2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Gasparilla Bowl champion
Gasparilla Bowl, W 27–17 vs. Missouri
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWarren Ruggiero (9th season)
Offensive schemeSlow mesh
Defensive coordinatorBrad Lambert (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–2–5
Home stadiumTruist Field at Wake Forest
2022 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 13 Clemson xy$  8 –0   11 –3  
No. 11 Florida State  5 –3   10 –3  
Syracuse  4 –4   7 –6  
Louisville  4 –4   8 –5  
NC State  4 –4   8 –5  
Wake Forest  3 –5   8 –5  
Boston College  2 –6   3 –9  
Coastal Division
North Carolina xy  6 –2   9 –5  
No. 22 Pittsburgh  5 –3   9 –4  
Duke  5 –3   9 –4  
Georgia Tech  4 –4   5 –7  
Miami (FL)  3 –5   5 –7  
Virginia  1 –6   3 –7  
Virginia Tech  1 –6   3 –8  
Championship: Clemson 39, North Carolina 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football represented Wake Forest University during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Demon Deacons played their home games at Truist Field at Wake Forest in Winston–Salem, North Carolina, and competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Dave Clawson, in his ninth season.

Schedule

Wake Forest announced its 2022 football schedule on January 12, 2022.[1] The 2022 schedule will consist of seven home games and five away games in the regular season. The Demon Deacons will host ACC foes Clemson, Boston College, North Carolina, and Syracuse and will travel to Florida State, Louisville, NC State and Duke.[2]

The Demon Deacons will host three of their non-conference opponents, VMI from the Division I FCS, Liberty from the FBS Independents and Army, also from the FBS Independents. They will visit Vanderbilt from the SEC.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:30 p.m.VMI*No. 22
ACCNW 44–1026,013
September 1012:00 p.m.at Vanderbilt*No. 23
SECNW 45–2524,431
September 175:00 p.m.Liberty*No. 19
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ACCNW 37–3632,891
September 2412:00 p.m.No. 5 ClemsonNo. 21
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ABCL 45–51 2OT32,903
October 13:30 p.m.at No. 23 Florida StateNo. 22
ABCW 31–2169,749
October 87:30 p.m.Army*No. 15
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ACCRSNW 45–1032,524
October 223:30 p.m.Boston CollegeNo. 13
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ACCNW 43–1528,530
October 293:30 p.m.at LouisvilleNo. 10
ACCNL 21–4839,503
November 58:00 p.m.at No. 22 NC StateNo. 21
ACCNL 21–3056,919
November 127:30 p.m.No. 15 North Carolina
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
ESPN2L 34–3631,346
November 198:00 p.m.Syracuse
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ACCNW 45–3526,164
November 263:30 p.m.at Duke
ACCNL 31–3417,492
December 236:30 p.m.vs. Missouri*
ESPNW 27–1734,370
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Game summaries

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 3 7 0 10
No. 22 Demon Deacons 17 6 14 7 44

At Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Demon Deacons 14 7 14 10 45
Commodores 3 7 8 7 25

Statistics

StatisticsWAKEVAN
First downs2111
Total yards451294
Rushing yards151113
Passing yards300181
Turnovers13
Time of possession30:1329:47
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Wake ForestPassingSam Hartman18/27, 300 yards, 4 TD
RushingQuinton Cooley9 rushes, 57 yards, TD
ReceivingA. T. Perry5 receptions, 142 yards, TD
VanderbiltPassingAJ Swann8/11, 146 yards, 2 TD
RushingRay Davis18 rushes, 87 yards, TD
ReceivingJayden McGowan3 receptions, 56 yards

Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 0 8 15 13 36
No. 19 Demon Deacons 3 17 0 17 37

