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Wake Forest vs Mississippi State

Final · Duke's Mayo Bowl · Week 19 · Fri Jan 2 · 8:00 PM ET · Bank of America Stadium

Wake Forest Demon DeaconsWake Forest9-4

FinalJan 2, 2026

Mississippi State BulldogsMississippi State5-8

TVESPN

Closing line

US sportsbook at kickoff

Moneyline

WAKE+124

MSST−148

Spread

WAKE +3−112

MSST −3−108

Total O/U

Over 52.5−105

Under 52.5−115

Spread: Wake Forest +3 covered.
Total O/U: over 52.5 (72 points).

Recap

Wake Forest beat Mississippi State 43-29 in the Duke's Mayo Bowl at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Jan 2, 2026 to move to 9-4.

The game was played before 29,328.

Score by quarter

Wake Forest Demon Deacons and Mississippi State Bulldogs, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
WAKE	15	0	15	13	43
MSST	6	3	11	9	29

Scoring plays

First Quarter

MSSTField Goal · 12:55Kyle Ferrie 33 Yd Field Goal0-3
WAKETouchdown · 12:33Koredell Bartley 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Sawyer Racanelli Pass to Eni Falayi for Two-Point Conversion)8-3
MSSTField Goal · 7:12Kyle Ferrie 50 Yd Field Goal8-6
WAKETouchdown · 3:49Kamrean Johnson 14 Yd pass from Robby Ashford (Connor Calvert Kick)15-6

Second Quarter

MSSTField Goal · 6:15Kyle Ferrie 23 Yd Field Goal15-9

Third Quarter

WAKETouchdown · 14:06Jack Foley 64 Yd pass from Robby Ashford (Robby Ashford Run for Two-Point Conversion)23-9
MSSTField Goal · 9:24Kyle Ferrie 36 Yd Field Goal23-12
WAKETouchdown · 4:19Robby Ashford 2 Yd Run (Connor Calvert Kick)30-12
MSSTTouchdown · 0:00Kamario Taylor 1 Yd Run (Kamario Taylor Pass to Seydou Traore for Two-Point Conversion)30-20

Fourth Quarter

MSSTTouchdown · 10:17Sanfrisco Magee 42 Yd pass from Kamario Taylor (Kyle Ferrie Kick)30-27
WAKETouchdown · 4:07Robby Ashford 1 Yd Run (Connor Calvert PAT blocked)36-27
MSSTDefensive Two Point Conversion · 4:07Kelley Jones Defensive PAT Conversion36-29
WAKETouchdown · 2:15Ty Clark III 62 Yd pass from Robby Ashford (Connor Calvert Kick)43-29

Team stats

WAKEMSST

1st Downs: 23; 20
Total Yards: 451; 408
Passing: 303; 294
Rushing: 148; 114
3rd down efficiency: 9-15; 3-14
Turnovers: 1; 0
Possession: 31:35; 28:25

Top performers

Wake Forest Demon DeaconsMississippi State Bulldogs

Passing

Robby Ashford20/33, 303 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT

Kamario Taylor13/22, 241 YDS, 1 TD

Rushing

Ty Clark III17 CAR, 91 YDS

Kamario Taylor18 CAR, 63 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving

Ty Clark III3 REC, 73 YDS, 1 TD

Brenen Thompson4 REC, 106 YDS

Sacks

Dallas Afalava1.5

Malick Sylla1

Tackles

Nick Andersen12

Jalen Smith12

Player stats

Wake Forest · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Robby Ashford	20/33	303	9.2	3	1	76.4

Wake Forest · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ty Clark III	17	91	5.4	0	12
Robby Ashford	14	50	3.6	2	12
JaMario Clements	2	9	4.5	0	8
Team	2	-2	-1.0	0	0

Wake Forest · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ty Clark III	3	73	24.3	1	62
Carlos Hernandez	6	73	12.2	0	22
Jack Foley	1	64	64.0	1	64
Sterling Berkhalter	5	34	6.8	0	15
Sawyer Racanelli	1	25	25.0	0	25
Kamrean Johnson	2	24	12.0	1	14
Eni Falayi	2	10	5.0	0	10

Wake Forest · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Carlos Hernandez	2	0	0

Wake Forest · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL
Nick Andersen	12	6	1	1
Aiden Hall	7	2	0	1.5
Karon Prunty	6	4	1	1
Frank Cusano	6	3	0	0.5
Gabe Kirschke	5	4	1	1.5
Dylan Hazen	5	3	0	0
Jayden Loving	5	2	0.5	1
Braylon Johnson	3	3	0	0

Wake Forest · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Koredell Bartley	2	137	68.5	100	1
Ryan Henley	1	26	26.0	26	0

Wake Forest · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Carlos Hernandez	2	4	2.0	4	0

Wake Forest · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Connor Calvert	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Wake Forest · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Cal Joseph	6	231	38.5	0	2	48

Mississippi State · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Kamario Taylor	13/22	241	11.0	1	0	56.5
Luke Kromenhoek	3/5	53	10.6	0	0	70.0

Mississippi State · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kamario Taylor	18	63	3.5	1	16
Fluff Bothwell	14	38	2.7	0	15
Xavier Gayten	5	8	1.6	0	4
Anthony Evans III	1	4	4.0	0	4
Luke Kromenhoek	4	1	0.3	0	8

Mississippi State · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Brenen Thompson	4	106	26.5	0	51
Anthony Evans III	4	80	20.0	0	39
Sanfrisco Magee	2	47	23.5	1	42
Ayden Williams	2	30	15.0	0	21
Seydou Traore	1	11	11.0	0	11
Kolin Wilson	1	8	8.0	0	8
Sam West	1	6	6.0	0	6
Fluff Bothwell	1	6	6.0	0	6

Mississippi State · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	1	0	0

Mississippi State · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Jalen Smith	12	7	0	0	0	0
Hunter Washington	7	2	0	0	0	0
Nic Mitchell	6	4	0	0	0	0
Jahron Manning	6	3	0	1	1	0
Kelley Jones	4	3	0	0	0	0
Nevaeh Sanders	3	3	0	0	0	0
DeAgo Brumfield	3	2	0	0	0	0
Malick Sylla	3	1	1	1	0	1

Mississippi State · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Brylan Lanier	1	12	0

Mississippi State · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Anthony Evans III	1	16	16.0	16	0

Mississippi State · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Brenen Thompson	1	44	44.0	44	0

Mississippi State · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Kyle Ferrie	4/4	100.0	50	1/1	13

Mississippi State · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ethan Pulliam	5	230	46.0	1	1	52

Game info

VenueBank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC

Attendance29,328

TVESPN · national

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