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Wake Forest Football Team History

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Founded: 1834
Stadium: Groves Stadium
Capacity: 31,500
Colors: Gold & Black
Coach:
Conference: Atlantic Coast-

Wake Forest

Team Timeline
First Team: 1888

Championships
National Championships
None
Conference Championships
1970, 2006
Division Championships
2006, 2021

Team Records
Overall Record	497-695-33
Winning Pct.	42%
Vacated Wins	0
Forfeit Games	0
Adjusted Record	497-695-33
Winning Pct.	42%
National Championships	0
Conference Titles	2
Division Titles	2
Conference Record	161-351-5
All American Players
NFL Players (#2)
Home Record	284-270-16
Away Record	201-414-17

By The Numbers
Seasons	123
Winning Seasons (#1)	46
Losing Seasons (#1)	72
Most Wins in A Season	11 (2021)
Most Loses in A Season	10 (1995)
10 Win Seasons	2
Most Points Scored in a Game	80 (9/25/1915)
Most Points Scored in a Season	574 (2021)
Most Points Allowed in a Game	82 (10/31/1981)
Most Points Allowed in a Season	433 (2018)
Largest Margin of Victory	80 (9/25/1915)
Largest Margin of Defeat	76 (9/30/1908)
Most Points Both Teams in a Game	126 (10/23/2021)
Last Shutout	10/10/2015
Last Time Shutout	11/2/2013
Shutouts All-Time	128
Been Shutout All-Time	181

Streaks
Longest Win	8 (9/3/2021-10/30/2021)
Longest Losing	18 (9/22/1962-11/9/1963)

Bowl Records
Overall Record	11-6-0
Rose	0-0-0
Cotton	0-0-0
Orange	0-1-0
Fiesta	0-0-0
Sugar	0-0-0

By the Decade
2020-29	31-29
2010-19	54-71
2000-09	61-60
1990-99	38-74
1980-89	46-62-2
1970-79	34-76-1
1960-69	27-72-1
1950-59	38-52-9
1940-49	57-36-3
1930-39	36-47-5
1920-29	41-48-9

Next Game

2024 Season

Thu., Aug. 29	vs. North Carolina A&T	45-13 W
Sat., Sep. 7	vs. Virginia	30-31 L
Sat., Sep. 14	vs. Mississippi	6-40 L
Sat., Sep. 21	OPEN
Sat., Sep. 28	vs. Louisiana	38-41 L
Sat., Oct. 5	@ North Carolina State	34-30 W
Sat., Oct. 12	vs. Clemson	14-49 L
Sat., Oct. 19	@ Connecticut	23-20 W
Sat., Oct. 26	@ Stanford	27-24 W
Sat., Nov. 2	OPEN
Fri., Nov. 8	vs. California	36-46 L
Sat., Nov. 16	@ North Carolina	24-31 L
Sat., Nov. 23	@ Miami	14-42 L
Sat., Nov. 30	vs. Duke	17-23 L

2024 Season Totals
Record	4-8
Scoring	308-390
Conference Record	2-6
Home Record	1-6
Away Record	3-2

2024 Atlantic Coast Standings
Season		Conference
Southern Methodist	11-3	8-0
Clemson	10-4	7-1
Miami	10-3	6-2
Duke	9-4	5-3
Georgia Tech	7-6	5-3
Louisville	9-4	5-3
Syracuse	10-3	5-3
Boston College	7-6	4-4
Virginia Tech	6-7	4-4
North Carolina	6-7	3-5
North Carolina State	6-7	3-5
Pittsburgh	7-6	3-5
Virginia	5-7	3-5
California	6-7	2-6
Stanford	3-9	2-6
Wake Forest	4-8	2-6
Florida State	2-10	1-7

Longest Running Rivalry
Wake Forest & North Carolina State have played 117 games.
Wake Forest has won 43 games.
North Carolina State has won 69 games.
with 5 tie games.

Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
Scoring	Record
less than 10	4-28
10 or more	142-132
20 or more	136-69
30 or more	91-20
40 or more	44-6

Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
Points Allowed	Record
less than 10	21-0
10 or more	125-160
20 or more	65-146
30 or more	25-102
40 or more	5-51

Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.