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List of Wake Forest Demon Deacons football seasons

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With a capacity of 31,500, Truist Field has been the home of Wake Forest football since 1968.

This is a list of seasons completed by the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team. Representing Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the Demon Deacons are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the NCAA Division I FBS. They play their home games out of Truist Field, and are currently led by head coach Dave Clawson.

The Demon Deacons began playing football in 1888, competing as an independent for several decades until joining the Southern Conference in 1936. After 17 years in the SoCon, the Deacons joined the ACC as a charter member in 1953, and have competed in the league ever since. Wake Forest won their first ACC championship in 1970, and captured their first Atlantic Division title in 2006, culminating with a victory over Georgia Tech in the 2006 ACC Championship Game. The Demon Deacons have competed in 16 bowl games as of 2021, having won ten, and have currently made a bowl game in six consecutive seasons, which is the longest streak in program history. Wake Forest has finished the season ranked in the AP Poll on five occasions, most recently in the 2021 campaign which was one of the most successful seasons in school history, as Wake posted an 11–3 mark and was the ACC runner-up.

Seasons

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Legend

  † National Champions
  Conference champions
  Division champions
   ^Bowl game berth/Playoff Result

List of Wake Forest Demon Deacons football seasons[1]
Season Team Head coach Conference Division Regular season results Postseason results Final ranking[2]
Overall Conference[3] Bowl game/Playoff result AP Poll Coaches' Poll
Win Loss Tie Win Loss Tie Finish
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
1888 1888 W. C. Dowd Independent 1 0 0
1889 1889 W. C. Riddick 3 3 0
1890 1890 No team No team
1891 1891 E. Walter Sikes 1 0 0
1892 1892 4 0 1
1893 1893 1 2 0
1894 1894 No team No team
1895 1895 Unknown 0 0 1
1908 1908 A. P. Hall Jr. 1 4 0
1909 1909 A. T. Myers 2 4 0
1910 1910 Reddy Rowe 2 7 0
1911 1911 Frank Thompson 3 5 0
1912 1912 2 6 0
1913 1913 0 8 0
1914 1914 Wilbur C. Smith 3 6 0
1915 1915 3 4 0
1916 1916 G. M. Billings 3 3 0
1917 1917 E. T. MacDonnell 1 6 1
1918 1918 Harry Rabenhorst 1 3 0
1919 1919 2 6 0
1920 1920 James L. White 2 7 0
1921 1921 2 8 0
1922 1922 George Levene 3 5 2
1923 1923 Hank Garrity 6 3 0
1924 1924 7 2 0
1925 1925 6 2 1
1926 1926 James A. Baldwin 5 4 1
1927 1927 2 6 2
1928 1928 Stan Cofall 2 6 2
1929 1929 Pat Miller 6 5 1
1930 1930 5 3 1
1931 1931 4 4 0
1932 1932 3 3 2
1933 1933 Jim Weaver 0 5 1
1934 1934 3 7 0
1935 1935 2 7 0
1936 1936 Southern 5 4 0 2 3 0 10th
1937 1937 D. C. Walker 3 6 0 1 4 0 T-13th
1938 1938 4 5 1 3 4 1 9th
1939 1939 7 3 0 3 3 0 T-7th
1940 1940 7 3 0 4 2 0 3rd
1941 1941 5 5 1 4 2 1 7th
1942 1942 6 2 1 6 1 1 3rd
1943 1943 4 5 0 3 2 0 4th
1944 1944 8 1 0 6 1 0 2nd
1945 1945 5 3 1 4 1 1 2nd Won 1946 Gator Bowl against South Carolina, 26–14 ^ 19
1946 1946 6 3 0 2 3 0 T-11th
1947 1947 6 4 0 3 4 0 10th
1948 1948 6 4 0 5 2 0 5th Lost 1949 Dixie Bowl against Baylor, 7–20 ^ 20
1949 1949 4 6 0 3 3 0 T-9th
1950 1950 6 1 2 6 1 1 4th
1951 1951 Tom Rogers 6 4 0 5 3 0 T-7th
