Darian Mensah set Duke’s single-season document together with his twenty seventh and twenty eighth passing touchdowns because the Blue Devils went on to beat Wake Forest 49-32 on Saturday at Durham, N.C., then superior to the Atlantic Coast Convention title recreation later within the day.
Anderson Fortress and Nate Sheppard every ran for 2 touchdowns for the Blue Devils (7-5, 6-2 ACC), who will face Virginia for the ACC championship subsequent Saturday after No. 21 SMU was upset by Cal.
Mensah was 24-for-35 for 268 yards, together with a 30-yard TD strike to Sahmir Hagans within the third quarter for the varsity document. Earlier within the recreation, Mensah scrambled 4 yards for his first speeding landing of the season.
Wake Forest (8-4, 4-4) dedicated 4 turnovers with out forcing any. Quarterback Robby Ashford threw for 2 touchdowns and 342 yards with an interception and ran for a landing and a 2-point conversion.
Duke broke away with the primary two touchdowns of the second half, with Mensah throwing the scoring cross to Hagans and Fortress plowing in from 2 yards out to take a 35-17 lead.
Ashford’s 10-yard run and ensuing two-point conversion run on the ultimate snaps of the third quarter reduce the deficit to 35-25.
Hagans returned the kickoff 80 yards to the Wake Forest 13 to start the fourth quarter. Sheppard was in the long run zone two performs afterward a 13-yard run across the left finish.
Within the second quarter, Wake Forest’s fourth-down gamble from its 36 went awry when Duke’s Vincent Anthony Jr. tackled Ashford for a 2-yard loss with 4:02 to play within the half. The Blue Devils transformed on Fortress’s 1-yard run.
However the Demon Deacons responded, driving 75 yards in eight performs with out a timeout – selecting up a fourth-and-3 alongside the best way — and scoring on Ashford’s 20-yard cross to Karate Brenson with 29 seconds left within the half.
Wake Forest was flagged for 58 yards price of penalties — all on protection — within the first quarter. Each groups scored on their first two possessions.
Duke scored first-quarter touchdowns on Sheppard’s 5-yard run and Mensah’s 4-yard scramble, which got here on the ultimate play of the quarter for a 14-3 lead.
Wake Forest’s first factors got here on Connor Calvert’s 42-yard area objective. The Demon Deacons opened the second-quarter scoring when Ashford threw 22 yards to Sawyer Racanelli.
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