2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Gasparilla Bowl champion
Gasparilla Bowl, W 27–17 vs. Missouri
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWarren Ruggiero (9th season)
Offensive schemeSlow mesh
Defensive coordinatorBrad Lambert (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–2–5
Home stadiumTruist Field at Wake Forest
(c. 31,500, FieldTurf)
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Atlantic Division
No. 13 Clemson xy$   8 – 0     11 – 3  
No. 11 Florida State   5 – 3     10 – 3  
Syracuse   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Louisville   4 – 4     8 – 5  
NC State   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Wake Forest   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Boston College   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Coastal Division
North Carolina xy   6 – 2     9 – 5  
No. 22 Pittsburgh   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Duke   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Georgia Tech   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Miami (FL)   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Virginia   1 – 6     3 – 7  
Virginia Tech   1 – 6     3 – 8  
Championship: Clemson 39, North Carolina 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football represented Wake Forest University during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Demon Deacons played their home games at Truist Field at Wake Forest in Winston–Salem, North Carolina, and competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Dave Clawson, in his ninth season.

Schedule

Wake Forest announced its 2022 football schedule on January 12, 2022.[1] The 2022 schedule will consist of seven home games and five away games in the regular season. The Demon Deacons will host ACC foes Clemson, Boston College, North Carolina, and Syracuse and will travel to Florida State, Louisville, NC State and Duke.[2]

The Demon Deacons will host three of their non-conference opponents, VMI from the Division I FCS, Liberty from the FBS Independents and Army, also from the FBS Independents. They will visit Vanderbilt from the SEC.

Main article: 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference football season
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:30 p.m.VMI*No. 22
ACCNW 44–1026,013
September 1012:00 p.m.at Vanderbilt*No. 23
SECNW 45–2524,431
September 175:00 p.m.Liberty*No. 19
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ACCNW 37–3632,891
September 2412:00 p.m.No. 5 ClemsonNo. 21
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ABCL 45–51 2OT32,903
October 13:30 p.m.at No. 23 Florida StateNo. 22
ABCW 31–2169,749
October 87:30 p.m.Army*No. 15
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ACCRSNW 45–1032,524
October 223:30 p.m.Boston CollegeNo. 13
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ACCNW 43–1528,530
October 293:30 p.m.at LouisvilleNo. 10
ACCNL 21–4839,503
November 58:00 p.m.at No. 22 NC StateNo. 21
ACCNL 21–3056,919
November 127:30 p.m.No. 15 North Carolina
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
ESPN2L 34–3631,346
November 198:00 p.m.Syracuse
  • Truist Field at Wake Forest
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ACCNW 45–3526,164
November 263:30 p.m.at Duke
ACCNL 31–3417,492
December 236:30 p.m.vs. Missouri*
ESPNW 27–1734,370
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Game summaries

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 3 7 0 10
No. 22 Demon Deacons 17 6 14 7 44

See also: 2022 VMI Keydets football team

At Vanderbilt

See also: 2022 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Demon Deacons 14 7 14 10 45
Commodores 3 7 8 7 25

Statistics

Statistics WAKE VAN
First downs 21 11
Total yards 451 294
Rushing yards 151 113
Passing yards 300 181
Turnovers 1 3
Time of possession 30:13 29:47
Team Category Player Statistics
Wake Forest Passing Sam Hartman 18/27, 300 yards, 4 TD
Rushing Quinton Cooley 9 rushes, 57 yards, TD
Receiving A. T. Perry 5 receptions, 142 yards, TD
Vanderbilt Passing AJ Swann 8/11, 146 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Ray Davis 18 rushes, 87 yards, TD
Receiving Jayden McGowan 3 receptions, 56 yards

Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 0 8 15 13 36
No. 19 Demon Deacons 3 17 0 17 37

See also: 2022 Liberty Flames football team

No. 5 Clemson

See also: 2022 Clemson Tigers football team
No. 5 Clemson Tigers (3–0) at No. 21 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (3–0) − Game summary
Period 1 2 34OT2OTTotal
No. 5 Clemson 14 6 8107651
No. 21 Wake Forest 7 7 2137045

at Truist Field • Winston-Salem, NC

  • Date: September 24, 2022
  • Game time: Noon
  • Game weather: Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Wind: SW @ 6 mph (9.7 km/h) • Weather: Cloudy
  • Game attendance: 32,903
  • Referee: Jeff Heaser
  • TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Molly McGrath (sideline)
  • Sources:
Game information

