College Football · Week 2 · 2025
Western Carolina 10, Wake Forest 42
Sat, Sep 6
NovaModel entering Week 2
Built only from games played before this one.
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Box Score
| Western Carolina | WAKE | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Score | 42 |
| 238 | Total Yards | 542 |
| 34 | Rushing Yards | 273 |
| 204 | Passing Yards | 269 |
| 3.1 | Yards / Play | 9.5 |
| 17 | First Downs | 21 |
| 4/17 (24%) | 3rd Down | 4/10 (40%) |
| 2/3 (67%) | 4th Down | 0/1 (0%) |
| 5-48 | Penalties | 3-22 |
| 35:58 | Time of Possession | 24:02 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 1 | Fumbles Lost | 2 |
Top Performers
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Passing
Robby Ashford
227 YDS
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Rushing
Demond Claiborne
193 YDS
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Receiving
Chris Barnes
149 YDS
Before This Game
Each team's season up to kickoff; ranks are NovaModel's entering Week 2.
| Western Carolina | WAKE | |
|---|---|---|
– | Record | 1-0 |
– | Streak | W1 |
– | Last 1 | |
– | Points / game | 10.0 |
– | Allowed / game | 9.0 |
– | Rank this season | #38 |
– | Off. / def. rank | #115 / #34 |
– | Avg. opp. rank | #94 |
– | Rest | 8 days |
Around This Game
Player Stats
Passing
| Player | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robby AshfordQB | 13/22 | 227 | 10.3 | 1 | 1 | 62.6 |
| Deshawn PurdieQB | 3/4 | 42 | 10.5 | 1 | 0 | 97.1 |
Rushing
| Player | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demond ClaiborneRB | 10 | 193 | 19.3 | 3 | 85 |
| Robby AshfordQB | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 1 | 41 |
| Ty Clark IIIRB | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Tate CarneyRB | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| JaMario ClementsRB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris BarnesWR | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Receiving
| Player | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris BarnesWR | 6 | 149 | 24.8 | 0 | 64 |
| Sterling BerkhalterWR | 2 | 72 | 36 | 1 | 51 |
| Jeremiah MelvinWR | 2 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| Kamrean JohnsonTE | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Ty Clark IIIRB | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Carlos HernandezWR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Demond ClaiborneRB | 2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 |
Defense
| Player | TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | PD | QB HUR | INT | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiden HallLB | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Davaughn PattersonDB | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 0 |
| Lardarius Webb Jr.DB | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Frank CusanoLB | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Dylan HazenLB | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 |
| Jayden LovingDL | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 |
| Langston HardyDL | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 |
| Darius JonesLB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Mateen IbirogbaDL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Nick AndersenDB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Nuer GatkuothDL | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 |
| Quincy BryantLB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Zach LohavichanDL | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Zamari StevensonDB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alec MarencoLB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Dallas AfalavaDL | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Travon WestDB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Tyler WaltonDL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Ashaad WilliamsDB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Brandon SmileyDL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Gabe KirschkeDL | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 |
| Karon PruntyDB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Koredell BartleyDB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Myles TurpinDB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| Rushaun TongueDB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| William Tackie Jr.DB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| BJ WilliamsDL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 |
Kicking
| Player | PTS | LONG |
|---|---|---|
| Connor CalvertPK | 4 | 0 |
Punting
| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | IN 20 | TB | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal JosephP | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 2 | 0 | 44 |
Kick Returns
| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris BarnesWR | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
Punt Returns
| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos HernandezWR | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | 27 |
Fumbles
| Player | FUM | LOST | REC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robby AshfordQB | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Quincy BryantLB | 0 | 0 | 1 |
