Overview
- Carlos Hernandez’s 88-yard punt return provided the game’s only touchdown, and Connor Calvert added three field goals from 40, 50 and 49 yards.
- Virginia QB Chandler Morris exited in the second quarter after a late hit on a slide that drew a personal foul with no targeting called.
- Backup Daniel Kaelin went 18-of-28 for 145 yards but lost two fumbles, and his final fourth-down throw from the Wake Forest 5-yard line was incomplete.
- Virginia outgained Wake Forest 327-203 yet failed to score a touchdown for the first time since 2022, settling for three Will Bettridge field goals.
- Wake Forest reached bowl eligibility in Jake Dickert’s first season, while Virginia’s first ACC loss complicates its path to the conference title and CFP contention.