Week 12
Wake Forest (5-5) at #10 Duke (8-1) (-13) No TV
Last season: Duke 31 Wake 3
Career Record against opponent: 5-4
Key Injuries
QB Ken Pritchett - Tobacco Withdrawal Syndrome - Out season
DE Jermaine Baxter - Compound Leg Fracture - Out season
P Oliver Shepard - Shoulder Tendonitis - Probable 2 weeks
Preview - With Wake's run and shoot offense there's always a chance that they could go off...but even though they might put some points on the board...more than likely their defense won't do their job. This year could be their worst as they are 115th against the run and 119th against the pass...but somehow they're only 72nd in scoring defense giving up 26.3 points per game. Right now I can't believe that we've won our last six games in a row. I thought we would be involved in a lot of close conference games...but the Virginia game was our closest and the rest have been blowouts. If we win today's game against the Deacons then we clinch our 4th ACC title in a row.
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Box Score: Wake Forest at Duke
Durham, NC.
Week 12, 2012
Attendance: 31,400 (33,900).
Weather: 50 degrees, rain.
1Q: 14:47 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 46 run.
1Q: 14:47 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.
1Q: 13:11 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 48 run.
1Q: 13:11 DUKE - Scott Ulmer extra point.
1Q: 06:46 DUKE - Skip Driver 14 pass from Wally Johansen.
1Q: 06:46 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.
1Q: 01:49 DUKE - J.J. Foster 9 pass from Wally Johansen.
1Q: 01:49 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.
1Q: 00:32 DUKE - Vincent Bernier 71 interception return.
1Q: 00:32 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.
2Q: 13:19 WAKE - Teddy Barajas 25 run.
2Q: 13:19 WAKE - Lonnie Walters extra point.
2Q: 07:55 DUKE - Walt Benton 19 field goal.
2Q: 02:05 DUKE - Rodney DiPietro 17 run.
2Q: 02:05 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.
3Q: 10:01 DUKE - Oscar Taylor 10 pass from Kenny Curtis.
3Q: 10:01 DUKE - Walt Benton extra point.
3Q: 03:35 WAKE - Lonnie Walters 36 field goal.
4Q: 13:13 DUKE - Walt Benton 29 field goal.
Game MVP: DUKE 22 Rodney DiPietro
Wake Forest 0 7 3 0 - 10
Duke 35 10 7 3 - 55
Team Statistics WAKE DUKE
Net Rushing Yards 46 228
Passing Yards 163 259
Total Yards 209 487
Interceptions 5 0
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
Duke Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
22 DiPietro 19 175 9.2 48 3 4 0
41 Herndon 16 55 3.4 14 0 4 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
3 Johansen 19 13 152 8.0 22 2 0
14 Dunlap 8 6 67 8.3 20 0 0
7 Curtis 5 4 40 8.0 11 1 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
82 Driver 5 62 12.4 40 18 1
80 Taylor 5 69 13.8 15 22 1
83 Landeta 4 61 15.2 20 20 0
2 Foster 2 18 9.0 10 9 1
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
94 Crook 5 0 1.0 0 0 0
27 Battle 5 1 0.0 1 21 0
34 Szczepaniak 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
90 Catalano 2 1 1.0 0 0 0
99 Olsen 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
91 Lewis 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
79 Van Pelt 1 0 1.0 0 0 0
33 Bernier 1 0 0.0 2 71 1
21 Hellestrae 1 0 0.0 2 27 0
Two words: Steam Roller. Things couldn't have gotten off to a better start in this game as the first two plays from scrimmage for us were both Rodney DiPietro TD runs. One for 46 and one for 48. He ended up with game MVP honors and 175 yards with 3 TD's. Johansen cruised going 13-19 for 152 yards and 2 TD's. The defense ended up with 5 sacks and 5 Ints. Again with the win we clinched the ACC title...our 4th in a row.
On the injury front...this may sound silly but we lost Kicker Scott Ulmer for 9 weeks with a torn calf muscle. With the way the offense is working...you would think who cares...but we're gonna have close games in the playoffs and his leg will be missed.
Next up - Duke at North Carolina