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FINAL Saturday, September 6, 2025

Western Carolina CatamountsWestern Carolina vs Wake Forest Demon DeaconsWake Forest

10 - 42
Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium

Scoring by quarter

Western Carolina vs Wake Forest scoreboard
Team Q1Q2Q3Q4 Final
Western Carolina 0307 10
Wake Forest 210210 42
Western Carolina vs Wake Forest scoring by quarter
Western Carolina Qtr Wake Forest
0Q121
3Q20
0Q321
7Q40
10Final42

Play by play

Scoring plays: this game · Saved from the official gamebook.

Q1 5:57 Touchdown Wake Forest Robby Ashford Robby Ashford run for 41 yds for a TD (Connor Calvert KICK) 0-7
Q1 2:59 Touchdown Wake Forest Demond Claiborne Demond Claiborne run for 33 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed) 0-13
Q1 2:47 Touchdown Wake Forest Demond Claiborne Demond Claiborne run for 27 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed) 0-19
Q1 0:27 Safety Wake Forest run for a loss of 1 yard for a SAFETY 0-21
Q2 5:46 Field goal Western Carolina Christian Lowery 23 yd FG GOOD 3-21
Q3 12:29 Touchdown Wake Forest Demond Claiborne Demond Claiborne run for 85 yds for a TD (Connor Calvert KICK) 3-28
Q3 7:16 Touchdown Wake Forest Sterling Berkhalter Robby Ashford pass complete to Sterling Berkhalter for 51 yds for a TD (Connor Calvert KICK) 3-35
Q3 1:52 Touchdown Wake Forest Jeremiah Melvin Deshawn Purdie pass complete to Jeremiah Melvin for 27 yds for a TD (Connor Calvert KICK) 3-42
Q4 6:49 Touchdown Western Carolina Markel Townsend run for 1 yd for a TD (Marcus Trout KICK) 10-42

Rivalry highlights

Series record
0-4
Western Carolina first, 4 meetings since 1982
Series leader
Wake Forest
Wake Forest lead 0-4 in 4 meetings since 1982
Widest recent margin
32 points
Western Carolina 10-42 Wake Forest, 2025
Tightest recent margin
16 points
Western Carolina 24-40 Wake Forest, 1991
Highest recent total
64 points
Western Carolina 24-40 Wake Forest, 1991

Head to head

Full rivalry page
Western Carolina 0 4 meetings since 1982 4 Wake Forest

Wake Forest lead 0-4 in 4 meetings since 1982 Series leader: Wake Forest.

Team stats, this game

Western CarolinaWake Forest
238Total yards542
204Passing yards269
34Rushing yards273
2Turnovers3
0Sacks5
17First downs21
48Penalty yards22

Western Carolina vs Wake Forest player stats

Passing

Western Carolinapassing
Western CarolinaC/ATTYDSTDINT
Bennett Judy18/3215501
Isaac Lee8/104900
James Tyre0/1000
Wake Forestpassing
Wake ForestC/ATTYDSTDINT
Robby Ashford13/2222711
Deshawn Purdie3/44210

Rushing

Western Carolinarushing
Western CarolinaCARYDSTDLONG
Isaac Lee540031
Camury Reid91007
Branson Adams3504
Markel Townsend3513
Patrick Boyd Jr.4305
Dominic Dutton1101
Bennett Judy6-2708
Wake Forestrushing
Wake ForestCARYDSTDLONG
Demond Claiborne10193385
Robby Ashford766141
Ty Clark III71907
Tate Carney1909
JaMario Clements1404
Chris Barnes1303

Receiving

Western Carolinareceiving
Western CarolinaRECYDSTDLONG
Malik Knight556020
James Tyre329014
Dominic Dutton32509
Marcus Striggles421010
Painter Richards-Baker117017
Camury Reid115015
Josiah Thomas21508
Markel Townsend31307
Branson Adams1606
David Hulbert1505
Patrick Boyd Jr.2203
Wake Forestreceiving
Wake ForestRECYDSTDLONG
Chris Barnes6149064
Sterling Berkhalter272151
Jeremiah Melvin230127
Kamrean Johnson210012
Ty Clark III1909
Carlos Hernandez1101
Demond Claiborne2-201

Defense

Western Carolinadefense
Western CarolinaTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Samaurie Dukes5302.50
Ryan Mckinnis43000
Darian Anderson Jr.4200.50
Jordan Thompson3200.50
Hayward McQueen III3200.50
Ken Moore Jr.31000
Justin Wallace31000
Zayveon Wells33010
Jeno Junius Jr.33000
Hank Bodine31000
Dominic Dutton21000
Bo Simpson-Nealy22010
Wake Forestdefense
Wake ForestTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Davaughn Patterson7300.50
Aiden Hall74020
Lardarius Webb Jr.74000
Frank Cusano620.50.50
Dylan Hazen5200.50
Jayden Loving5111.50
Langston Hardy422.52.50
Quincy Bryant31000
Nick Andersen32010
Zamari Stevenson31001
Zach Lohavichan32020
Nuer Gatkuoth3000.50

Kicking

Western Carolinakicking
Western CarolinaFGLONGXPPTS
Christian Lowery1/1230/03
Marcus Trout0/001/11
Wake Forestkicking
Wake ForestFGLONGXPPTS
Connor Calvert0/104/44

Box score from CollegeFootballData via our data hub. Players link to their profiles.

