Louisville Cardinals vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons Match Player Stats On Oct 30, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Oct 30, 2015

Louisville's defense recorded four second-half interceptions as the Cardinals rallied twice to defeat Wake Forest 20-19 in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup Friday night at BB&T Field in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Louisville went ahead on John Wallace's 39-yard field goal with 1:25 left in the third quarter for its first lead of the game. Those were also the final points of the game.

The field goal came after Louisville safety Chucky Williams intercepted QB John Wolford and returned it to the Wake Forest 22-yard line. The offense stalled setting up the winning field goal.

Wolford threw three interceptions while freshman Kendall Hinton tossed one.

The Cardinals (4-4, 3-2) came up empty after a 13-play drive in the fourth quarter as Wake Forest (3-6, 1-5 ACC) blocked a Wallace field-goal attempt with 5:16 to play.

Then came the fourth pickoff for Louisville. Wake Forest didn't get the ball back until 1:42 remained. Four plays later, a fourth-down fumble on a sack clinched the outcome.

A wild final 2:15 of the first half resulted in a 16 points with the Demon Deacons leading 19-17 at the break.

Wake Forest broke a 10-10 tie when defensive lineman Duke Ejiofor sacked Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson in the end zone for a safety. Then Wolford hooked up with wide receiver Jabari Hines for a 58-yard pass play on third down at the 55-second mark.

Louisville struck quickly, with Jackson's 22-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jamari Staples with 22 seconds to play in the half.

Wake Forest held a 10-0 first-quarter lead after backup quarterback Hinton connected with wide receiver Cortez Lewis on a 78-yard scoring pass play.

The game was tied midway through the second quarter after Jackson hit Staples, a transfer from the disbanded Alabama-Birmingham program, with a 14-yard touchdown pass.

Wake Forest began the game with Wolford at quarterback, but he had three consecutive incompletions on the first possession. An expected mixture of Hinton and Wolford was used after that.

It was only the third time the two schools had met. Louisville won in the Orange Bowl to cap the 2006 season, and then won again last year at home in its first season in the ACC.