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Wake Forest Demon Deacons 51-7 Virginia Cavaliers: Game Analysis & Model Review

A 51-7 win for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons over the Virginia Cavaliers in college football, Saturday, October 31: the box score, the top performers and how Goalorithm's model called it.

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Published October 31, 2026 · By the Goalorithm model desk

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Game report

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons beat the Virginia Cavaliers 51-7 in college football on Saturday, October 31. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons finished with 309 rushing yards and Virginia Cavaliers with 16; the Wake Forest Demon Deacons also had 0 turnovers, while the Virginia Cavaliers had 1.

The numbers

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons totaled 538 yards, including 229 net passing yards and 309 rushing yards. The Virginia Cavaliers totaled 330 yards, with 314 net passing yards and 16 rushing yards.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons recorded 28 first downs and converted 64.3% of third downs. The Virginia Cavaliers recorded 18 first downs and converted 8.3%.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons held possession for 33:43; the Virginia Cavaliers held it for 26:17.

Top performers

For the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Gio Lopez completed 13 of 21 passes for 229 yards, with a touchdown. Carlos Hernandez caught 8 passes for 136 yards, with a touchdown, and Jamar Searcy ran for 78 yards on 8 carries, with a touchdown.

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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons also got an interception from Braylon Johnson; Connor Calvert made 3 of 3 field goals.

For the Virginia Cavaliers, Beau Pribula completed 20 of 29 passes for 212 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. Da'Shawn Martin caught 9 passes for 119 yards, with a touchdown, while Solomon Beebe ran for 9 yards on 3 carries.

The Virginia Cavaliers got a sack from Matthew Fobbs-White.

How the model called it

Before the game, Goalorithm’s model gave the Wake Forest Demon Deacons a 77.8% chance to win and the Virginia Cavaliers a 22.2% chance. Those figures were estimates, not certainties; the model’s favorite was the Wake Forest Demon Deacons to win, and the model's favorite won.

The model had the Wake Forest Demon Deacons by 9.9 points, and they won by 44 points, more than projected

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How this was written: an AI writer drafts the words from Goalorithm's own data. Every figure is filled in from our model and game records, never by the writer, and nothing we don't hold is guessed. Probabilities are model estimates, not certainties.

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs Virginia Cavaliers

Sat, Oct 31 · 3:45 PM ET

Final

51–7

The model before the game

Wake Forest Demon Deacons
77.8%
Virginia Cavaliers
22.2%

The model's favourite won.

The numbers

Wake Forest Demon DeaconsStatisticVirginia Cavaliers
0turnovers1
28first downs18
538total yards330
309rushing yards16
229net passing yards314
33:43time of possession26:17
64.3%third-down conversion rate8.3%
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