Wake Forest Demon Deacons football, 1990–1999

Contents: 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999

Note: * denotes conference game

1990

1990 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1990 record 3-8-0 (0-7-0 ACC)
Head coach Bill Dooley
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1989 1991 »
1990 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Georgia Tech 6 – 0 – 1     11 – 0 – 1
#9 Clemson 5 – 2 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
#23 Virginia 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Maryland 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 3 – 1     6 – 4 – 1
NC State 3 – 4 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Duke 1 – 6 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Wake Forest 0 – 7 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
09/01/1990 at Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX L 17-33
27,100
09/08/1990 Appalachian State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 23-17
30,732
09/15/1990* at NC State Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC L 15-20
44,300
09/29/1990 Army Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 52-14
20,117
10/06/1990* UNC Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 24-31
27,711
10/13/1990* at Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD L 13-41
27,554
10/20/1990* #1 Virginia Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 14-49
23,124
10/27/1990* #19 Clemson Groves Winston-Salem, NC L 6-24
25,317
11/03/1990* at Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC L 20-57
32,700
11/17/1990* #4 Georgia Tech Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 7-42
13,493
11/24/1990 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN W 56-28
21,116

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Phil Barnhill 125/276 1,443
Rushing Anthony Williams 181 866
Receiving John Henry Mills 46 623

1991

1991 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1991 record 3-8-0 (1-6-0 ACC)
Head coach Bill Dooley
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1990 1992 »
1991 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#18 Clemson 6 – 0 – 1     9 – 2 – 1
#24 NC State 5 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Georgia Tech 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 5 – 0
Virginia 4 – 2 – 1     8 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 4 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Maryland 2 – 5 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
Duke 1 – 6 – 0     4 – 6 – 1
Wake Forest 1 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
09/14/1991 Western Carolina Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 40-24
22,352
09/21/1991* NC State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 3-30
24,854
09/28/1991 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 14-41
25,147
10/05/1991 Appalachian State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 3-17
28,234
10/12/1991* at UNC Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 10-24
49,200
10/19/1991* Maryland Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 22-23
17,342
10/26/1991* at Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA L 7-48
41,900
11/02/1991* at #16 Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC L 10-28
68,955
11/09/1991* Duke Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 31-14
15,759
11/16/1991* at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA L 3-27
38,124
11/23/1991 at Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 52-24
22,276

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Keith West 153/296 1,969
Rushing Anthony Williams 139 523
Receiving John Henry Mills 51 559

1992

1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Independence Bowl, Win over Oregon
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches #25
AP #25
1992 record 8-4-0 (4-4-0 ACC)
Head coach Bill Dooley
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1991 1993 »
1992 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Florida State † 8 – 0 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#17 NC State 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 1
#19 North Carolina 5 – 3 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#25 Wake Forest 4 – 4 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Virginia 4 – 4 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Clemson 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Maryland 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Duke 0 – 8 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
09/05/1992* UNC Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 17-35
23,447
09/12/1992 Appalachian State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 10-7
24,387
09/26/1992* at #3 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 7-35
62,915
10/03/1992* #14 Virginia Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 17-31
22,135
10/10/1992 at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN W 40-6
33,660
10/17/1992* at Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 30-23
31,132
10/24/1992 Army Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 23-7
18,221
10/31/1992* Clemson Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 18-15
21,839
11/07/1992* at Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC W 28-14
33,600
11/14/1992* at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA W 23-10
40,006
11/21/1992 at #13 NC State Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC L 14-42
46,121
12/31/1992 Oregon Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl) W 39-35
31,337

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Keith West 159/281 2,039
Rushing Ned Moultrie 156 717
Receiving Todd Dixon 51 750

1993

1993 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1993 record 2-9-0 (1-7-0 ACC)
Head coach Jim Caldwell
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1992 1994 »
1993 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 Florida State †   8 – 0         12 – 1  
#19 North Carolina   6 – 2         10 – 3  
#23 Clemson   5 – 3         9 – 3  
Virginia   5 – 3         7 – 5  
NC State   4 – 4         7 – 5  
Georgia Tech   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Duke   2 – 6         3 – 8  
Maryland   2 – 6         2 – 9  
Wake Forest   1 – 7         2 – 9  
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
09/04/1993 Vanderbilt Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 12-27
16,053
09/11/1993* #18 NC State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 16-34
13,681
09/18/1993 Appalachian State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 20-3
26,918
09/25/1993 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 14-26
23,875
10/09/1993* at #15 UNC Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 35-45
51,000
10/16/1993* at Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC W 20-16
61,102
10/23/1993* Duke Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 13-21
20,123
10/30/1993* at #1 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 0-54
66,666
11/06/1993* at Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA L 9-21
36,700
11/13/1993* Georgia Tech Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 28-38
21,113
11/20/1993* Maryland Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 32-33
12,521

