Overview
- Wake Forest beat Mississippi State 43-29 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte to claim the Duke's Mayo Bowl.
- Quarterback Robby Ashford threw for 303 yards with three touchdowns and ran for two more to earn game MVP honors.
- Freshman Koredell Bartley returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, the longest score in the bowl's history.
- Mississippi State rallied from 18 down to within three and returned a blocked extra point for two before Ty Clark III's 62-yard catch-and-run sealed the result.
- Roster moves loomed large as Demond Claiborne and Blake Shapen opted out, Ty Clark III produced 150-plus scrimmage yards, and freshman Kamario Taylor was carted off late with a leg injury with his status undisclosed.