The UConn football team had a chance to pull a come-from-behind win over ACC foe Wake Forest on Saturday, but came up just short for its first home loss of the year.

CONN_Gathings 20 pass from Evers (Freeman kick), 7:33. WAKE_FG Dennis 36, 3:18. CONN_Hansen 25 pass from Evers (Freeman kick), 2:27. RUSHING_Wake Forest, Claiborne 24-60, Carney 6-28, Bachmeier 7-19, Morin 1-9, Davis 1-4, Reid 1-3, (Team) 3- (minus 3). Uconn, Edwards 7-26, Robinson 4-12, Rosa 2-3, Evers 6-3, M.Brown 4-1, (Team) 2- (minus 4).

Demond Claiborne ran for two touchdowns and Wake Forest's defense did much of the heavy lifting in a 23-20 victory against host Connecticut on Saturday afternoon at East Hartford, Conn.