2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Seattle Bowl champion
Seattle Bowl, W 38–17 vs. Oregon
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTroy Calhoun (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDean Hood (2nd season)
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 Florida State $   7 – 1     9 – 5  
No. 22 Virginia   6 – 2     9 – 5  
No. 13 Maryland   6 – 2     11 – 3  
No. 12 NC State   5 – 3     11 – 3  
Clemson   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Georgia Tech   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Wake Forest   3 – 5     7 – 6  
North Carolina   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Duke   0 – 8     2 – 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Jim Grobe, the Demon Deacons compiled a 7–6 record and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:30 pmat Northern Illinois*
FSNL 41–42 OT19,653
September 76:30 pmEast Carolina*
W 27–2228,486
September 147:00 pmat No. 19 NC State
L 13–3251,094
September 212:00 pmat Purdue*
W 24–2148,550
September 286:30 pmVirginia
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 34–3825,883
October 53:30 pmat Georgia Tech
ABCW 24–2143,719
October 123:30 pmDukedagger
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
W 36–1025,856
October 193:30 pmat Clemson
ABCL 23–3181,008
October 2612:00 pmNorth Carolina
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
JPSW 31–031,476
November 24:00 pmNo. 18 Florida State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ESPN2L 21–3424,710
November 233:30 pmNavy*
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 30–2722,811
November 303:30 pmat No. 25 Maryland
ESPNL 14–3239,006
December 305:00 pmvs. Oregon*
ESPNW 38–1738,241
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Team leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing James MacPherson 123/223 1,837
Rushing Tarence Williams 186 852
Receiving Jax Landfried 38 533

References

  1. ^ "2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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