Gio Lopez throws 4 TD passes to lead No. 21 Wake Forest past California 41-7

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Dubow, J. (2026, October 18). Gio Lopez throws 4 TD passes to lead No. 21 Wake Forest past California 41-7. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/gio-lopez-throws-4-td-passes-to-lead-no-21-wake-forest-past-california-41-7/article_fe47da3f-811d-5e05-acd3-81bc1639cac5.html

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Gio Lopez led Wake Forest to a dominant 41-7 victory over California on Saturday night with four touchdown passes, including three in the first half. The Demon Deacons scored touchdowns on five of six possessions in the first half and held a 34-0 lead at halftime. Lopez completed 267 yards and connected with tight end Dominick Barry twice for long touchdowns. Wake Forest’s performance was highlighted by an opening drive that ended with a 39-yard touchdown pass to Barry, followed quickly by another score after stopping Cal on fourth down. The win marked Wake Forest's first ranking in the AP poll since four years ago.
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BERKELEY Bears Cal The Demon Deacons Wake Forest

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Cal ORG · 7× Wake Forest ORG · 6× Lopez PERSON · 3× Sagapolutele PERSON · 3× The Demon Deacons ORG · 3× Barry PERSON · 2× Bears ORG · 2× BERKELEY GPE · 1× Calif. GPE · 1× Gio Lopez PERSON · 1×

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The Demon Deacons (6-1, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) dominated from the start by scoring touchdowns on five of six first-half possessions to bring out the boo birds from the home crowd for the Golden Bears (3-4, 2-2).
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🔮 Lupoi told ESPN it would be a competition at quarterback going forward despite the heavy investment Cal has made in Sagapolutele.

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Gio Lopez threw three of his four touchdown passes in the first half and No. 21 Wake Forest rolled past California 41-7 on Saturday night. asserted
Forest → throw → night
The Demon Deacons (6-1, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) dominated from the start by scoring touchdowns on five of six first-half possessions to bring out the boo birds from the home crowd for the Golden Bears (3-4, 2-2). asserted
Deacons → dominate → Bears
Wake Forest celebrated its first ranking in the AP poll in four years with the thorough victory. asserted
Forest → celebrate → victory
Lopez threw for 267 yards with three of the touchdowns coming on passes to tight end Dominick Barry, including two long ones in the first half. asserted
three → throw → half
He also connected with Jack Foley in the first half to give him 23 total touchdowns this season passing and running. asserted
He → connect → touchdowns
Cal was unable to build on last week’s dramatic 25-20 win against Virginia Tech and lost for the third time in four home games against FBS competition. asserted
Cal → build → competition
The Bears trailed 34-0 at the half for their biggest halftime deficit since going down 41-3 at Oregon in 2013. asserted
Bears → trail → 2013
Jackson Brousseau went 17 for 28 for 81 yards in his second career start before getting replaced by Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele in the second half. asserted
Brousseau → go → half
This game was decided quickly with Lopez engineering a five-play, 99-yard drive on Wake Forest’s first possession with a 39-yard touchdown pass to Barry. asserted
Lopez → decide → Barry
The Demon Deacons stopped Cal on a fourth-and-1 from its 34 on the second possession for the Bears and scored immediately on a 29-yard pass to Foley following an offside penalty on Cal. asserted
Deacons → stop → Cal
Wake Forest then built the lead to 21-0 on the next possession when Jamar Searcy capped a 78-yard drive with a 1-yard run. asserted
Searcy → build → run
Ty Clark III’s 31-yard run made it 27-0 and then Lopez and Barry connected on a 30-yard TD to make it 34-0 at the half. asserted
it → make → half
The Demon Deacons averaged 12.3 yards per play in the first half to win their fourth road game against a power conference team already this season. asserted
Deacons → average → team
Wake Forest outgained Cal 394-142 in the first half. asserted
Forest → outgaine → half
Coach Tosh Lupoi stuck with Brousseau to start at QB instead of Sagapolutele, who missed last week’s game with a concussion. asserted
who → stick → concussion
Lupoi told ESPN it would be a competition at quarterback going forward despite the heavy investment Cal has made in Sagapolutele. asserted
Cal → tell → Sagapolutele
Sagapolutele did throw a TD pass in the fourth quarter to avoid the shutout. asserted
Sagapolutele → throw → shutout
Up next Wake Forest: Hosts Virginia on Oct. 31. asserted
Forest → host → Oct.
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