2000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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2000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record2–9 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEddie Williamson (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTony Pierce (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTheo Lemon (1st season)
CaptainNick Bender, Michael Koch, Bryan Ray
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Florida State $   8 – 0     11 – 2  
No. 17 Georgia Tech   6 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 16 Clemson   6 – 2     9 – 3  
Virginia   5 – 3     6 – 6  
NC State   4 – 4     8 – 4  
North Carolina   3 – 5     6 – 5  
Maryland   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Wake Forest   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Duke   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 2–9 record and finished in eighth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 317:30 pmAppalachian State*
L 16–2026,853[2]
September 96:30 pmNorth Carolina
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
L 14–3530,087
September 161:00 pmat No. 16 Clemson
L 7–5572,940
September 306:30 pmVirginia
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 10–2720,151
October 73:30 pmVanderbilt*
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 10–1718,213
October 1412:00 pmat Georgia Tech
JPSL 20–5243,829
October 211:00 pmat Maryland
L 7–3726,544
November 412:00 pmDuke
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
JPSW 28–2619,224
November 113:30 pmNo. 3 Florida State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
PPVL 6–3527,071
November 1812:00 pmat Navy*
W 49–2630,370
November 2512:00 pmat NC State
ESPNL 14–3229,821
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Team leaders[edit]

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing James MacPherson 113/207 1,324
Rushing Tarence Williams 130 661
Receiving Ira Williams 45 495

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "ASU dominates Deacs behind sub QB". The News and Observer. September 1, 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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