No. 5 Clemson

No. 5 Clemson Tigers (3–0) at No. 21 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (3–0) − Game summary
Period 1 2 34OT2OTTotal
No. 5 Clemson 14 6 8107651
No. 21 Wake Forest 7 7 2137045

at Truist Field • Winston-Salem, NC

  • Date: September 24, 2022
  • Game time: Noon
  • Game weather: Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Wind: SW @ 6 mph (9.7 km/h) • Weather: Cloudy
  • Game attendance: 32,903
  • Referee: Jeff Heaser
  • TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)
  • Sources:
Game information

At No. 23 Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Demon Deacons 7 14 7 3 31
No. 23 Seminoles 7 0 6 8 21

Army

Army Black Knights at No. 15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Period 1 2 34Total
Black Knights 0 0 01010
No. 15 Demon Deacons 14 7 17745

at Truist Field at Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC

Game information
StatisticsARMYWF
First downs1926
3rd down efficiency8–174–9
4th down efficiency2–41–3
Plays–yards74–40764–488
Rushes–yards53–22542–221
Passing yards182267
Passing: Comp–Att–Int10–21–115–22–0
Penalties–yards6–361–5
Turnovers20
Time of possession35:5624:04

Boston College

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 6 6 0 15
No. 13 Demon Deacons 7 14 15 7 43

At Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Demon Deacons 0 14 0 7 21
Cardinals 6 7 35 0 48

At No. 22 NC State

No. 21 Wake Forest at No. 22 NC State
1 234Total
No. 21 Demon Deacons 0 1407 21
• No. 22 Wolfpack 3 14103 30
     
Scoring summary
18:04NCSUChristopher Dunn 33 yard field goal
(8 plays, 28 yards, 4:14)		NCSU 3–0
210:19WAKEChristian Turner 2 yard run (Matthew Dennis kick)
(10 plays, 75 yards, 4:00)		WAKE 7–3
7:39NCSUKeyon Lesane 12 yard pass from MJ Morris (Christopher Dunn kick)
(6 plays, 71 yards, 2:30)		NCSU 10–7
4:11WAKETaylor Morin 24 yard pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick)
(8 plays, 75 yards, 3:28)		WAKE 14–10
1:30NCSUDarryl Jones 13 yard pass from MJ Morris (Christopher Dunn kick)
(8 plays, 64 yards, 2:33)		NCSU 17–14
36:14NCSUDarryl Jones 1 yard pass from MJ Morris (Christopher Dunn kick)
(15 plays, 80 yards, 7:33)		NCSU 24–14
2:01NCSUChristopher Dunn 51 yard field goal
(5 plays, 17 yards, 2:17)		NCSU 27–14
46:54WAKEA. T. Perry 29 yard pass from Sam Hartman
(13 plays, 99 yards, 4:18)		NCSU 27–21
2:54NCSUChristopher Dunn 25 yard field goal
(9 plays, 62 yards, 4:00)		NCSU 30–21
Pregame line Over/under
WAKE –3.054
StatisticsWAKENCSU
First downs2224
Total yards414325
Rushing yards17115
Passing yards397210
Turnovers30
Time of possession26:3833:22
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Wake ForestPassingSam Hartman29–48, 397 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
RushingChristian Turner8 carries, 29 yards, 1 TD
ReceivingA. T. Perry12 receptions, 159 yards, 1 TD
NC StatePassingMJ Morris18–28, 210 yards, 3 TD
RushingJordan Houston12 carries, 53 yards
ReceivingThayer Thomas8 receptions, 79 yards

No. 15 North Carolina

No. 15 North Carolina at Wake Forest
1 234Total
• No. 15 Tar Heels 14 1363 36
Demon Deacons 7 14130 34
  • Date: November 12, 2022
  • Location: Truist Field at Wake Forest
    Winston-Salem, NC
  • Game start: 7:30pm EST
  • Game attendance: 31,346
  • Referee: Gary Patterson
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), Dawn Davenport (sideline)
       
