2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team will represent Wake Forest University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Demon Deacons are expected to be led by Dave Clawson in his tenth year as head coach. They play their home games at Truist Field in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWarren Ruggiero (10th season)
Defensive coordinatorBrad Lambert (2nd season)
Home stadiumTruist Field at Wake Forest
(c. 31,500, FieldTurf)
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Boston College  0 –0   0 –0  
Clemson  0 –0   0 –0  
Duke  0 –0   0 –0  
Florida State  0 –0   0 –0  
Georgia Tech  0 –0   0 –0  
Louisville  0 –0   0 –0  
Miami (FL)  0 –0   0 –0  
NC State  0 –0   0 –0  
North Carolina  0 –0   0 –0  
Pittsburgh  0 –0   0 –0  
Syracuse  0 –0   0 –0  
Virginia  0 –0   0 –0  
Virginia Tech  0 –0   0 –0  
Wake Forest  0 –0   0 –0  
Championship: December 2023
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of May 13, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season
See also: 2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The Demon Deacons finished with an 8-5 record (3-5 ACC).[1] They won the Gasparilla Bowl with a score of 27-17 against Missouri. Although they started out 6-1 with only a narrow 51-45 loss to #5 Clemson in double overtime, they lost 4 of their last 5 games.[2]

Offseason

Players drafted into the NFL
See also: 2023 NFL Draft

Outgoing
Player Position Destination
Jackson Hensley WR Eastern Kentucky
Christian Turner RB Indiana
Zavier Simpson WR Unknown
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

[3]

Incoming
Player Position Previous school
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.[4][5] 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.[6][7]

DateOpponentSiteResult
August 31Elon*
September 9Vanderbilt*
  • Truist Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC
September 16at Old Dominion*
September 23Georgia Tech
  • Truist Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC
October 7at Clemson
October 14at Virginia Tech
October 21Pittsburgh
  • Truist Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC
October 28Florida State
  • Truist Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC
November 2at Duke
November 11NC State
  • Truist Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
November 18at Notre Dame*
November 25at Syracuse
  • *Non-conference game

[8]

Game summaries

Elon
See also: 2023 Elon Phoenix football team
Elon Phoenix at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Period 1 2 34Total
Phoenix 0 0 000
Demon Deacons 0 0 000

at Truist Field, Winston-Salem, NC

  • Date: August 31, 2023
  • Game time: TBA
  • TV: TBA
Game information
StatisticsELONWAKE
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
ElonPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Wake ForestPassing
Rushing
Receiving

Vanderbilt
See also: 2023 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
Vanderbilt Commodores at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Period 1 2 34Total
Commodores 0 0 000
Demon Deacons 0 0 000

at Truist Field, Winston-Salem, NC

  • Date: September 9, 2023
  • Game time: TBA
  • TV: TBA
Game information
StatisticsVANWAKE
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
VanderbiltPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Wake ForestPassing
Rushing
Receiving

References
  1. "2022 Football Schedule". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  2. "Gasparilla Bowl - Wake Forest vs Missouri Box Score, December 23, 2022". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  3. "2023 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  4. "Wake Forest will play three of its first four football games this fall at home". News & Record. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  5. Bergin, Mark (January 30, 2023). "Here are the 2023 football schedules for NC State, North Carolina and Duke". WRAL. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  6. "ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2023–26" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. June 28, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  7. Murphy, Brian (June 28, 2022). "ACC eliminates football divisions, adopts new schedule model in 2023". WRAL. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  8. "2023 Wake Forest Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
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