2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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2002
Groves Stadium
Seasons
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 pm
Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
  • W 27–2228,486
    September 147:00 pmat No. 19 NC StateL 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
    ABC
    W 24–2143,719
    October 123:30 pmDukedagger
    • Groves Stadium
    • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
    W 36–1025,856
    October 193:30 pmat ClemsonABCL 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
    Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
  • ESPNL 14–3239,006
    December 305:00 pmvs.
    Seahawks Stadium
  • Seattle, WA (Seattle Bowl
  • )
    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.