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Wake QB schools Pirates
By The Associated Press
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GREENVILLE Cory Randolph
became the first Wake Forest player ever to total more than 300 yards
passing and 100 yards rushing in the Demon Deacons' 31-17 victory over
East Carolina on Saturday night.
A week after he was
benched against Clemson, Randolph finished 16-of-21 for 344 yards and
ran for 107, including two clutch runs for first downs on the clinching
drive in the final quarter. He threw two touchdown passes and ran for
another score.
Both of his yardage totals
were career highs.
Cornelius Birgs also ran
for a TD for Wake Forest (1-1), which lost to Clemson 37-30 in double
overtime a week ago.
The Deacons played nearly
the entire game without leading receiver Jason Anderson. He sprained his
ankle on a 32-yard reception on the second play and left for good,
leaving Randolph to make most of the big plays on his own.
Randolph did just that.
After the Pirates closed
to 10-3 early in the third quarter, Randolph tossed a perfect spiral to
a streaking Nate Morton for a 63-yard touchdown, then added a 35-yarder
to Chris Davis about five minutes later to make it 24-3.
East Carolina rallied
after a couple of mistakes by the Deacons. Willie Idlette fumbled while
returning a punt, and Richard Koonce recovered to give East Carolina
possession at the Deacons' 48.
The Pirates seized the
opportunity.
James Pinkney threw a
29-yard pass to Damarcus Fox on third-and-9 to move the ball to the 18,
then connected with a wide-open Bobby Good in the corner of the end zone
on the next play.
On the ensuing drive,
Randolph made one of his few mistakes when he overthrew Idlette over the
middle, and safety Zach Baker was there for the interception.
Two personal fouls
immediately after the turnover cost East Carolina field position, but on
third-and-4 from the 14, third-string tailback Chris Johnson scampered
around the right end and outran the defense to make it 24-17.
Randolph didn't panic. He
moved the Deacons 61 yards in nine plays for their final score, capping
the drive with a nifty 18-yard run on a draw. Earlier, he had kept the
possession going with runs of 13 and 3 yards on third downs.
Last week, Randolph was
only 7-of-21 for 55 yards, and was replaced for a time by Ben Mauk.
Pinkey bounced back from a
terrible start, during which he threw interceptions on his first two
passes. He finished 20-of-37 for 233 yards and the one touchdown.
02/23/2007 10:53 AM
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