For the first time all season, Wake Forest’s offense was shut down in last week’s 36-17 loss at Virginia Tech.
The Hokies’ defense played perhaps its best game of the season limiting the Demon Deacons to a season-low 301 yards and 17 points. Wake, who visits No. 3 Clemson on Saturday, was shut out in the second half as Virginia Tech scored the game’s last 23 points.
“They just physically got after them,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said when asked what the Hokies did different than anyone else who had played the Deacons.
Last Saturday’s game in Blacksburg, Virginia marked the first time all year Wake Forest (7-2, 3-2 ACC) was held under 400 yards of total offense.