Scout.com > Wake Forest Postgame Notes: UVa Story URL: http://wakeforest.scout.com/2/809669.html Spencer Cagle DeaconSports.com Nov 8, 2008 Postgame notes from WFU's win over Virginia on Saturday. The Demon Deacons beat UVa 28-17 to improve to 6-3 on the season, 4-2 in ACC play. • Muggsy Bogues opened the gate to bring the team onto the field against Virginia. • Wake Forest wore gold jerseys for first time in 1956. Wake Forest last wore gold jerseys while on the old campus in Wake Forest, North Carolina. • Team captains for Wake Forest were D.J. Boldin and Aaron Curry • Andrew Wright kicked off for the Demon Deacons, allowing Shane Popham to focus on punting and kicking • Josh Adams missed Saturday’s game once again but was available • Wake Forest took their opening drive the distance 11 plays, 55 yards including a 2-yard touchdown pass from Riley Skinner to Ben Wooster to go on top 7-0. • On the next possession, Wake Forest’s Aaron Curry forced the game’s first turnover, stripping Cedric Peerman and recovering the fumble as well • Boo Robinson collected his first career interception Saturday in the first quarter • Following Robinson’s interception, Riley Skinner connected with freshman Yloo Brown on a 58-yard touchdown pass to give Wake Forest a 14-0 lead with 2:36. • Virginia followed up with a 33-yard field goal by Robert Randolph dropping Wake’s lead to 14-3 with 13:18 left in the 2nd quarter. • Wake Forest drove the length of the field on a 15 play, 71-yard drive in just under nine minutes to score on a 1-yard touchdown run by Brandon Pendergrass to go up 21-3. Pendergrass amassed 59 yards on the drive. The drive was the longest time-of-possession scoring drive of the year for Wake Forest. • Kevin Patterson intercepted a Marc Verica pass on the subsequent UVa drive and returned it 53-yards for another Wake Forest touchdown. Chip Vaughn deflected the pass that landed in Patterson’s hand. It was Wake Forest’s first interception for a touchdown this season. • Wake Forest led 28-3 at halftime. The 28 points marked the most points by the Demon Deacons in a half this year. Wake Forest also scored more in the first half than in the entire month of October (22 points in October) • After a scoreless third quarter, Marc Verica opened the fourth quarter up with a score as he hooked up with tight end John Phillips on a 21-yard touchdown pass to bring UVa to within 28-10. • After a defensive stop, the Cavaliers followed up their previous score with another touchdown, this time from Verica to Kevin Ogletree, cutting the Demon Deacon lead to 11 at 28-17 with just over 8 minutes left. • Perhaps the biggest play of the game came from defensive lineman Kyle Wilbur who came up sack on 3rd down and 8 with 5:45 left. • Brandon Pendergrass’ 114 rushing yards was a career high. • Wake Forest was in control of the ball most of the game, leading the time of possession battle 37:08 to 22:52. • Saturday’s attendance at the game was 34,014, the highest in 2008 at BB&T Field and the 11th highest all-time at Wake Forest. • Wake Forest improves to 6-3 on the season, 4-2 in ACC play. Copyright © Scout.com and DeaconSports.com