2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team will represent Wake Forest University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team will be led by seventh-year head coach Dave Clawson, and will play their home games at BB&T Field in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They will compete in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Head coachDave Clawson (7th season)
Offensive coordinatorWarren Ruggiero (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorLyle Hemphill (2nd season)
Home stadiumBB&T Field
(Capacity: 31,500, FieldTurf)
2020 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Atlantic Division
Boston College  0 –0     0 –0  
Clemson  0 –0     0 –0  
Florida State  0 –0     0 –0  
Louisville  0 –0     0 –0  
NC State  0 –0     0 –0  
Syracuse  0 –0     0 –0  
Wake Forest  0 –0     0 –0  
Coastal Division
Duke  0 –0     0 –0  
Georgia Tech  0 –0     0 –0  
Miami  0 –0     0 –0  
North Carolina  0 –0     0 –0  
Pittsburgh  0 –0     0 –0  
Virginia  0 –0     0 –0  
Virginia Tech  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of June 27, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

Schedule

Wake Forest's 2020 schedule will begin with four non-conference games: on the road against Old Dominion of Conference USA, at home against Appalachian State of the Sun Belt Conference, at home against Villanova from Division I FCS, and a neutral site game against Notre Dame of the FBS Independents in Charlotte, North Carolina. In ACC play, Wake Forest will play the other members of the Atlantic Division, as well as Miami and Duke from the Coastal Division.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5at Old Dominion*
September 11Appalachian State*
September 19Villanova*
  • BB&T Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC
September 26vs. Notre Dame*
October 3at Duke
October 9Miami
  • BB&T Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC
October 17at Florida State
October 31at NC State
November 7Syracuse
  • BB&T Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC
November 14at Louisville
November 21Clemson
  • BB&T Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC
November 28Boston College
  • BB&T Field
  • Winston-Salem, NC

Source:[2]

Game summaries

at Old Dominion
1 2 3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 0
Monarchs 0
See also: 2020 Old Dominion Monarchs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Appalachian State
1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 0
Demon Deacons 0
See also: 2020 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–7–1 Sept. 23, 2017 W, 20–19

Villanova
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Demon Deacons 0
See also: 2020 Villanova Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 Sep. 3, 1988 W, 31–11

vs. Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Irish 0
Demon Deacons 0
See also: 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 Sept. 22, 2018 L, 27–56

at Duke
1 2 3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 0
Blue Devils 0
See also: 2020 Duke Blue Devils football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
40–58–2 Nov. 23, 2019 W, 39–27

Miami
1 2 3 4 Total
Hurricanes 0
Demon Deacons 0
See also: 2020 Miami Hurricanes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–8 Oct. 26, 2013 L, 21–24

at Florida State
1 2 3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 0
Seminoles 0
See also: 2020 Florida State Seminoles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–30–1 Oct. 19, 2019 W, 22–20

at NC State
1 2 3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 0
Wolfpack 0
See also: 2020 NC State Wolfpack football team and NC State–Wake Forest rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
41–66–6 Nov. 2, 2019 W, 44–10

Syracuse
1 2 3 4 Total
Orange 0
Demon Deacons 0
See also: 2020 Syracuse Orange football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–6 Nov. 30, 2019 L, 30–39

at Louisville
1 2 3 4 Total
Demon Deacons 0
Cardinals 0
See also: 2020 Louisville Cardinals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 Oct. 12, 2019 L, 59–62

Clemson
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Demon Deacons 0
See also: 2020 Clemson Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–67–1 Nov. 16, 2019 L, 3–52

Boston College
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0
Demon Deacons 0
See also: 2020 Boston College Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–14–2 Sept. 28, 2019 W, 27–24

Personnel

Coaching Staff
Position Name First Year at Wake
Head Coach Dave Clawson 2014
Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Warren Ruggiero 2014
Defensive Coordinator / Safeties Lyle Hemphill 2017
Asst Head Coach / Receivers Kevin Higgins 2014
Special Teams Coordinator / Tight Ends Wayne Lineburg 2017
Defensive Line Dave Cohen 2014
Running Backs John Hunter 2014
Offensive Line Nick Tabacca 2014
Outside Linebackers Brad Sherrod 2017
Cornerbacks Ryan Crawford 2018
Source:[3]

References
  1. "2020 Wake Forest Football Schedule". fbschedules.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. "2020 Football Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest Athletics. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. "2020 Football Roster - Wake Forest University Athletics".
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