At No. 23 Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Demon Deacons 7 14 7 3 31
No. 23 Seminoles 7 0 6 8 21

See also: 2022 Florida State Seminoles football team

Army

See also: 2022 Army Black Knights football team
Army Black Knights at No. 15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Period 1 2 34Total
Black Knights 0 0 01010
No. 15 Demon Deacons 14 7 17745

at Truist Field at Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC

Game information
Statistics ARMY WF
First downs 19 26
3rd down efficiency 8–17 4–9
4th down efficiency 2–4 1–3
Plays–yards 74–407 64–488
Rushes–yards 53–225 42–221
Passing yards 182 267
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 10–21–1 15–22–0
Penalties–yards 6–36 1–5
Turnovers 2 0
Time of possession 35:56 24:04

Boston College

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 6 6 0 15
No. 13 Demon Deacons 7 14 15 7 43

See also: 2022 Boston College Eagles football team

At Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Demon Deacons 0 14 0 7 21
Cardinals 6 7 35 0 48

See also: 2022 Louisville Cardinals football team

At No. 22 NC State

No. 21 Wake Forest at No. 22 NC State
1 234Total
No. 21 Demon Deacons 0 1407 21
• No. 22 Wolfpack 3 14103 30
     
Scoring summary
18:04NCSUChristopher Dunn 33 yard field goal
(8 plays, 28 yards, 4:14)		NCSU 3–0
210:19WAKEChristian Turner 2 yard run (Matthew Dennis kick)
(10 plays, 75 yards, 4:00)		WAKE 7–3
7:39NCSUKeyon Lesane 12 yard pass from MJ Morris (Christopher Dunn kick)
(6 plays, 71 yards, 2:30)		NCSU 10–7
4:11WAKETaylor Morin 24 yard pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick)
(8 plays, 75 yards, 3:28)		WAKE 14–10
1:30NCSUDarryl Jones 13 yard pass from MJ Morris (Christopher Dunn kick)
(8 plays, 64 yards, 2:33)		NCSU 17–14
36:14NCSUDarryl Jones 1 yard pass from MJ Morris (Christopher Dunn kick)
(15 plays, 80 yards, 7:33)		NCSU 24–14
2:01NCSUChristopher Dunn 51 yard field goal
(5 plays, 17 yards, 2:17)		NCSU 27–14
46:54WAKEA. T. Perry 29 yard pass from Sam Hartman
(13 plays, 99 yards, 4:18)		NCSU 27–21
2:54NCSUChristopher Dunn 25 yard field goal
(9 plays, 62 yards, 4:00)		NCSU 30–21


See also: 2022 NC State Wolfpack football team and NC State–Wake Forest rivalry
Pregame line Over/under
WAKE –3.0 54
Statistics WAKE NCSU
First downs 22 24
Total yards 414 325
Rushing yards 17 115
Passing yards 397 210
Turnovers 3 0
Time of possession 26:38 33:22
Team Category Player Statistics
Wake Forest Passing Sam Hartman 29–48, 397 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
Rushing Christian Turner 8 carries, 29 yards, 1 TD
Receiving A. T. Perry 12 receptions, 159 yards, 1 TD
NC State Passing MJ Morris 18–28, 210 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Jordan Houston 12 carries, 53 yards
Receiving Thayer Thomas 8 receptions, 79 yards

No. 15 North Carolina

No. 15 North Carolina at Wake Forest
1 234Total
• No. 15 Tar Heels 14 1363 36
Demon Deacons 7 14130 34
  • Date: November 12, 2022
  • Location: Truist Field at Wake Forest
    Winston-Salem, NC
  • Game start: 7:30pm EST
  • Game attendance: 31,346
  • Referee: Gary Patterson
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), Dawn Davenport (sideline)
       
