Overview
- Quarterback Robby Ashford capped the opening drive with a 5-yard keeper for the Demon Deacons' only touchdown.
- Connor Calvert put Wake Forest ahead for good with a 22-yard field goal late in the third quarter.
- The defense clinched the result by forcing Dexter Williams II to throw incomplete on fourth down with 1:50 remaining.
- Feature back Demond Claiborne left before halftime with an apparent rib injury, and Jake Dickert provided no immediate update.
- Kennesaw State, in its second FBS season, missed an extra point and a 36-yard field goal and now visits No. 20 Indiana on Sept. 6, while Wake Forest hosts Western Carolina.