Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football

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Program Information
Nickname: Demon Deacons
Conference Affiliation: ACC (since 1953)
Current Head Coach: Jim Grobe (6th year at WFU, 38-34)
(12 years, 71-67-1 overall)
Awards
National Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 2
Heisman Winners: 0
Consensus All-American Selections:
College Football Hall of Famers (players and coaches): 1
Records
All-time Record: 389-577-33
Bowl Record: 4-2-1(pend)
BCS Record: 1 pend
Pageantry
Colors: Black and Gold
Outfitter: Nike
Fight songs: O' Here's to Wake Forest
Mascot: Demon Deacon
Marching Band: Marching Chiefs
Stadium: Groves Stadium
Rivals: North Carolina and NC State

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are widely considered one of the worst programs in college football. The team has been around since 1888, and missed around 10 seasons. The school also owns the distinction for having the most losses in college football history with 576.

However, the school's enrollment is only about 4,000, and it ranks last in recruiting year-in-and-year-out. The football program has had some highlights, including a 4-2 record in Bowl games, and an 11-2 season in 2006.

The team plays its home games at Groves Stadium, located on-campus at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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[edit] Wake Forest head football coaches

Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
1888 W.C. Dowd 1 1-0 1.000
1889 W.C. Riddick 1 3-3 .500
1891-93 W.E. Sikes 3 6-2-1 .722
1908 A.P. Hall Jr. 1 1-5 .167
1909 A.T. Myers 1 2-4 .333
1910 Reddy Rowe 1 2-7 .222
1911-13 Frank Thompson 3 5-19 .206
1914-15 W.C. Smith 2 6-10 .375
1916 C.M. Billings 1 3-3 .500
1917 E.T. MacDonnell 1 1-6-1 .188
1918-19 Harry Rabenhorst 2 3-8 .273
1920-21 J.L. White 2 4-15 .211
1922 George Levene 1 3-5-2 .400
1923-25 Hank Garrity 3 19-7-1 .722
1926-27 James Baldwin 2 7-10-3 .425
1928 Stanley B. Cofall 1 2-6-2 .300
1929-32 F.S. Miller 4 18-15-4 .541
1933-36 James H. Weaver 4 10-23-1 .309
1937-50 D.C. Walker 14 77-51-6 .597
1951-55 Tom Rogers 5 21-25-4 .460
1956-59 Paul Amen 4 11-26-3 .313
1960-63 Billy Hildebrand 4 7-33 .175
1964-68 Bill Tate 5 17-32-1 .350
1969-71 Cal Stoll 1 15-17 .469
1972 Tom Harper 1 2-9 .182
1973-77 Chuck Mills 5 11-43-1 .209
1978-80 John Mackovic 3 14-20 .412
1981-86 Al Groh 6 26-40 .394
1987-92 Bill Dooley 6 29-36-2 .448
1993-00 Jim Caldwell 7 26-63 .292
2001- Jim Grobe 6 38-34 .527
1888-2006 31 coaches 100 389-576-33 .402

[edit] Championships

[edit] Conference Championships

Conference Affiliations

  • 1947: Independent
  • 1948-1950: Dixie Conference
  • 1951-1991: Independent
  • 1953: ACC
Year Conference Overall Record Conference Record
1970 ACC 6-5 6-1
2006 ACC 11-2 7-2
Total conference championships 2

[edit] Records

[edit] All-time bowl record

Wake Forest has played in just 6 bowl games in its history and owns a 4-2 record in those games. In 2006, the school earned a bid to its first ever BCS game, with an Orange Bowl match-up against Louisville.

Date Bowl W/L Opponent PF PA
January 1, 1945 Gator Bowl W South Carolina 25 14
January 1, 1948 Dixie Bowl L Baylor 7 20
December 22, 1979 Tangerine Bowl L LSU 10 34
December 31, 1992 Independence Bowl W Oregon 39 35
December 21, 1999 Aloha Bowl W Arizona State 23 3
December 30, 2002 Seattle Bowl L Oregon 38 17
January 1, 2007 Orange Bowl ? Louisville
Total 7 bowl games 4-2

[edit] Rivalries

Wake Forest's traditional rivals have been the North Carolina TarHeels, and the NC State Wolfpack. Unfortunately, both schools have dominated the rivalries, although Wake Forest did win both games in the 2006 edition.

[edit] Individual Award Winners

[edit] Players

[edit] Coaches

[edit] Current NFL Players

[edit] Other Famous Players

[edit] References

    [edit] See also

    • 2006 Wake Forest Demon Deaconsfootball team


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