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Jim Kemp 126/217 1,488
Rushing John Leach 215 1,089
Receiving John Leach 41 340

1994

1994 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1994 record 3-8-0 (1-7-0 ACC)
Head coach Jim Caldwell
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1993 1995 »
1994 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Florida State † 8 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 1
#17 NC State 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
#15 [[{{{school}}}|Virginia]] 5 – 3 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Duke]] 5 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
North Carolina 5 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Clemson 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Maryland 2 – 6 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Wake Forest 1 – 7 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]] 0 – 8 – 0     1 – 10 – 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
09/04/1994 at [[{{{school}}}|Vanderbilt]] Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN L 14-35
31,203
09/11/1994 Appalachian State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 12-10
25,067
09/18/1994* #3 [[{{{school}}}|Florida State]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 14-56
20,317
09/25/1994* at Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD L 7-31
24,787
10/09/1994 [[{{{school}}}|Army]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 33-27
17,571
10/16/1994* [[{{{school}}}|Virginia]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 6-42
20,183
10/23/1994* at [[{{{school}}}|NC State]] Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC L 3-34
35,350
10/30/1994* #20 [[{{{school}}}|Duke]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 26-51
21,445
11/06/1994* at Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC L 8-24
66,998
11/13/1994* UNC Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 0-50
22,727
11/20/1994* at [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]] Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA W 20-13
35,706

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Rusty LaRue 132/230 1,303
Rushing Sherron Gudger 78 261
Receiving Roger Pettus 30 312

1995

1995 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1995 record 1-10-0 (1-7-0 ACC)
Head coach Jim Caldwell
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1994 1996 »
1995 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#4 [[{{{school}}}|Florida State]] §   7 – 1         10 – 2  
#16 [[{{{school}}}|Virginia]] §   7 – 1         9 – 4  
Clemson   6 – 2         8 – 4  
[[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]]   5 – 3         6 – 5  
North Carolina   4 – 4         7 – 5  
Maryland   4 – 4         6 – 5  
[[{{{school}}}|NC State]]   2 – 6         3 – 8  
[[{{{school}}}|Duke]]   1 – 7         3 – 8  
Wake Forest   0 – 8         1 – 10  
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
08/31/1995 Appalachian State Winston-Salem, NC L 22-24
21,831
09/09/1995 at [[{{{school}}}|Tulane]] Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA L 16-34
16,368
09/16/1995* Clemson Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina L 14-29
18,616
09/23/1995 at [[{{{school}}}|Navy]] Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 30-7
25,380
09/30/1995* at #11 [[{{{school}}}|Virginia]] Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA L 17-35
37,500
10/07/1995* Maryland Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 6-9
19,107
10/14/1995* at #1 [[{{{school}}}|Florida State]] Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 13-72
73,400
10/21/1995* at UNC Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 7-31
51,000
10/28/1995* at [[{{{school}}}|Duke]] Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC L 26-42
31,752
11/04/1995* [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 23-24
23,114
11/18/1995* [[{{{school}}}|NC State]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 23-52
18,218

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Rusty LaRue 264/421 2,775
Rushing John Lewis 110 304
Receiving Marlon Estes 68 833

1996

1996 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1996 record 3-8-0 (1-7-0 ACC)
Head coach Jim Caldwell
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1995 1997 »
1996 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 [[{{{school}}}|Florida State]] †   8 – 0         11 – 1  
#10 North Carolina   6 – 2         10 – 2  
Clemson   6 – 2         7 – 5  
[[{{{school}}}|Virginia]]   5 – 3         7 – 5  
[[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]]   4 – 4         5 – 6  
Maryland   3 – 5         5 – 6  
[[{{{school}}}|NC State]]   3 – 5         3 – 8  
Wake Forest   1 – 7         3 – 8  
[[{{{school}}}|Duke]]   0 – 8         0 – 11  
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
08/29/1996 Appalachian State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 19-13
21,129
09/07/1996 #13 Northwestern Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 28-27
21,749
09/14/1996* at [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]] Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA L 10-30
45,750
09/21/1996* #20 [[{{{school}}}|Virginia]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 7-42
23,220
09/28/1996* at Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC L 10-21
63,263
10/05/1996* #15 UNC Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 6-45
25,681
10/19/1996* at Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD L 0-52
30,212
10/26/1996 [[{{{school}}}|Navy]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 18-47
17,307
11/09/1996* #3 [[{{{school}}}|Florida State]] Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL L 7-44
34,974
11/16/1996* [[{{{school}}}|Duke]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 17-16
17,842
11/23/1996* at [[{{{school}}}|NC State]] Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC L 22-37
40,500

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Brian Kuklick 205/396 2,526
Rushing Morgan Kane 128 454
Receiving Desmond Clark 61 782

