Second-half blog: Wake Forest 49, Army 37 final

Angel Santiago throws incomplete on 4th down. Wake Forest ball, 1:47 left. A couple of knees and this one is over.

Wake Forest QB Tanner Price scrambles for 19 yards to Wake 49 on 3rd-and-12. Looks like Kyle Maxwell was held on the right edge where Price ran.  Looks like bad spot on Martin’s 3rd down run. Knee touched a yard or so behind spot of ball. Marques Avery nice tackle on right screen to Campanaro, 1 yard. Army uses second timeout, 3:04 left. Campanaro 3 yards on end around, 2nd down. Army calls final timeout, 2:59 left. Steelman holding his left rib on sideline. Martin 37-yard TD run on 3rd-and-6. Wake Forest 49, Army 37, 2:50 left

Raymond Maples runs left for 9 yards to Army 29 on 1st down. Larry Dixon powers for 6 yards & 1st down to Army 35. Maples takes pitch left 9 yards to Army 44 on 1st down. Left tackle Ben Jebb injured, left ankle, on play but walks off under own power. Dan Whitaker in for Jebb. Steelman keeps loses football at Wake Forest 45. Malcolm Brown recovers at Wake Forest 49. Maples gains 3 yards to Wake Forest 46. Steelman who handed off goes down, left rib injury. Heads out with 9:23 left. Sophomore Angel Santiago in. Santiago keeps for 2 yards to Wake 45. Santiago keeps for 4 yards to Wake 41 on 3rd-and-5. Army calls timeout, 8:01 left. Timeout could give Steelman a few minutes to catch his breath and return to game. Fourth-and-1 from Wake Forest 41 following timeout.  Steelman back in. He keeps for 2 yards and first down. Steelman down again. Santiago back in Army’s 1st down from Wake Forest 38. Will Wilson has checked in for starting center Ryan Powis (groin). Maples inside for 3 yards to Wake 35. Santiago hesitates with pitch to Maples and dropped for no gain. Dixon gains 4 yards on 3rd-and-7 to Wake 31. Santiago wants to rollout right, stops, goes left and loses 1-yard on 4th-and-3.

No adjustment for Army on screen play to Michael Camapanaro. Campanaro picks up 37 yards to Army 41. Tanner Price pressure by Geoff  Bacon, close to intentional grounding on 2nd down. Campanaro drops would-be 1st down pass. Wake Forest punt, fair catch Crucitti at Army 15, 11:11 left in game.

Army offense goes three-and-out. Dixon for 1-yard. Steelman slipped on 2nd down carry for 2 yards to Army 27. Dixon up middle 2 yards to Army 31. Dixon now has 101 rushing yards. Wake Forest called for block in back on punt. Wake Forest ball on its own 18 with 13:07 left.

Big third down play for Army’s defense. Sophomore Joe Drummond  sacks Tanner Price for 1-yard loss. Wake Forest punts. Jon Crucitti back to return punt, looks like he gets tackled by facemask, no call. Army will take over on its 26 to start 4th quarter.

Raymond Maples takes pitch left for 19 yards to Army 44. Maples now with 115 yards, third straight 100-yard game. Dixon gains 2 yards to Army’s 46. Brown inside for 7 yards to Wake 47. Steelman keeps 2 yards to Wake 45.  Wake called for a facemask penalty on tackle of Steelman. Steelman completes 19-yard pass down left sideline to Malcolm Brown. Dixon inside 3 yards to Wake 8. Brown dropped for 5-yard loss on right pitch. Maples nice one-handed catch on Steelman pass for 13-yard TD, Wake Forest 42, Army 37, 2:07 left 3rd quarter.

Another touchback for Army’s Eric Osteen. Army’s defense needs a stop. Tanner Price pressured by Nate Combs and Geoff Bacon completes 8-yard sideline pass to Wake Forest 37. Josh Harris breaks through right side untouched, 63-yard TD, Wake Forest 42, Army 30, 5:19 left 3rd quarter.

Wake Forest touchback. Trent Steelman keeps, breaks tackle for 14 yards to Wake Forest 39. Malcolm Brown inside for 4 yards on 1st down to Army 43. Larry Dixon inside for 3 yards to Army 46. Pitch left to Raymond Maples for 24 yards to Wake Forest 30, good block by Brown. Dixon up middle for 3 yards to Wake 27. Brown takes pitch right for 18 yards to Wake 9. Maples inside to Wake 5, 4 yards on 1st-and-goal. Brown inside to Wake 2 on second down. Steelman keeps for 3rd touchdowns, 2 yards out, Wake Forest 35, Army 30, 6:31 left 3rd quarter.

Ty Shrader in for Brandon Fusilier-Jeffires at free safety. Deandre Martin runs for 11 yards to Army 14. Martin inside for 4 yards, Shrader makes tackle at Army 10. Wake Forest calls first timeout, 10:19 left 3rd quarter. Martin out of wildcats scores on 10-yard TD run, Wake Forest 35, Army 23, 10:14 left 3rd quarter

Touchback, Wake Forest.  Fullback Larry Dixon gains 2 yards up middle on 1st down to Army 27.  Pitch goes right through Raymond Maples’ hands for a fumble. Maples tries to recover, can’t. Wake Forest’s Justin Jackson recovers and returns inside Army 15, Jackson ruled down at Army 25, 11:23 left 3rd quarter.

Josh Harris runs for 5 and 6 yards on consecutive carries to Wake Forest 36. Tanner Price completes 13-yard pass to tight end Spencer Bishop for 13 yards to  Wake 49. Michael Campanaro 5 yards on right screen to Army’s 46. Harris 8 yards right to Army 38. Campanaro makes catch for 19 yards to Army 19 with three Army defenders in area. Camapanaro’s 10th catch.  Harris 19-yard TD run, freshman safety Brandon Fusilier-Jeffires came across the field and had a chance to tackle Harris at Army’s 17 but he couldn’t wrap him up. Play was reviewed and upheld. Wake Forest 28, Army 23, 12:05 left 3rd quarter.

Wake Forest will receive the opening kick of 2nd half. Eric Osteen’s 3rd touchback for Army.

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