Wake Forest and Presbyterian kicked off the college football season on a Thursday night at BB&T Field.
Presbyterian got on the board in the second quarter on a trick play, but Josh Harris scored his first collegiate touchdown two minutes later for a 35–7 halftime lead.
Wake Forest and Duke opened the 2010 ACC football season with an offensive explosion.
After a 49-point second quarter, the teams combined for only 9 in the third, but a Price to Williams touchdown pass in the third gave Wake a lead they would not relinquish, as they beat Duke for the 11th consecutive time.
The Deacons scored three rushing touchdowns, one each from Chris Givens, Tanner Price, and Michael Campanaro.
For the second consecutive week, Wake Forest was beaten by a large margin on the road.
Christian Ponder threw two touchdown passes, which was more than enough for the Seminoles defense, who shut out the Deacs and allowed only 185 yards of total offense.
For the second consecutive week, Wake Forest allowed a last minute touchdown which led to a loss.
Ricky Dobbs found Greg Jones on a 6-yard touchdown pass with 26 seconds to go to give Navy a 28–27 lead.
Chris Givens and Devon Brown had touchdown catches for the Deacs, and Jimmy Newman added two FGs.
The Demon Deacons' slide continued, as they dropped their fifth straight game, this time to Virginia Tech.
The bright spot for Wake came from freshman running back Josh Harris, who ran for 241 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Tanner Price found Chris Givens for a 78-yard touchdown, but that was the bright spot in an otherwise forgettable day for the freshman quarterback.
Montel Harris led the way for the Eagles with 183 yards rushing and three touchdowns, and the BC defense turned over the Deacs 5 times.
The lone Wake touchdown was a Marshall Williams to Chris Givens strike on a reverse pass, the second time the two combined for a score on the season.
With the loss, the Demon Deacons have been eliminated from bowl contention for the second consecutive season.
NC State broke open the game with 28 unanswered points in the second half.
Russell Wilson had two touchdown passes as well as two on the ground to lead the Wolfpack to a lopsided win over the Deacons.
Wake Forest's losing streak reached 9 with a 30–10 loss to Clemson on Senior Day in Winston-Salem.
Wake Forest ended their season snapping their nine-game losing streak with a big win in Nashville.