Wake Forest rallies to surprise North Carolina State

Jamie Newman completed a 32-yard touchdown pass to Jack Freudenthal with 30 seconds to play Thursday night to give Wake Forest a 27-23 upset victory over No. 14 North Carolina State at Raleigh, N.C.

Making the first start of his career, Newman completed 22 of 33 passes for 297 yards with three touchdown passes in the second half to help the Demon Deacons, 5-5 overall and 2-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, rally from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter.

Newman and Alex Bachman hooked up on a 38-yard touchdown pass before Newman’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Greg Dortch cut Wake Forest’s deficit to 23-20 with 6:07 left.

N.C. State (6-3, 3-3) bled nearly 41⁄2 minutes off the clock before its drive stalled at the Wake Forest 20 with 1:39 left, setting up Wake Forest’s winning drive.

Wimbush gets the call for Notre Dame

Brandon Wimbush will start at quarterback for No. 3 Notre Dame against Florida State on Saturday in place of Ian Book, who is nursing an undisclosed injury, two people familiar with the decision told the Associated Press.

Book is not expected to play after taking a hard hit to the back and ribs last week against Northwestern, according to the people who spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcement was made.

Book replaced Wimbush as the starter in the fourth game of the season for the Irish (9-0). He has completed 74.5% of his passes, tops in the FBS, for 1,824 yards and 15 touchdowns with four interceptions. With Book starting, the Irish have averaged 38 points a game. They averaged 23.3 in Wimbush’s three starts.

Wimbush, a senior, was the starter last season for Notre Dame, but his inconsistent and inaccurate passing led to coach Brian Kelly making the switch to Book.

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Utah running back Zack Moss will sit out the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury Wednesday in practice. Moss rushed for 1,092 yards and 11 touchdowns in nine games . ... Walt Kowalczyk, a star halfback at Michigan State who finished third in the 1957 Heisman Trophy race and was MVP of the 1956 Rose Bowl, died. He was 83 . ... Devon Johnson, a former Marshall running back who led the Thundering Herd to the Conference USA title in 2014, died. News outlets reported that Johnson died Tuesday in Huntington, W.Va. He was 25.