Western Carolina: last 13 games before this one

7-6 in the last 13 · 34.0 scored · 30.9 allowed
LOST 21-38 scored 21 · allowed 38 See game LOST 16-24 scored 16 · allowed 24 See game WON 24-17 scored 24 · allowed 17 See game LOST 35-46 scored 35 · allowed 46 See game WON 21-17 scored 21 · allowed 17 See game WON 30-16 scored 30 · allowed 16 See game WON 52-20 scored 52 · allowed 20 See game LOST 34-44 scored 34 · allowed 44 See game WON 38-34 scored 38 · allowed 34 See game LOST 21-24 scored 21 · allowed 24 See game WON 58-28 scored 58 · allowed 28 See game WON 47-42 scored 47 · allowed 42 See game LOST 45-52 scored 45 · allowed 52 See game

Wake Forest: last 13 games before this one

5-8 in the last 13 · 24.5 scored · 30.7 allowed
WON 45-13 scored 45 · allowed 13 See game LOST 30-31 scored 30 · allowed 31 See game LOST 6-40 scored 6 · allowed 40 See game LOST 38-41 scored 38 · allowed 41 See game WON 34-30 scored 34 · allowed 30 See game LOST 14-49 scored 14 · allowed 49 See game WON 23-20 scored 23 · allowed 20 See game WON 27-24 scored 27 · allowed 24 See game LOST 36-46 scored 36 · allowed 46 See game LOST 24-31 scored 24 · allowed 31 See game LOST 14-42 scored 14 · allowed 42 See game LOST 17-23 scored 17 · allowed 23 See game WON 10-9 scored 10 · allowed 9 See game

The matchup

Team comparison
Western Carolina Split Wake Forest
0-12025 record entering1-0
45Points for10
52Points against9
L1FormW1

