Overview
- Connor Calvert’s 50-yard field goal as time expired capped a final drive sparked by Deshawn Purdie’s 25-yard completion to Kamrean Johnson.
- There were eight turnovers, 17 punts, two missed field goals and a blocked extra point in a mistake-filled game.
- SMU managed 246 total yards, punted nine times and committed three turnovers, with a blocked PAT after Shaadie Clayton-Johnson’s third-quarter TD looming large.
- Purdie passed for 183 yards for Wake Forest, while SMU’s Kevin Jennings threw for 171 yards; Robby Ashford added a 12-yard touchdown pass to Eni Falayi.
- Wake Forest improved to 5–2 (2–2 ACC) and SMU fell to 5–3 (3–1), with SMU set to host Miami next and Wake Forest visiting Florida State.