing every single season from 1980-2003, UVA and Wake Forest will only be meeting for the fifth time in the past 17 seasons. Saturday’s game is the first meeting in the series since 2016 and just the second at Truist Field since 2008.
- To give some perspective about how WF football has progressed: Virginia had a 17-game winning streak from 1984-2000, which is the third-longest winning streak in ACC history against a league foe
From the WF Sports website:
21 - Boogie Basham enters Friday with a streak of 21 consecutive games with a tackle for loss, the longest streak in FBS by nine games.
108 - The Deacs' 108 combined points over the last two games are the most in the modern college football era and second most all-time.
45 - Ja'Sir Taylor and Zion Keith have each returned their lone interceptions for the season back for 45 yards. Through week five, Wake Forest was the only Power-5 school with two interception touchdowns.
13 - A The Deacs 43.50 kickoff return average and 15.20 punt return average both rank in the top 13 nationally.
91.1 - PFF announced Tuesday that Jaquarii Roberson was the highest-rated wide receiver in all of FBS with a 91.1 rating. He is the only receiver with a 90 or above.
4 – A win on Saturday would extend the Demon Deacons' winning streak to four games against Virginia, the longest in series history.