Game notes: Virginia at Wake Forest
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The matchup
- Virginia (4–3, 2–2 in conference) at Wake Forest (6–1, 4–1 in conference), Saturday, October 31, kickoff time not yet set, Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 53rd meeting; Virginia leads the series 34–18.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, November 8, 2025: Wake Forest 16, Virginia 9.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1911: Virginia 29, Wake Forest 6.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Wake Forest is 7–17 at home against Virginia.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: Wake Forest 16–9 (at Virginia); 2024: Virginia 31–30 (at Wake Forest); 2021: Wake Forest 37–17 (at Virginia); 2020: Wake Forest 40–23 (at Wake Forest); 2016: Wake Forest 27–20 (at Wake Forest).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Virginia
- Virginia is 4–3 (2–2 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 34–8 vs. NC State; W 59–3 vs. Norfolk State; L 27–38 vs. West Virginia; W 42–3 vs. Delaware; L 7–38 at Florida State; W 28–25 vs. Syracuse; L 13–23 at No. 24 SMU.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Virginia is No. 62 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Tony Elliott is 26–29 in his fifth season at Virginia.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Tony Elliott is 1–1 against Wake Forest.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Beau Pribula (QB): 1,217 passing yards, 13 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jekail Middlebrook (RB): 396 rushing yards, 3 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jacobie Henderson (CB): 38 tackles, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Will Bettridge holds Virginia’s career record in field goals with 72 and counting, past Connor Hughes’s 66 (2002–05).Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 2020, Virginia beat No. 15 North Carolina 44–41.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Wake Forest
- Wake Forest is 6–1 (4–1 in conference games), 1–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 38–16 vs. Akron; W 38–36 at Purdue; L 20–33 vs. No. 5 Miami; W 30–27 at No. 16 Louisville; W 57–3 vs. Stanford; W 38–14 at NC State; W 41–7 at California.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Wake Forest has won four straight, since losing 33–20 to Miami (Sept. 18, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Wake Forest is No. 22 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Jake Dickert is 15–5 in his second season at Wake Forest and 38–25 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Jake Dickert is 1–0 against Virginia.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Giovanni Lopez (QB): 1,947 passing yards, 17 TD, No. 5 in FBS in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Carlos Hernandez (WR): 49 catches, 720 yards, 4 TD, No. 6 in FBS in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Vincent Firenze (LB): 49 tackles, 1 sack, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2009, Wake Forest lost to No. 18 Miami 28–27.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Jake Dickert is 1–0 against Tony Elliott’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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