2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 4–8 (1–7 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Warren Ruggiero (10th season) |
Offensive scheme | Slow mesh[1] |
Defensive coordinator | Brad Lambert (2nd season) |
Base defense | Multiple 4–2–5 |
Home stadium | Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Florida State y$ | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Louisville y | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 NC State | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Clemson | 4 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 2 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Florida State 16, Louisville 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Demon Deacons were led by Dave Clawson in his tenth year as head coach. They played their home games at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Offseason
Players drafted into the NFL
Player | Position | Team | Round | Pick |
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Kobie Turner | DE | Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 89 |
A. T. Perry | WR | New Orleans Saints | 6 | 195 |
Transfers
Outgoing
Player | Position | Destination |
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Jackson Hensley | WR | Eastern Kentucky |
Christian Turner | RB | Indiana |
Zavier Simpson | WR | Ball State |
Brett Griffis | QB | James Madison |
J.J. Roberts | CB | Marshall |
Gavin Holmes | CB | Texas |
Quinton Cooley | RB | Liberty |
Rondell Bothroyd | DL | Oklahoma |
Dez Williams | WR | Stony Brook |
Sam Hartman | QB | Notre Dame |
Bernard Gooden | DL | South Florida |
Incoming
Player | Position | Previous school |
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Bryce Ganious | DL | Villanova |
Walker Merrill | WR | Tennessee |
Jacob Roberts | ILB | North Carolina A&T |
Schedule
Wake Forest and the ACC announced the 2023 football schedule on January 30, 2023.[3][4] The 2023 season will be the conference's first season since 2004, that its scheduling format just includes one division. The new format sets Wake Forest with three set conference opponents, while playing the remaining ten teams twice in an (home and away) in a four–year cycle. The Demon Deacons three set conference opponents for the next four years is; Duke, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech.[5][6]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | Elon* | ACCN | W 37–17 | 30,028 | |
September 9 | 11:00 a.m. | Vanderbilt* |
| ACCN | W 36–20 | 28,363 |
September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion* | ESPN2 | W 27–24 | 18,276 | |
September 23 | 6:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech |
| The CW | L 16–30 | 32,528 |
October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | at Clemson | ACCN | L 12–17 | 80,810 | |
October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at Virginia Tech | ACCN | L 13–30 | 65,632 | |
October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh |
| ACCN | W 21–17 | 31,855 |
October 28 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 4 Florida State |
| ABC | L 16–41 | 31,288 |
November 2 | 7:30 p.m. | at Duke | ESPN | L 21–24 | 18,277 | |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | NC State |
| The CW | L 6–26 | 29,591 |
November 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 19 Notre Dame* | NBC | L 7–45 | 77,622 | |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at Syracuse | The CW | L 31–35 | 35,018 | |
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Game summaries
Elon
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
Demon Deacons | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
at Truist Field, Winston-Salem, NC
- Date: August 31, 2023
- Game time: TBA
- TV: TBA
Game information | ||
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Statistics | ELON | WAKE |
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First downs | 13 | 22 |
Total yards | 251 | 427 |
Rushing yards | 104 | 98 |
Passing yards | 149 | 327 |
Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Time of possession | 31:50 | 28:10 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Elon | Passing | Justin Allen | 18/29, 130 yards, 2 INT |
Rushing | Jalen Hampton | 15 carries, 89 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Jordan Bonner | 7 catches, 58 yards | |
Wake Forest | Passing | Mitch Griffis | 19/30, 329, 3 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Demond Claiborne | 13 carries, 70 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Jahmal Banks | 6 catches, 108 yards, 1 TD |
Vanderbilt
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Commodores | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
Demon Deacons | 3 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 36 |
at Truist Field, Winston-Salem, NC
- Date: September 9, 2023
- Game time: TBA
- TV: TBA
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References
- ↑ Markowski, Jack (October 19, 2023). "Pitt Panthers Preparing For Wake Forest's RPO-Heavy Offense". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ↑ "2023 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Wake Forest will play three of its first four football games this fall at home". News & Record. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ↑ Bergin, Mark (January 30, 2023). "Here are the 2023 football schedules for NC State, North Carolina and Duke". WRAL. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ↑ "ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2023–26" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. June 28, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ↑ Murphy, Brian (June 28, 2022). "ACC eliminates football divisions, adopts new schedule model in 2023". WRAL. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ↑ "2023 Wake Forest Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved December 23, 2022.