2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl The 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl , one of 27 non - BCS bowl games played after the 2007 NCAA football regular season , took place on Saturday , December 29 , 2007 with a 1 : 00PM EST kickoff at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte , North Carolina . Wake Forest won the game , 24 - 10 . The Connecticut Huskies , making just their second bowl appearance in four seasons since joining the Big East entered the game as co - Big East champions after securing a 9 - 3 overall record . They faced the Wake Forest Demon Deacons , representing the Atlantic Coast Conference , a school located just 80 miles from Charlotte in Winston - Salem , North Carolina . Game summary . First quarter . Connecticut ' s Tyvon Branch received the opening kickoff from Wake Forest at Connecticut ' s four - yard line and advanced the ball 18 yards to the 22 . After three plays UConn only gained five yards , well - short of a first down ; they punted the ball back to the Demon Deacons . A penalty on the punt return gave Wake Forest the ball on their own 38 - yard line . Wake earned a first down , moving as far as the Connecticut 42 - yard line , but a sack by Husky defensive end Dan Davis drove them back to midfield , eventually forcing a punt . On their next possession UConn failed to gain a single yard , and once again punted . The Demon Deacons earned another first down on their next possession but again were unable to drive far beyond midfield and punted back to the Huskies . On their next possession , the Huskies earned their first first down of the game , on a pass from quarterback Tyler Lorenzen to wide receiver Ellis Gaulden . UConn was unable to move the ball further than their own 38 - yard line , however , and once again punted . The punt pinned Wake deep in their own territory , forcing them to start from their own six - yard line . The Demon Deacons after three plays were one yard short of a first down , necessitating another punt . The punt traveled 53 yards before being caught by Connecticut ' s Larry Taylor on the UConn 32 - yard line and run back 68 yards for the touchdown . With this return and his earlier return in the 2004 Motor City Bowl , Taylor had now returned punts for touchdowns in both bowl games Connecticut had played in . After the extra point , the score was 7 – 0 in favor of the Huskies . Wake Forest received the kickoff following the touchdown and returned the ball to their own 26 - yard line . They began driving down the field , earning first downs on passes from quarterback Riley Skinner to receivers Kenneth Moore and Alphonso Smith . After two rushes that gained a net of three yards , the first quarter clock expired . At the end of one quarter played , Connecticut held a 7 – 0 lead . Second quarter . The Demon Deacons faced a 3rd - and - 7 situation at midfield as the second quarter began ; after an incomplete pass , they were forced to punt . Connecticut got the ball back on their own 12 - yard line and proceeded to drive toward midfield , but were stalled after Lorenzen was sacked jointly by John Russell and Stanley Arnoux on third down , forcing UConn to once again punt . Wake drove down the field all the way to the Connecticut 21 - yard line , but failed to score as UConn safety Robert Vaughn intercepted a pass from Riley Skinner . The Huskies took over on their own nine - yard line and promptly gained 58 yards on a run by running back Donald Brown , moving into Wake Forest territory . Connecticut gained another first down on a pass from Lorenzen to wide receiver Brad Kanuch , but were unable to progress beyond the Demon Deacon 11 - yard line . Kicker Tony Ciaravino kicked a 28 - yard field goal to give UConn a 10 - 0 lead with five minutes left in the half . After a touchback on the kickoff , Wake Forest began their next drive from their own 20 - yard line . On first down Skinner promptly completed a 34 - yard pass to wide receiver Kenneth Moore , moving the Demon Deacons into the UConn side of the field . Wake was unable to move the ball any further , however , and once again punted . Taking over at their own 13 - yard line , Connecticut went three - and - out , and punted the ball back to the Demon Deacons with 1 : 35 left in the half . Skinner earned a first down off an eight - yard pass to wide receiver Chip Brinkman and a quarterback running play , but after a sack by Alex Polito Wake Forest was content to let the halftime clock expire . The score after two quarters was 10 – 0 in favor of the Huskies . Third quarter . Wake Forest responded in the second half . Receiving the kickoff , Kenneth Moore returned the ball to the Wake 34 - yard line . After a rush for no gain by Josh Adams , Riley Skinner completed four straight passes , earning two first downs and moving the Demon Deacons to the UConn 38 - yard line . On the next play , running back Josh Adams