2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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]

2002 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Seattle Bowl champion
Seattle Bowl, W 38–17 Oregon
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2002 record7–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTroy Calhoun (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDean Hood (2nd season)
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
(Capacity: 31,500)
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:30 pmat Northern Illinois*FSNL 41–42 OT19,653
September 76:30 pmEast Carolina*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 Georgia TechABCW 24–2143,719
October 123:30 pmDuke
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 36–1025,856
October 193:30 pmat ClemsonABCL 23–3181,008
October 2612:00 pmNorth Carolina
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
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 MarylandESPNL 14–3239,006
December 305:00 pmvs. Oregon*ESPNW 38–1738,241
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • 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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