Recent meetings

2025
Western Carolina 10 : 42 Wake Forest
1991
Western Carolina 24 : 40 Wake Forest
1983
Western Carolina 0 : 21 Wake Forest
1982
Western Carolina 10 : 31 Wake Forest
Western Carolina · QB Lex Thomas
Pass yards
1478
Pass TD
7
Comp-Att
134-206
INT
0
Perry rush
405 yds
Colombo rec
382 yds
Wake Forest · QB Giovanni Lopez
Pass yards
1377
Pass TD
10
Comp-Att
98-151
INT
1
III rush
258 yds
Hernandez rec
603 yds
Western Carolina CatamountsWestern Carolina2025 roster
Wake Forest Demon DeaconsWake Forest2025 roster
2 Robby Ashford QB 5 Deshawn Purdie QB 6 Steele Pizzella QB 13 Billy Johnson QB 15 Elijah Oehlke QB JaMario Clements RB 1 Demond Claiborne RB 4 Ty Clark III RB 26 Drew Pickett RB 27 Ryan Henley RB 28 David Egbe RB 29 Jamar Searcy RB 30 Tate Carney RB 41 Kalil Townes RB Karate Brenson WR 0 RJ Vick WR 2 Chris Barnes WR 4 EJ Reid WR 5 Micah Mays Jr. WR 6 Ben Grice WR 8 Carlos Hernandez WR 9 Sawyer Racanelli WR 10 Ian Ver Steeg WR 10 Jack Foley WR 11 Jeremiah Melvin WR 18 Sterling Berkhalter WR 23 Zeek Jackson WR 28 Hugh O'Brien WR 48 Wesley Stroebel WR 80 Braxton Winston III WR 83 Austin Rinello WR 88 Bryce Kania WR Eni Falayi TE 12 Kamrean Johnson TE 43 Mason Andrade TE 44 Dominic Deluca TE 46 Kevin Check TE 47 Harry Lodge TE 48 Matthew Lusardi TE 85 Will Loerzel TE 87 Charlie Wingfield TE 50 Ja'Marion Kennedy OL 51 Devin McRae OL 52 Uber Ajongo OL 55 Jacob Dennison OL 57 Rodrick Tialavea OL 60 Will Saba OL 62 Jaishaun Offutt OL 65 Clinton Richard OL 66 Cale Doyle OL 67 Elliot Demaine OL 68 Luke Beemer OL 70 Devin Kylany OL 71 Melvin Siani OL 72 Aidan Martin OL 73 George Steih OL 74 Nathan Pahanich OL 75 Derrell Johnson II OL 77 George Sell OL 78 Jack Hines OL 79 Fa'alili Fa'amoe OL 7 Nuer Gatkuoth DL 9 Camden Hardy DL 10 Gabe Kirschke DL 11 Langston Hardy DL 13 Kendal Howard DL 14 Tyler Walton DL 18 BJ Williams DL 20 Kerrington Lee DL 52 Dallas Afalava DL 55 Cole Funderburk DL 55 Kadear Dembele DL 57 Brandon Hoyle DL 91 Jayden Loving DL 93 Josh Harrison DL 94 Zach Lohavichan DL 95 Brandon Smiley DL 98 Wyatt Crespi DL 98 Mateen Ibirogba DL 99 Josiah Pratt DL 94 Ka'Shawn Thomas DT Alec Marenco LB 1 Darius Jones LB 9 Quincy Bryant LB 21 Aiden Hall LB 24 Dylan Hazen LB 32 Joel Lowenberg LB 40 Whittman Whaley LB 43 Frank Cusano LB 51 Luke White LB Lardarius Webb Jr. DB 3 Karon Prunty DB 4 Sascha Garcia DB 5 Davaughn Patterson DB 5 Jaylon Edmond DB 6 Rushaun Tongue DB 8 Braylon Johnson DB 10 Juju Tackie DB 10 William Wiebush DB 12 Jaxon Mull DB 13 Ashaad Williams DB 15 Devin Cook DB 17 Zamari Stevenson DB 19 Jacob Cosby-Mosley DB 22 Myles Turpin DB 26 Freddie Gillens DB 27 Travon West DB 29 Jake Ryan DB 30 Jerron Blackwell DB 35 Koredell Bartley DB 36 Seth Carethers DB 38 Anthony Borriello DB 45 Nick Andersen DB 90 Connor Calvert PK 97 Caleb Carlson PK 99 Matthew Dennis PK Rohan Macneill P 31 Cal Joseph P 96 Jack Ploszay P 32 Will Cobb LS 49 Eli Gilmour LS
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Matchup stats

Matchup predictor

10% WCU
90% WAKE

Win probability from the current point spread

Last five games

Western Carolina

DateOppResult
09-26 atETSU L 31-58
09-19 vsPRE W 58-14
09-12 atCIN L 10-62
09-06 atCAM L 19-28
08-29 vsEKU W 45-21

Wake Forest

DateOppResult
10-03 vsSTAN W 57-3
09-26 atLOU W 30-27
09-18 vsMIA L 20-33
09-12 atPUR W 38-36
09-03 vsAKR W 38-16

Completed results from CollegeFootballData via the CFB Data Hub

2026 standings

Southern

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Washington and Lee 210 .6675373
Chattanooga 320 .60011871
Western Carolina 230 .400163183
Furman 230 .40075105
Davidson 230 .400122168
The Citadel 130 .25085136
George Washington 000 .00000
VMI 050 .00047197

ACC

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Miami 500 1.00024849
Pittsburgh 500 1.00019267
Duke 400 1.00014544
Virginia Tech 410 .80020699
Wake Forest 410 .800183115
SMU 410 .800173115
Virginia 320 .60016990
Florida State 320 .600166108
NC State 320 .600184128
Clemson 320 .60097129
Syracuse 220 .50013992
North Carolina 220 .5009678
Louisville 230 .400193146
California 230 .400135133
Boston College 230 .40095117
Stanford 230 .40087191
Georgia Tech 130 .250108104

Records computed from completed games this season

Western Carolina vs Wake Forest: result and recap

Western Carolina Catamounts vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons finished 10 - 42 on September 6, 2025. This ACC game page carries the final score, team box score, scoring by quarter and scoring plays, alongside the Western Carolina and Wake Forest team hubs, the match center, the schedule and the live standings. For the wider grudge history between these teams, see the ACC rivalry pages.

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Frequently asked questions

What was the final score of Western Carolina vs Wake Forest?

Western Carolina Catamounts vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons finished 10 - 42. The full box score, player stats and play-by-play are on this page.

Who led Western Carolina vs Wake Forest in passing, rushing and receiving?

Robby Ashford (Wake Forest) led passers with 227 yards. Demond Claiborne (Wake Forest) led rushers with 193 yards. Chris Barnes (Wake Forest) led receivers with 149 yards on 6 catches. Every player's line is in the player stats above.

When did Western Carolina play Wake Forest?

This Western Carolina vs Wake Forest game was played on September 6, 2025 at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium.