Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Wake Forest Demon Deacons | |
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First season | 2013 |
Head coach | ChicagoTed1 |
Stadium | Groves Stadium (Capacity: 31,500) |
Year built | 1968 |
Field surface | Field Turf |
Location | Winston-Salem, NC |
League | NCAA |
Division | Atlantic |
All-time record | 34–102–0 (.250) |
Bowl record | 0–1–0 (.000) |
Consensus All-Americans | 1 |
Colors | Black and Gold |
Fight song | O' Here's to Wake Forest |
Mascot | Demon Deacon |
Rivals | Duke UNC NC State Vanderbilt |
Contents
2018 Schedule
Week | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record | Conference Record |
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1 | (N) Ohio State | - | Cincinatti, OH | 14-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2 | Bye | |||||
3 | (N) LSU | - | Atlanta, GA | 21-34 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
4 | at South Carolina | - | Columbia, SC | 13-19 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
5 | Utah | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 17-20 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
6 | Duke | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 0-0 | ||
7 | Bye | |||||
8 | at Boston College | - | Chestnut Hill, MA | |||
9 | at Southern Miss | - | Hattiesburg, MS | |||
10 | at Florida State | - | Tallahassee, FL | |||
11 | Clemson | - | Winston-Salem, NC | |||
12 | Bye | |||||
13 | Syracuse | - | Winston-Salem, NC | |||
14 | Louisville | - | Winston-Salem, NC | |||
15 | Bye | |||||
16 | at NC State | - | Raleigh, NC | |||
Bowl | - |
2017 Schedule
Week | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record | Conference Record |
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1 | Bye | |||||
2 | at Eastern Michigan | - | Ypsilanti, MI | 20-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
3 | at Miami (OH) | - | Miami, OH | 20-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
4 | South Carolina | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 28-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
5 | California | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 56-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
6 | Bye | |||||
7 | at Ole Miss | - | Oxford, MS | 6-13 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
8 | at Syracuse | - | Syracuse, NY | 34-14 | 2-4 | 1-0 |
9 | Boston College | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 34-37 | 2-5 | 1-1 |
10 | Florida State | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 30-21 | 3-5 | 2-1 |
11 | at Clemson | - | Clemson, SC | 37-24 | 4-5 | 3-1 |
12 | Bye | |||||
13 | at Louisville | - | Louisville, KY | 30-28 | 5-5 | 4-1 |
14 | at Duke | - | Durham, NC | 13-3 | 6-5 | 5-1 |
15 | NC State | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 35-17 | 7-5 | 6-1 |
SunBowl | Arizona State | - | Texas El Paso, TX | 0-23 | 7-6 | 6-1 |
2016 Schedule
Week | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record | Conference Record |
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1 | at Purdue | - | West Lafayette, IN | 14-58 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2 | San Diego State | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 21-31 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
3 | at Hawaii | - | Honolulu, HI | 28-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
4 | Duke | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 19-21 | 1-3 | 0-1 |
5 | at San Jose State | - | San Jose, CA | 28-17 | 2-3 | 0-1 |
6 | Bye | |||||
7 | Syracuse | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 38-7 | 3-3 | 1-1 |
8 | at California | - | Berkeley, CA | 14-24 | 3-4 | 1-1 |
9 | Bye | |||||
10 | at Florida State | - | Tallahassee, FL | 0-38 | 3-5 | 1-2 |
11 | Clemson | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 14-28 | 3-6 | 1-3 |
12 | at Boston College | - | Boston, MA | 7-30 | 3-7 | 1-4 |
13 | Louisville | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 13-28 | 3-8 | 1-5 |
14 | at NC State | - | Raleigh, NC | 7-31 | 3-9 | 1-6 |
2015 Schedule
Week | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record | Conference Record |
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1 | Hawaii | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 14-35 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2 | at Syracuse | - | Syracuse, NY | 0-35 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
3 | Purdue | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 28-38 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
4 | at Nevada | - | Reno, NV | 6-21 | 0-4 | 0-1 |
5 | at Boise State | - | Boise, ID | 14-35 | 0-5 | 0-1 |
6 | Boston College | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 3-24 | 0-6 | 0-2 |
7 | at Clemson | - | Clemson, SC | 13-28 | 0-7 | 0-3 |
8 | Bye | |||||
9 | at Duke | - | Durham, NC | 31-3 | 1-7 | 1-3 |
10 | Florida State | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 0-34 | 1-8 | 1-4 |
11 | Army | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 6-9 | 1-9 | 1-4 |
12 | at Louisville | - | Louisville, KY | 21-31 | 1-10 | 1-5 |
13 | NC State | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 34-42 | 1-11 | 1-6 |
2014 Schedule
Week | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record | Conference Record |
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1 | Missouri | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 13-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
2 | Ole Miss | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 0-35 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
3 | UCLA | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 21-24 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
4 | Bye | |||||
5 | SMU | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 27-17 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
6 | Clemson | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 14-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 |
7 | Louisville | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 16-14 | 4-2 | 2-0 |
8 | at Rutgers | - | Piscataway, NJ | 0-14 | 4-3 | 2-0 |
9 | Syracuse | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 7-34 | 4-4 | 2-1 |
10 | at Boston College | - | Chestnut Hill, MA | 3-28 | 4-5 | 2-2 |
11 | Duke | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 7-14 | 4-6 | 2-3 |
12 | at Florida State | - | Tallahassee, FL | 0-38 | 4-7 | 2-4 |
13 | at NC State | - | Raleigh, NC | 3-31 | 4-8 | 2-5 |
2013 Schedule
Week | Opponent | Rank | Location | Result | Record | Conference Record |
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1 | Vanderbilt | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 10-6 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
2 | at UCLA | - | Los Angeles, CA | 9-56 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
3 | South Carolina | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 24-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
4 | at Missouri | - | Columbia, MO | 0-56 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
5 | at Ole Miss | - | Oxford, MS | 21-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
6 | Louisville | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 21-3 | 2-4 | 0-1 |
7 | at Virginia | - | Charlottesville, VA | 7-13 | 2-5 | 0-2 |
8 | at Florida State | - | Tallahassee, FL | 14-49 | 2-6 | 0-3 |
9 | Bye | |||||
10 | Bye | |||||
11 | at Syracuse | - | Syracuse, NY | 7-41 | 2-7 | 0-4 |
12 | at NC State | - | Raleigh, NC | 7-21 | 2-8 | 0-5 |
13 | Clemson | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 14-0 | 2-9 | 0-6 |
14 | Boston College | - | Winston-Salem, NC | 21-7 | 2-10 | 0-7 |
Season-by-Season Records
Year | Coach(es) | Conference | Record | Bowl | Final CP Ranking | |||||
Wins | Losses | |||||||||
Wake Forest Demon Deacons | ||||||||||
2013 | I AM THE DANGER | ACC | 2 | 10 | ||||||
2014 | OffenseOptional | 4 | 5 | |||||||
WarEagle9 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
2015 | Pudly | 0 | 2 | |||||||
N/A | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
Celov | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
2016 | LexHardcastle | 1 | 3 | |||||||
N/A | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
zchpnk | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
N/A | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
owl_man | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
2017 | N/A | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Zzenker | 6 | 3 | Sun Bowl vs Arizona State | |||||||
2018 | Zzenker | 2 | 10 | |||||||
2019 | N/A | 0 | 7 | |||||||
oilmandan | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
2020 | K3ndr!ck_L@mar | 2 | 10 | |||||||
2021 | K3ndr!ck_L@mar | 7 | 6 | Birmingham Bowl vs. Memphis | ||||||
2022 | N/A | 2 | 1 | |||||||
ChicagoTed1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||
2023 | N/A | 1 | 2 | |||||||
mglogic | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
2024 | N/A | 0 | 2 | |||||||
ChicagoTed1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Total | 34 | 102 | - | (all games) |
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National Champions | Conference Champions | Bowl game berth |
Bowl History
By year
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Roster and Depth Chart
2018 Roster
2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football | ||||||||||
Quarterback
Running Back
Fullback
Wide Receiver
Tight End
Centers
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Left Guards
Right Guards
Left Tackles
Left End
Right Outside Linebacker
Left Outside Linebacker
Inside Linebacker
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Cornerback
Free Safety
Strong Safety
Placekicker
Punter
Redshirts
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Depth Chart
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Notable Achievements
Player Awards
2014
None
2015
none
2016
None
2017
- Doak Walker Award: Troy McCray, RB, Wake Forest Demon Deacons
- 2015 All American: Running Back: Troy McCray, RB, Wake Forest Demon Deacons
ALL ACC 2017
- 1st Team
- RB: Troy McCray, Wake Forest
- DT: Justin Keller, Wake Forest
- 2nd Team
- DT: Forest Chase, Wake Forest
- FS: Karl Ferraro, Wake Forest
Coach Awards
2017 ACC Coach of the Year Zzenker
NFLHC
Drafted Players
Year | Round | Pick | Position | Player | Team |
2018 | 2 | 50 | RB | Troy McCray | San Francisco |
2018 | 5 | 161 | QB | DeSean Jenkins | Cleveland |
Undrafted Free Agents
Year | Position | Player | Team |
Record Book
Individual
Single-Game
Record | Holder | Position | Date | Opponent | Stat |
Passing yards | DeSean Jenkins | QB | Week 8, 2017 | Syracuse | 309 |
Passing touchdowns | Damien Rumph Desean Jenkins |
QB | Week 5, 2013 Week 3, 2016 |
Ole Miss Hawaii |
2 |
Passes intercepted | Demien Rumph | QB | Week 7, 2013 Week 12, 2014 |
Virginia Florida State |
3 |
Completions | Damien Rumph | QB | Week 5, 2013 Week 2, 2014 |
UCLA Ole Miss |
21 |
Passes attempted | Damien Rumph | QB | Week 2, 2013 | UCLA | 35 |
Completion percentage | Johnn Webster | QB | Week 1, 2014 | Missouri | 80% |
Yards per attempt | DeSean Jenkins | QB | Week 9, 2015 | Duke | 16.89 |
Passer rating | DeSean Jenkins | QB | Week 3, 2016 | Hawaii | 254.77 |
Rushing yards | Troy McCray | HB | Week 9, 2017 | Boston College | 180 |
Rushing touchdowns | Troy McCray DeSean Jenkins |
RB QB |
Week 9, 2017 Week 15, 2017 |
Boston College NC State |
3 |
Carries | Troy McCray | RB | Week 2,2017 | Eastern Michigan | 27 |
Yards per carry | DeSean Jenkins | QB | Week 15, 2017 | NC State | 11.58 |
Receiving yards | John Metz | WR | Week 15, 2017 | NC State | 158 |
Receiving touchdowns | Multiple | WR | Last- Week 15, 2017 | NC State | 1 |
Receptions | Aaron Cross | WR | Week 5, 2013 | Ole Miss | 10 |
Yards per reception | John Metz | WR | Week 8, 2017 | Syracuse | 49 |
All-purpose yards | DeSean Jenkins | QB | Week 8, 2017 | Syracuse | 459 |
Tackles | Lawrence Nesbit | ILB | Week 3, 2014 | UCLA | 15 |
Sacks | Anthony Clement | DT | Week 1, 2013 | Vandy | 4 |
Interceptions | Marcus Dewveal | CB | Week 6, 2014 | Clemson | 2 |
Fumbles forced | Julius Bowlin | ILB | Week 4, 2016 | Duke | 1 |
Fumbles recovered | Julius Bowlin | ILB | Week 4, 2016 | Duke | 1 |
Defensive TD | Multiple | Many | Last time Week 13,2017 | Louisville | 1 |
Extra Points Made | Nick Nolke Rory Feldman |
K | Week 7, 2016 Week15, 2017 |
Syracuse NC State |
5 |
Field Goals Made | Multiple times | K | Last time Week 13, 2017 | Louisville | 3 |
Long FG | Jermaine Gooch | K | Week 6, 2015 | Boston College | 49 |
Kick Return TD | Joe Holcomb | CB | 2016 | 1 | |
Punt Return TD | Jeff Demps | RB | 2014 | 1 | |
Punting Average | Pete Cox | P | Week 5, 2016 | San Jose St | 44.6 |
Single-Season
Record | Holder | Position | Year | Stat |
Passing yards | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 2017 | 2466 |
Passing touchdowns | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 2016 | 7 |
Passes intercepted | DeAndre Jenkins | QB | 2015 | 7 |
Completions | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 2017 | 156 |
Passes attempted | Damien Rumph | QB | 2013 | 254 |
Completion percentage (min. 100 attempts) | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 2016 | 63.55% |
Yards per attempt (min. 100 attempts) | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 2017 | 9.86 |
Passer rating (min. 100 attempts) | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 2016 | 150.5 |
