Skinner, WF down Navy
Published 12:42 am Sunday, December 21, 2008
Riley Skinner found a perfect way to obliterate the miserable memory of his painful performance against Navy earlier this season.
Skinner went 11-for-11 and threw the go-ahead touchdown pass to Ben Wooster with 7:52 left, leading Wake Forest to a 29-19 comeback victory in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl to open the bowl season.
The previous school record for accuracy was a 12-for-14 effort by Mike McGlamry in 1975. Skinner added a completion on a conversion attempt.
He finished with 166 yards passing and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.
It was a rematch of a September game played at Wake Forest (8-5), when Navy (8-5) took advantage of five turnovers by Skinner — four interceptions and a fumble — to pull off a 24-17 upset.