Wake Forest 45, Vanderbilt 25
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 10, 2022
Where: FirstBank Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
Temperature:
72°
Head Official:
Marcus Woods
Attendance:
24431
By Field Level Media
Sam Hartman returned from a preseason medical condition to throw four touchdown passes as No. 23 Wake Forest wallowed host Vanderbilt 45-25 on Saturday afternoon in Nashville, Tenn.
Hartman finished 18-for-27 for 300 yards without an interception.
He had a blood clot removed Aug. 9 and missed the season-opening romp past Virginia Military Institute.
A.T. Perry had five receptions for 142 yards and a touchdown. Running back Quinton Cooley, who gained 57 yards on nine rushing attempts, ran for a 24-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Vanderbilt quarterback Mike Wright, who accounted for a school-record six touchdowns a week earlier against Elon, was limited to 35 passing yards on 8-for-15 passing and 17 rushing yards on eight carries. He committed two turnovers -- an interception and fumble -- in the first quarter.
Backup AJ Swann threw for two touchdowns for the Commodores (2-1), who were aiming for their first 3-0 start to a season since 2017.
Vanderbilt scored first on Joseph Bulovas' 35-yard field goal.
Wake Forest got on the board when Coby Davis intercepted a tipped pass and returned the ball 31 yards for a touchdown.
Hartman's first two touchdown passes came within a 50-second span of game time. He hooked up with Perry on a 68-yard scoring play with 46 seconds left in the first quarter. On the first play of the second quarter, his 2-yard toss to Christian Turner helped the Demon Deacons stretch their lead to 21-3.
Hartman threw 9 yards to Taylor Morin and 17 yards to Cameron Hite for touchdowns in the third quarter as the margin grew to 35-10.
After Vanderbilt's first scoring possession, neither team needed more than eight plays for any of their scoring drives until a Wake Forest field goal in the last five minutes came at the end of a 14-play drive.
Re'Mahn Davis gained 87 yards on 18 carries and added five catches for 21 yards for Vanderbilt.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Receiving
| Wake Forest |
|
Vanderbilt |
|
A.T. Perry
|
Player |
Jayden McGowan
|
|
5 |
Receptions |
3 |
|
142 |
Yards |
56 |
|
28.4 |
Avg Yards |
18.7 |
|
1 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Wake Forest
|
451 |
151 |
300 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
2 |
| Vanderbilt
|
294 |
113 |
181 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2.0 |
0 |
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