1989 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1989 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 Virginia +	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Duke +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Clemson	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Maryland	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
Wake Forest	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1989 college football season. In their third season under head coach Bill Dooley, the Demon Deacons compiled a 2–8–1 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Attendance
09/09/1989	Appalachian State	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	L 10-15	30,200
09/16/1989*	#19 North Carolina State	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	L 17-27	25,250
09/23/1989	at Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	L 10-14	35,898
09/30/1989	Rice	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	T 17-17	12,100
10/07/1989*	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 17-16	47,500
10/14/1989*	Maryland	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	L 7-27	17,500
10/21/1989*	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	L 28-47	33,700
10/28/1989*	at #22 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 10-44	71,335
11/04/1989*	Duke	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	L 35-52	18,600
11/11/1989	Tulsa	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 29-17	27,100
11/18/1989*	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	L 14-43	28,732

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Phil Barnhill	182/377	2,454
Rushing	Anthony Williams	119	430
Receiving	Ricky Proehl	65	1,053