took the ball all the way to the end zone , scoring on a 38 - yard touchdown run . After the extra point , Wake Forest had trimmed Connecticut ' s lead to 10 – 7 , with 12 : 30 left in the third quarter . On the ensuing kickoff , UConn ' s Tyvon Branch responded with a 62 - yard return to the Wake Forest 33 - yard line . Two plays later , however , Connecticut ' s hopes of scoring were dashed when Stanley Arnoux intercepted Tyler Lorenzen ' s pass attempt . Behind the legs of Josh Adams and the arm of Riley Skinner , the Demon Deacons promptly moved back down the field . On 1st - and - 10 from the UConn 13 - yard line , Skinner completed a pass to Adams that he fumbled at the four - yard line . Connecticut linebacker Danny Lansanah recovered as the Huskies dodged a bullet . After two runs by UConn running back Andre Dixon gained a net of four yards , the Huskies were set back when Jeremy Thopson sacked Lorenzen , putting the ball back on the Connecticut one - yard line and forcing the Huskies to punt from deep within their own end zone . The Demon Deacons gained possession of the ball at the UConn 30 - yard line and this time would not be denied ; on 3rd - and - 14 from the Connecticut 21 - yard line , Riley Skinner completed a pass to tight end John Tereshinski for the go - ahead touchdown . After the extra point , Wake Forest now held their first lead of the game , at 14 – 10 with 3 : 20 left in the quarter . UConn got the ball back on their own 37 - yard line after a 26 - yard kickoff return by Darius Butler . After Donald Brown rushed for one yard on first down , Tyler Lorenzen completed three straight passes , moving the Huskies into Demon Deacon territory . Facing a 2nd - and - 5 from the Wake 45 - yard line , Connecticut handed the ball twice to Donald Brown . He only managed to gain four yards on the two plays , putting the Huskies in a critical fourth - and - short situation as the quarter expired . After three quarters of play , Connecticut trailed Wake Forest 14 – 10 . Fourth quarter . Facing 4th - and - 1 from the Wake Forest 41 - yard line at the start of the fourth quarter , Connecticut elected to hand the ball to Donald Brown . He was stopped for no gain , and the Huskies turned the ball over on downs to the Demon Deacons . Wake Forest promptly earned two first downs , on a pass from Riley Skinner to Kenneth Moore for 14 yards and a 11 - yard run by running back Micah Andrews . The Demon Deacons were stopped at the Connecticut 26 - yard line ; kicker Sam Swank connected on a 43 - yard field goal , expanding the Wake Forest lead to 17 – 10 with 11 : 44 left in the fourth quarter . Gaining possession of the ball at the Wake Forest 33 - yard line , Tyler Lorenzen elected to take matters into his own hands . He ran the ball three straight times for six , five , and twelve yards , earning two first downs and moving into Demon Deacon territory . On 1st - and - 10 from the Wake 44 - yard line , Lorenzen completed a five - yard pass to wide receiver Terence Jeffers . He then threw three straight incompletions , with the last pass attempt being broken up by the player who had intercepted him earlier : Stanley Arnoux . Connecticut once again turned the ball over on downs . Riley Skinner and Wake Forest took over ; after two incomplete passes , Skinner found Kenneth Moore for a gain of 18 yards and a first down . Wake however was able to advance no further , and punted the ball back to UConn . After Andre Dixon lost five yards on a first down run , Lorenzen completed three straight passes . The last , however , to Donald Brown , lost seven yards and set up a 2nd - and - 17 . After two incomplete passes , Connecticut was forced to punt yet again , with just over four minutes left in the game . This time , Wake was determined not to give Connecticut another chance . After an incomplete pass and a three - yard run , the Demon Deacons faced a 3rd - and - 7 situation . Riley Skinner took off , gaining 19 yards and a first down and forcing UConn to use their final timeout after the ensuing first down play . On 2nd - and - 14 , Micah Andrews ran for 30 yards to the Connecticut 15 . Instead of allowing the clock to expire giving themselves the win , Wake elected to call two timeouts over the next three plays . Micah Andrews ran for a touchdown with under one minute left to play in the game . The Huskies would get the ball back with 23 seconds left in the game , but after three incomplete passes by backup quarterback Dennis Brown , the clock expired . Wake Forest won the game , 24 – 10 . Final statistics . For his performance in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl , Wake Forest wide receiver Kenneth Moore was named player of the game . He led all receivers in yardage with 112 yards on 11 receptions . He set a new ACC single - second reception record with 98 on the season ; the previous record , 88 , was held by Torry Holt of North Carolina State .