Game notes: Merrimack at Wake Forest
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The matchup
- Merrimack (2–5) at Wake Forest (6–1, 4–1 in conference), Saturday, November 7, 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 first meeting on record.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
Merrimack
- Merrimack is 2–5.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 7–34 vs. Rhode Island; L 7–42 at Delaware; W 23–14 at Maine; L 20–45 at Tarleton State; W 17–10 vs. New Haven; L 24–41 at Yale; L 21–27 at Dartmouth.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Merrimack has lost two straight, since beating New Haven 17–10 (Sept. 26, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- A.J. Hairston (QB): 958 passing yards, 6 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Matthias Latham (RB): 472 rushing yards, 3 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Danny Simms (S): 48 tackles, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
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 faces Merrimack as a head coach for the first time.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. 10 Georgia Tech 30–27.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.
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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