The 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...
during the
2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2019. The regular season began on August 24, 2019, and ende ...
. The team was led by sixth-year head coach
Dave Clawson
David Paul Clawson (born August 16, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. He currently serves as the head football coach at Wake Forest University, where he was named the 2021 ACC Coach of the Year. Clawson previously served a ...
, and played their home games at
BB&T Field
Truist Field at Wake Forest is a football stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The stadium is just west of Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park, home of the Wake Forest baseball team. It is primarily used for American football, and ...
in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in ...
. They competed in the Atlantic Division of the
Atlantic Coast Conference.
Preseason
Preseason media poll
In the preseason ACC media poll, Wake Forest was predicted to finish in sixth in the Atlantic Division.
Schedule
Wake Forest's 2019 schedule began with four non-conference games: at home against
Utah State of the
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations ...
, on the road against
Rice
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of
Conference USA, at home against
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...
, and at home against
Elon of the
Colonial Athletic Association. The game against North Carolina, a fellow member of the
Atlantic Coast Conference, was played as a non-conference game and therefore did not count in the league standings. This was done because the two
rivals
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otherwise only play once every six years due to the current ACC divisional alignment.
In ACC play, Wake Forest played the other members of the Atlantic Division, as well as
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six re ...
and
Duke
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from the Coastal Division.
Game summaries
Utah State
At Rice
North Carolina
Elon
At Boston College
Louisville
Florida State
NC State
At Virginia Tech
At Clemson
Duke
At Syracuse
vs Michigan State (Pinstripe Bowl)
Personnel
Coaching staff
Roster
Rankings
Players drafted into the NFL
References
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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represents Wake Forest University in the sport of American football. The Demon Deacons compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Atl ...