Wake Forest 45, Vanderbilt 25
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sam Hartman passed for 300 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 23 Wake Forest beat Vanderbilt 45-25.
Hartman connected on 18 of 27 passes after he missed Wake Forest's opener against VMI because of a blood clot. The fifth-year quarterback directed the Demon Deacons to 11 wins and a trip to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game last season.
Hartman's 68-yard touchdown pass to A.T. Perry lifted Wake Forest (2-0) to a 14-3 lead with 36 seconds left in the first quarter. He found Christian Turner for a 2-yarder early in the second quarter, and then threw second-half touchdown passes to Taylor Morin and Cameron Hite.
A.J. Swann passed for two touchdowns for Vanderbilt in relief of Mike Wright. Swann also ran for a 2-point conversion.
Re'Mahn Davis had 18 carries for 87 yards for the Commodores (2-1), including a 2-yarder with 11:06 left in the first half that trimmed Wake Forest's lead to 21-10.
The Demon Deacons went ahead to stay when Wright threw a pass to the left under pressure that was intercepted by Coby Davis and returned 31 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter.
THE TAKEAWAY
Wake Forest: Solid performance by the Demon Deacons defense, which held the Commodores to 294 total yards, 113 on the ground. Vanderbilt averaged 512.5 total yards and 52.5 points through its first two games.
Vanderbilt: Wright had combined for 10 touchdowns in his first two games but was held to only one by Wake Forest. The scoring drive started at the Wake Forest 24-yard line when a punt by Matt Hayball was mishandled by Morin and recovered by Jameson Van Wharton for the Commodores. Davis went in from the 2.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
Wake | Vandy |
| Vandy |
FG |
8:48 |
Joseph Bulovas 35 yd FG |
0 |
3 |
| Wake |
TD |
2:11 |
Coby Davis 31 yd interception return (Matthew Dennis kick) |
7 |
3 |
| Wake |
TD |
0:36 |
A.T. Perry 68 yd pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick) |
14 |
3 |
| Second Quarter |
Wake | Vandy |
| Wake |
TD |
14:56 |
Christian Turner 2 yd pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick) |
21 |
3 |
| Vandy |
TD |
11:06 |
Ray Davis 2 yd run (Joseph Bulovas kick) |
21 |
10 |
| Third Quarter |
Wake | Vandy |
| Wake |
TD |
12:10 |
Taylor Morin 9 yd pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick) |
28 |
10 |
| Wake |
TD |
4:28 |
Cameron Hite 17 yd pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick) |
35 |
10 |
| Vandy |
TD |
1:53 |
Will Sheppard 6 yd pass from AJ Swann (AJ SWANN 2pt run) |
35 |
18 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Wake | Vandy |
| Wake |
TD |
14:28 |
Quinton Cooley 24 yd run (Matthew Dennis kick) |
42 |
18 |
| Wake |
FG |
4:48 |
Matthew Dennis 21 yd FG |
45 |
18 |
| Vandy |
TD |
2:09 |
Gavin Schoenwald 7 yd pass from AJ Swann (Joseph Bulovas kick) |
45 |
25 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Wake Forest |
Vanderbilt |
| First downs |
21 |
11 |
| Rushing |
8 |
4 |
| Passing |
12 |
7 |
| Penalty |
1 |
0 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
4-12, 33% |
2-13, 15% |
| 4th down efficiency |
1-2, 50% |
1-1, 100% |
| Rushes-Yards |
40-151 |
34-113 |
| Passing Yards |
300 |
181 |
| Return Yards |
109 |
64 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
18-27-0 |
16-26-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
2--6 |
1--7 |
| Punts |
5 |
8 |
| Punts-Average |
42.2 |
44.9 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-1 |
3-2 |
| Penalties - Yards |
5-31 |
3-23 |
| Time of Possession |
30:13 |
29:47 |
| Wake Forest Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| S. Hartman |
18 |
27 |
300 |
4 |
0 |
| Vanderbilt Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| A. Swann |
8 |
11 |
146 |
2 |
0 |
| M. Wright |
8 |
15 |
35 |
0 |
1 |
| Wake Forest Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| C. Davis |
1 |
31 |
| Vanderbilt Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Wake Forest Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| I. Mora |
5 |
211 |
42.2 |
| Vanderbilt Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Hayball |
8 |
359 |
44.9 |
| Wake Forest Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| T. Morin |
3 |
21 |
7.0 |
| Vanderbilt Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Wake Forest Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| K. Williams |
2 |
57 |
28.5 |
| Vanderbilt Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. McGowan |
2 |
41 |
20.5 |
| C. Lutz |
1 |
23 |
23.0 |
| Wake Forest Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Vanderbilt Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