Scoring summary
19:17UNCJosh Downs 12 yd. pass from Drake Maye (Noah Burnette kick)
(10 plays, 91 yards, 3:23)		UNC 7–0
7:13UNCElijah Green 5 yd. run (Noah Burnette kick)
(4 plays, 69 yards, 0:51)		UNC 14–0
3:21WFTaylor Morin 7 yd. pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick)
(11 plays, 78 yards, 3:46)		UNC 14–7
213:23UNCJosh Downs 7 yd. pass from Drake Maye (Noah Burnette kick)
(13 plays, 64 yards, 4:50)		UNC 21–7
9:13WFChristian Turner 1 yd. run (Matthew Dennis kick)
(12 plays, 75 yards, 4:10)		UNC 21–14
4:06WFDonavon Greene 7 yd. pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick)
(5 plays, 36 yards, 1:49)		Tied 21–21
2:22UNCJosh Downs 20 yd. pass from Drake Maye (Noah Burnette PAT failed)
(5 plays, 75 yards, 1:44)		UNC 27–21
38:35WFA. T. Perry 32 yd. pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick)
(9 plays, 73 yards, 3:12)		WF 28–27
5:27UNCDrake Maye 5 yd. run (Two-Point conversion failed)
(10 plays, 69 yards, 3:06)		UNC 33–28
4:26WFDonavon Greene 60 yd. pass from Sam Hartman (Two-Point conversion failed)
(3 plays, 72 yards, 0:52)		WF 34–33
42:12UNCNoah Burnette 33 yd. field goal
(5 plays, 32 yards, 2:08)		UNC 36–34
Pregame line Over/under
WF -4.577
Statistics UNC WF
First downs3022
Plays–yards87–58472–490
Rushes–yards38–13641–170
Passing yards448320
Passing: comp–att–int31–49–018–31–1
Time of possession33:0226:58
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
North Carolina PassingDrake Maye31/49, 448 yards, 3 TD
RushingDrake Maye19 carries, 71 yards, TD
ReceivingJosh Downs11 receptions, 154 yards, 3 TD
Wake Forest PassingSam Hartman18/31, 320 yards, 4 TD, INT
RushingJustice Ellison16 carries, 81 yards
ReceivingTaylor Morin5 receptions, 106 yards, TD

Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total
Orange 7 14 0 14 35
Demon Deacons 3 21 7 14 45

At Duke

1 2 3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 7 10 7 7 31
Blue Devils 3 17 7 7 34

Vs. Missouri (Gasparilla Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 7 7 0 17
Demon Deacons 7 7 6 7 27

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP222319212215141310T20RV—————
Coaches19211816211514131019RVRVRVRV—RV
CFPNot released21—————Not released

Coaching staff

Position Name First Year at Wake
Head coach Dave Clawson 2014
Asst head coach / Receivers Kevin Higgins 2014
AHC Defense/defensive line Dave Cohen 2014
Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks Warren Ruggiero 2014
Defensive coordinator Brad Lambert 2022
Special teams coordinator / tight ends Wayne Lineburg 2017
Assistant coach / Safeties James Adams 2022
Running backs John Hunter 2014
Offensive Line Nick Tabacca 2014
Cornerbacks Paul Williams 2020
Linebackers Glenn Spencer 2022
Source:[8]

References

  1. ↑ "ACC Announces Wake Forest's 2022 Football Schedule". Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "2022 Wake Forest Football Schedule". Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Army at No. 15 Wake Forest – Game Summary – October 8, 2022". ESPN. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Scoring Summary (Final) Army West Point at Wake Forest (Oct 8, 2022 at Winston-Salem, North Carolina)". USMA Athletic Department. October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Army at No. 15 Wake Forest – Army Game Notes" (PDF). USMA Athletic Department. October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Army at No. 15 Wake Forest – Wake Forest Game Notes" (PDF). Wake Forest Athletic Department. October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Football Drops Contest at #15 Wake Forest". USMA Athletic Department. October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Greg Jones - Football Coach". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
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