Scoring summary
19:17UNCJosh Downs 12 yd. pass from Drake Maye (Noah Burnette kick)
(10 plays, 91 yards, 3:23)		UNC 7–0
7:13UNCElijah Green 5 yd. run (Noah Burnette kick)
(4 plays, 69 yards, 0:51)		UNC 14–0
3:21WFTaylor Morin 7 yd. pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick)
(11 plays, 78 yards, 3:46)		UNC 14–7
213:23UNCJosh Downs 7 yd. pass from Drake Maye (Noah Burnette kick)
(13 plays, 64 yards, 4:50)		UNC 21–7
9:13WFChristian Turner 1 yd. run (Matthew Dennis kick)
(12 plays, 75 yards, 4:10)		UNC 21–14
4:06WFDonavon Greene 7 yd. pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick)
(5 plays, 36 yards, 1:49)		Tied 21–21
2:22UNCJosh Downs 20 yd. pass from Drake Maye (Noah Burnette PAT failed)
(5 plays, 75 yards, 1:44)		UNC 27–21
38:35WFA. T. Perry 32 yd. pass from Sam Hartman (Matthew Dennis kick)
(9 plays, 73 yards, 3:12)		WF 28–27
5:27UNCDrake Maye 5 yd. run (Two-Point conversion failed)
(10 plays, 69 yards, 3:06)		UNC 33–28
4:26WFDonavon Greene 60 yd. pass from Sam Hartman (Two-Point conversion failed)
(3 plays, 72 yards, 0:52)		WF 34–33
42:12UNCNoah Burnette 33 yd. field goal
(5 plays, 32 yards, 2:08)		UNC 36–34


See also: 2022 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
Pregame line Over/under
WF -4.5 77
Statistics UNC WF
First downs 30 22
Plays–yards 87–584 72–490
Rushes–yards 38–136 41–170
Passing yards 448 320
Passing: comp–att–int 31–49–0 18–31–1
Time of possession 33:02 26:58
Team Category Player Statistics
North Carolina Passing Drake Maye 31/49, 448 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Drake Maye 19 carries, 71 yards, TD
Receiving Josh Downs 11 receptions, 154 yards, 3 TD
Wake Forest Passing Sam Hartman 18/31, 320 yards, 4 TD, INT
Rushing Justice Ellison 16 carries, 81 yards
Receiving Taylor Morin 5 receptions, 106 yards, TD

Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total
Orange 7 14 0 14 35
Demon Deacons 3 21 7 14 45

See also: 2022 Syracuse Orange football team

At Duke

1 2 3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 7 10 7 7 31
Blue Devils 3 17 7 7 34

See also: 2022 Duke Blue Devils football team

Vs. Missouri (Gasparilla Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 7 7 0 17
Demon Deacons 7 7 6 7 27

See also: 2022 Missouri Tigers football team and 2022 Gasparilla Bowl

Rankings

Further information: 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP222319212215141310T20RV—————
Coaches19211816211514131019RVRVRVRV—RV
CFPNot released21—————Not released

Coaching staff

Position Name First Year at Wake
Head coach Dave Clawson 2014
Asst head coach / Receivers Kevin Higgins 2014
AHC Defense/defensive line Dave Cohen 2014
Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks Warren Ruggiero 2014
Defensive coordinator Brad Lambert 2022
Special teams coordinator / tight ends Wayne Lineburg 2017
Assistant coach / Safeties James Adams 2022
Running backs John Hunter 2014
Offensive Line Nick Tabacca 2014
Cornerbacks Paul Williams 2020
Linebackers Glenn Spencer 2022
Source:[8]

References

  1. ^ "ACC Announces Wake Forest's 2022 Football Schedule". Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "2022 Wake Forest Football Schedule". Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Army at No. 15 Wake Forest – Game Summary – October 8, 2022". ESPN. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Scoring Summary (Final) Army West Point at Wake Forest (Oct 8, 2022 at Winston-Salem, North Carolina)". USMA Athletic Department. October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "Army at No. 15 Wake Forest – Army Game Notes" (PDF). USMA Athletic Department. October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  6. ^ "Army at No. 15 Wake Forest – Wake Forest Game Notes" (PDF). Wake Forest Athletic Department. October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "Football Drops Contest at #15 Wake Forest". USMA Athletic Department. October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Greg Jones - Football Coach". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
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