1997

1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1997 record 5-6-0 (3-5-0 ACC)
Head coach Jim Caldwell
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1996 1998 »
1997 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 Florida State †   8 – 0         11 – 1  
#6 North Carolina   7 – 1         11 – 1  
[[{{{school}}}|Virginia]]   5 – 3         7 – 4  
#25 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]]   5 – 3         7 – 5  
Clemson   4 – 4         7 – 5  
[[{{{school}}}|NC State]]   3 – 5         6 – 5  
Wake Forest   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Maryland   1 – 7         2 – 9  
[[{{{school}}}|Duke]]   0 – 8         2 – 9  
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
09/06/1997 #21 [[{{{school}}}|Northwestern]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 27-20
24,320
09/13/1997 at East Carolina Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC L 24-25
38,031
09/20/1997* [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 26-28
22,832
09/25/1997* [[{{{school}}}|NC State]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 19-18
24,259
10/04/1997* at [[{{{school}}}|Virginia]] Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA L 13-21
40,000
10/11/1997* at #5 UNC Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 12-30
57,000
10/18/1997* Maryland Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 35-17
17,893
10/25/1997* at [[{{{school}}}|Duke]] Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC W 38-24
28,531
11/01/1997* Clemson Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 16-33
23,411
11/08/1997 at [[{{{school}}}|Rutgers]] Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ W 28-14
11,717
11/15/1997* at #2 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 7-58
70,026

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Brian Kuklick 190/312 2,180
Rushing Herman Lewis 114 491
Receiving Desmond Clark 72 950

1998

1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1998 record 3-8-0 (2-6-0 ACC)
Head coach Jim Caldwell
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1997 1999 »
1998 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 Florida State †§   7 – 1         11 – 2  
#9 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]] §   7 – 1         10 – 2  
#18 [[{{{school}}}|Virginia]]   6 – 2         9 – 3  
North Carolina   5 – 3         7 – 5  
[[{{{school}}}|NC State]]   5 – 3         7 – 5  
[[{{{school}}}|Duke]]   2 – 6         4 – 7  
Wake Forest   2 – 6         3 – 8  
Clemson   1 – 7         3 – 8  
Maryland   1 – 7         3 – 8  
† – BCS representative as champion
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
09/05/1998 at [[{{{school}}}|Air Force]] Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO L 0-42
47,972
09/10/1998 [[{{{school}}}|Navy]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 26-14
26,032
09/26/1998* at Clemson Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC W 29-19
61,632
10/03/1998 Appalachian State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 27-30 OT
26,885
10/10/1998* [[{{{school}}}|Duke]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 16-19
22,037
10/17/1998* at Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 20-10
23,419
10/24/1998* UNC Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 31-38
25,841
10/31/1998* #15 [[{{{school}}}|Virginia]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 17-38
22,718
11/07/1998* at [[{{{school}}}|NC State]] Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC L 27-38
51,500
11/14/1998* #5 Florida State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 7-24
19,193
11/21/1998* at #21 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]] Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA L 35-63
40,110

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Brian Kuklick 216/396 2,683
Rushing Morgan Kane 128 454
Receiving Jammie Deese 68 826

1999

1999 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Aloha Bowl, Win over [[{{{school}}}|Arizona State]], 23-3
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1999 record 7-5-0 (3-5-0 ACC)
Head coach Jim Caldwell
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
« 1998 2000 »
1999 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 Florida State †   8 – 0         12 – 0  
#17 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]]   5 – 3         8 – 4  
[[{{{school}}}|Virginia]]   5 – 3         7 – 5  
Clemson   5 – 3         6 – 6  
Wake Forest   3 – 5         7 – 5  
[[{{{school}}}|NC State]]   3 – 5         6 – 6  
[[{{{school}}}|Duke]]   3 – 5         3 – 8  
Maryland   2 – 6         5 – 6  
North Carolina   2 – 6         3 – 8  
† – BCS representative as champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date Opponent Location Result Attendance
09/11/1999 at [[{{{school}}}|Army]] Michie Stadium • West Point, NY W 34-15
29,646
09/18/1999* at [[{{{school}}}|Virginia]] Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA L 7-35
50,000
09/25/1999* #25 [[{{{school}}}|NC State]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 31-7
23,450
10/02/1999 [[{{{school}}}|Rutgers]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 17-10
20,772
10/09/1999* Maryland Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 14-17
19,321
10/16/1999* at #1 Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 10-33
78,105
10/23/1999 UAB Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 47-3
20,578
10/30/1999* Clemson Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 3-12
21,105
11/06/1999* at UNC Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 19-3
40,000
11/13/1999* at [[{{{school}}}|Duke]] Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC L 35-48
29,457
11/20/1999* #14 [[{{{school}}}|Georgia Tech]] Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 26-23
25,230
12/25/1999 [[{{{school}}}|Arizona State]] Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl) W 23-3
40,974

Team Leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Ben Sankey 133/224 1,496
Rushing Morgan Kane 275 1,161
Receiving Jammie Deese 32 444

Notes

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