Wake Forest at Ole Miss

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Wake Forest beat Ole Miss 27–⁠3. It was their first meeting; after it, Wake Forest led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWake Forest11–⁠3 in 2006
27
HomeOle Miss4–⁠8 in 2006
3

Final at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, OxfordAttendance 52,079

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Wake Forest7317027
Ole Miss03003

Standouts

Player stats

Wake Forest

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Riley Skinner4/54300
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Kevin Harris1255117
Rich Belton431017
Travo Woods313012
Nate Morton31207
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Rich Belton128028
John Tereshinski1707
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Patrick Ghee1430

Ole Miss

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Brent Schaeffer13/2812701
Seth Adams8/118400
RushingCarYdsTDLong
BenJarvus Green-Ellis1254024
Mico McSwain41509
Bruce Hall1404
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Dexter McCluster660016
Michael Hicks353020
Mike Wallace236023
Shay Hodge329014

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Wake ForestOle Miss
283Total yards237
43Passing yards243
240Rushing yards26
8.6Yards per pass5.3
4.5Yards per rush0.8
18First downs19
7–⁠12Third downs4–⁠14
0–⁠0Fourth downs0–⁠1
1Turnovers1
4–⁠29Penalties3–⁠18
17:30Possession18:17

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Wake Forest 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wake Forest leads 2–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Ole Miss 40, Wake Forest 6
2008Wake Forest 30, Ole Miss 28
2006Wake Forest 27, Ole Miss 3

Around this game