Wake Forest Outlasts Purdue 38-36 in Overtime
Fame Ijeboi ran for three touchdowns and caught six passes, and Purdue still lost. That is the short version of a 38-36 overtime win for Wake Forest, and it is a rough one for the Boilermakers, who out-gained the Demon Deacons 461 yards to 411 and did not turn the ball over once.
Wake Forest had the cushion for most of the afternoon. Ty Clark III and Gio Lopez ran in touchdowns and Connor Calvert added a field goal in the second quarter, so it was 17-7 with 3:55 left in the half. Jacobo Echeverria Lozano answered with a field goal at 0:02 before the break, and the two kickers traded from there. Calvert's 44-yarder put Wake up 23-13 with 9:13 left in the fourth.
Then Ijeboi took over. His 7-yard run with 3:53 to go made it 23-20, and Lozano tied it with a 20-yard field goal as the clock hit zero. Regulation ended 23-23, and the game went to overtime. Wake Forest won it 38-36. The 7-point hole the Deacons dug in the first quarter (Ijeboi's 14-yard run opened the scoring) was the only deficit they faced before overtime. Wake finished 2-0. Purdue is 1-1.
The stat sheet says Purdue should have won. Ryan Browne went 32 of 42 for 329 yards and it still took overtime to get the team to 36. Wake leaned on the ground instead: 41 carries for 186 yards, with 3 sacks on the defensive side to Purdue's 2.
Fantasy-wise, Ijeboi was the week for anyone who rostered him: 39.6 points, a season high, with Lopez right behind at 32.8 on two rushing scores and one through the air.