1952 1952 5 4 1 5 1 0 T-2nd
1953 1953 ACC 3 6 1 2 3 0 T-3rd
1954 1954 2 7 1 1 4 1 6th
1955 1955 5 4 1 3 3 1 T-4th
1956 1956 Paul Amen 2 5 3 1 5 1 7th
1957 1957 0 10 0 0 7 0 8th
1958 1958 3 7 0 2 4 0 6th
1959 1959 6 4 0 4 3 0 T-4th
1960 1960 Billy Hildebrand 2 8 0 2 5 0 T-6th
1961 1961 4 6 0 3 4 0 T-5th
1962 1962 0 10 0 0 7 0 8th
1963 1963 1 9 0 1 5 0 7th
1964 1964 Bill Tate 5 5 0 4 3 0 T-3rd
1965 1965 3 7 0 1 5 0 8th
1966 1966 3 7 0 2 4 0 6th
1967 1967 4 6 0 3 4 0 5th
1968 1968 2 7 1 2 3 1 6th
1969 1969 Cal Stoll 3 7 0 2 5 0 7th
1970 1970 6 5 0 5 1 0 1st
1971 1971 6 5 0 2 3 0 T-3rd
1972 1972 Tom Harper 2 9 0 1 5 0 T-6th
1973 1973 Chuck Mills 1 9 1 0 5 1 7th
1974 1974 1 10 0 0 6 0 7th
1975 1975 3 8 0 3 3 0 4th
1976 1976 5 6 0 3 3 0 3rd
1977 1977 1 10 0 0 6 0 7th
1978 1978 John Mackovic 1 10 0 1 5 0 6th
1979 1979 8 4 0 4 2 0 T-2nd Lost 1979 Tangerine Bowl against LSU, 10–34 ^
1980 1980 5 6 0 2 4 0 T-4th
1981 1981 Al Groh 4 7 0 1 5 0 6th
1982 1982 3 8 0 0 6 0 7th
1983 1983 4 7 0 1 5 0 T-6th
1984 1984 6 5 0 3 3 0 4th
1985 1985 4 7 0 1 6 0 8th
1986 1986 5 6 0 2 5 0 8th
1987 1987 Bill Dooley 7 4 0 4 3 0 T-3rd
1988 1988 6 4 1 4 3 0 T-4th
1989 1989 2 8 1 1 6 0 7th
1990 1990 3 8 0 0 7 0 8th
1991 1991 3 8 0 1 6 0 T-7th
1992 1992 8 4 0 4 4 0 T-4th Won 1992 Independence Bowl against Oregon, 39–35 ^ 25 25
1993 1993 Jim Caldwell 2 9 0 1 7 0 9th
1994 1994 3 8 0 1 7 0 8th
1995 1995 1 10 0 0 8 0 9th
1996[a] 1996 3 8 1 7 8th
1997 1997 5 6 3 5 7th
1998 1998 3 8 2 6 7th
1999 1999 7 5 3 5 T-5th Won 1999 Aloha Bowl against Arizona State, 23–3 ^
2000 2000 2 9 1 7 8th
2001 2001 Jim Grobe 6 5 3 5 7th
2002 2002 7 6 3 5 7th Won 2002 Seattle Bowl against Oregon, 38–17 ^
2003 2003 5 7 3 5 7th
2004 2004 4 7 1 7 T-10th
2005 2005 Atlantic 4 7 3 5 T-4th
2006 2006 11 3 6 2 1st Lost 2007 Orange Bowl against Louisville, 13–24 ^ 18 17
2007 2007 9 4 5 3 T-2nd Won 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl against Connecticut, 24–10 ^
2008 2008 8 5 4 4 T-3rd Won 2008 EagleBank Bowl against Navy, 29–19 ^
2009 2009 5 7 3 5 4th
2010 2010 3 9 1 7 6th
2011 2011 6 7 5 3 T-2nd Lost 2011 Music City Bowl against Mississippi State, 17–23 ^
2012 2012 5 7 3 5 4th
2013 2013 4 8 2 6 6th
2014 2014 Dave Clawson 3 9 1 7 T-6th
2015 2015 3 9 1 7 6th
2016 2016 7 6 3 5 T–4th Won 2016 Military Bowl against Temple, 34–26 ^
2017 2017 8 5 4 4 T-3rd Won 2017 Belk Bowl against Texas A&M, 55–52 ^
2018 2018 7 6 3 5 T-5th Won 2018 Birmingham Bowl against Memphis, 37–34 ^
2019 2019 8 5 4 4 T-3rd Lost 2019 Pinstripe Bowl against Michigan State, 21–27 ^
2020 2020 4 5 3 4 10th Lost 2020 Duke's Mayo Bowl against Wisconsin, 28-42 ^
2021 2021 11 3 7 1 1st Won 2021 Gator Bowl against Rutgers, 38-10 ^ 15 14
2022 2022 8 5 3 5 6th Won 2022 Gasparilla Bowl against Missouri, 27–17 ^
2023 2023 4 8 1 7 14th
Totals All-time:
492–685–33
(.420)
Conference:
225–375–10
(.377)
Postseason:
11–6
(.647)

Notes

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  1. ^ Overtime rules were added to college football in 1996, thereby eliminating ties.

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Wake Forest Football Media Guide: Section 7 (Results & Series)" (PDF). WakeForestSports.com. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "Wake Forest In the Polls". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 ACC Football Media Guide" (PDF). TheACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2018.