Wake Forest Had the Ball for 23 Minutes and Scored 77: Steele Pizzella's 432 Yards and 730 Total Yards Against Merrimack

Wake Forest Had the Ball for 23 Minutes and Scored 77: Steele Pizzella's 432 Yards and 730 Total Yards Against Merrimack

No. 14 Wake Forest beat Merrimack 77-0 on Nov. 7 with 730 yards of offense, a 98-yard interception return and a 79-yard punt return, despite holding the ball for only 23:20. Steele Pizzella went 23 of 28 for 432 yards.

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Merrimack had the ball for 36 minutes and 40 seconds in Winston-Salem on Saturday. Wake Forest had it for 23:20 and scored 77 points. The Demon Deacons needed only 61 offensive plays to pile up 730 yards, and two of their 11 touchdowns came without the offense on the field.

No. 14 Wake Forest beat Merrimack 77-0 at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium, according to the ESPN game page. Wake Forest is 8-1, and its last three home games have ended 57-3, 51-7 and 77-0. Merrimack, an FCS program, fell to 4-6.

Steele Pizzella: 23 of 28, 432 Yards, 16.5 Yards an Attempt

Steele Pizzella completed 23 of 28 passes for 432 yards and three touchdowns and ran seven times for 63 yards and another score, per CollegeFootballData.com. Wake averaged 16.5 yards per pass attempt as a team. Jack Foley caught six passes for 162 yards, Carlos Hernandez had two touchdown catches among his four receptions for 89 yards, and Drayden Dickmann turned two catches into 89 yards, including an 87-yard touchdown. Backup Gannon Jones added a 48-yard scoring strike. Five different Deacons scored rushing touchdowns, and Connor Calvert made all nine extra points.

A 98-Yard Interception Return and a 79-Yard Punt Return

The defense and special teams scored, too. Josh Patterson returned an interception 98 yards for a touchdown, Rushuan Tongue picked off Merrimack's other quarterback, and Kameran Shanks took a punt back 79 yards to the house as part of 118 punt return yards on four tries. Merrimack converted 3 of 19 third downs, completed 16 of 35 passes for 100 yards and punted 10 times. Wake's only blemish was discipline: 11 penalties for 115 yards.

At SMU Next Saturday

The Demon Deacons visit SMU on Saturday, Nov. 14, then go to Georgia Tech on Nov. 21 before closing the regular season at home against Duke on Nov. 28. More college football is on BallerTube.