2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Seattle Bowl champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2002 record 7–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach Jim Grobe (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Troy Calhoun (2nd season)
Home stadium Groves Stadium
(Capacity: 31,500)
2002 ACC 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

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 7:30 PM at Northern Illinois* Huskie StadiumDeKalb, IL FSN L 41–42 OT  19,653
September 7 6:30 PM East Carolina* Groves StadiumWinston-Salem, NC W 27–22   28,486
September 14 7:00 PM at No. 19 NC State Carter–Finley StadiumRaleigh, NC L 13–32   51,094
September 21 2:00 PM at Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN W 24–21   48,550
September 28 6:30 PM Virginia Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC L 34–38   25,883
October 5 3:30 PM at Georgia Tech Bobby Dodd StadiumAtlanta, GA ABC W 24–21   43,719
October 12 3:30 PM Dukedagger Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 36–10   25,856
October 19 3:30 PM at Clemson Memorial StadiumClemson, SC ABC L 23–31   81,008
October 26 12:00 PM North Carolina Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC JPS W 31–0   31,476
November 2 4:00 PM No. 18 Florida State Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC ESPN2 L 21–34   24,710
November 23 3:30 PM Navy* Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 30–27   22,811
November 30 3:30 PM at No. 25 Maryland Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MD ESPN L 14–32   39,006
December 30 5:00 PM vs. Oregon* Seahawks StadiumSeattle, WA (Seattle Bowl) ESPN W 38–17   38,241
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Team leaders

CategoryTeam LeaderAtt/CthYds
PassingJames MacPherson123/2231,837
RushingTarence Williams186852
ReceivingJax Landfried38533

References

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