Rushing yards | Troy McCray | RB | 2017 | 1624 |
Rushing touchdowns | Troy McCray | RB | 2017 | 18 |
Carries | Troy Mccray | RB | 2017 | 308 |
Yards per carry (min. 50 attempts) | DeAndre Jackson | QB | 2016 | 7.29 |
Receiving yards | SaM Hill | WR | 2015 | 602 |
Receiving touchdowns | Sam Hill Keith Frank |
WR | 2014 2013 |
3 |
Receptions | Keith Frank | WR | 2013 | 47 |
Yards per reception | John Metz | WR | 2017 | 24.22 |
All-purpose yards | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 2017 | 3127 |
Tackles | Lawrence Nesbit | ILB | 2014 | 66 |
Sacks | Anthony Clement | DT | 2013 | 4 |
Interceptions | Marucs Dewveal | CB | 2014 | 4 |
Fumbles forced | Mack Chandois Julius Bowlin |
ILB | 2013 2016 |
1 |
Fumbles recovered | Mack Chandois Julius Bowlin |
ILB | 2013 2016 |
1 |
Defensive TD | Brad Chandler Marcus Dewveal Andrew Sherrard E.J. Witt Charles Johnson |
FS CB OLB CB SS |
2013 2014 2015 2015 2016 |
1 |
Extra Points Made | Nick Nolke | K | 2016 | 27 |
Field Goals Made | Rory Feldman | K | 2017 | 17 |
Long FG | Jermaine Gooch | K | 2016 | 49 |
Kick Return TD | Joe Holcomb | CB | 2016 | 1 |
Punt Return TD | Jeff Demps | RB | 2014 | 1 |
Career
Record | Holder | Position | Stat |
Passing yards | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 6689 |
Passing touchdowns | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 19 |
Passes intercepted | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 15 |
Completions | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 483 |
Passes attempted | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 800 |
Completion percentage | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 60% |
Yards per attempt | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 8.36 |
Passer rating | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 136.86 |
Rushing yards | Troy McCray | RB | 4372 |
Rushing touchdowns | Troy McCray | RB | 41 |
Carries | Troy McCray | RB | 802 |
Yards per carry | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 6.5 |
Receiving yards | Sam Hill | WR | 1399 |
Receiving touchdowns | Sam Hill | WR | 5 |
Receptions | Sam Hill | WR | 97 |
Yards per reception | John Metz | WR | 24.22 |
All-purpose yards | DeSean Jenkins | QB | 8492 |
Tackles | Hannibal Lewis | OLB | 86 |
Sacks | Rick Adams | DE | 7 |
Interceptions | Karl Ferraro | FS | 4 |
Fumbles forced | Julius Bowlin | ILB | 1 |
Fumbles recovered | Julius Bowlin | ILB | 1 |
Defensive TD | Charles Johnson | SS | 2 |
Extra Points Made | Jermaine Gooch | K | 45 |
Field Goals Made | Jermaine Gooch | K | 24 |
Long FG | Jermaine Gooch | K | 49 |
Kick Return TD | Joe Holcomb | CB | 1 |
Punt Return TD | Jeff Demps | RB | 1 |
Team
Single-Game
Record | Date | Opponent | Statistic |
Passing yards | Week 8, 2017 | Syracuse | 309 |
Passing touchdowns | Week 3, 2016 | Hawaii | 2 |
Rushing yards | Week 15, 2017 | NC State | 245 |
Rushing touchdowns | Week 15, 2017 | NC State | 4 |
Yards per carry | Week 9, 2015 | Duke | 7.33 |
Total yards | Week 15, 2017 | NC State | 548 |
Yards per play | Week 15, 2017 | NC State | 10.33 |
Points | Week 7, 2016 | Syracuse | 38 |
Fewest pass yards allowed | Week 15, 2017 | NC State | 37 |
Fewest rush yards allowed | Week 10, 2017 | Florida State | 8 |
Fewest total yards allowed | Week 1, 2013 | Vanderbilt | 90 |
Fewest points allowed | Week 6, 2014 | Clemson | 0 |
Sacks | Week 1, 2013 | Vandy | 5 |
Interceptions | Week 14, 2014 | Baylor | 4 |
Margin of victory | Week 7, 2016 | Syracuse | 31 |
Single-Season
Record | Year | Stat |
Passing yards | 2017 | 2466 |
Passing touchdowns | 2017 | 7 |
Rushing yards | 2017 | 2285 |
Rushing touchdowns | 2017 | 24 |
Yards per carry | 2015 | 5.93 |
Total yards | 2017 | 4751 |
Yards per play | 2016 | 6.7 |
Sacks | 2017 | 15.5 |
Interceptions | 2015 2017 |
8 |
Points | 2016 | 203 |
Fewest passing yards allowed | 2014 | 2,655 |
Fewest passing touchdowns allowed | 2017 | 17 |
Fewest rushing yards allowed | 2014 | 828 |
Fewest rushing touchdowns allowed | 2014 | 11 |
Fewest yards per carry allowed | 2017 | 4.61 |
Fewest total yards allowed | 2014 | 3,483 |
Fewest yards per play allowed | 2017 | 5.89 |
Fewest sacks allowed | 2014 | 9 |
Fewest passes intercepted | 2016 | 3 |
Fewest points allowed | 2017 | 243 |
Hall of Fame
Player | Position | Seasons Played | Accolades |
Troy McCray | RB | 2014-2017 | Doak Walker 1st Team All-American 2017 1st team All-ACC 2017 |
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