2000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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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.

Schedule

August 317:30 PMAppalachain State*

• Groves Stadium
• Winston-Salem, NC

L 16–20 26,853 September 96:30 PMNorth Carolina

• Groves Stadium
• Winston-Salem, NC

L 14–35 30,087 September 161:00 PMat No. 16 Clemson

• Memorial Stadium
• Clemson, SC

L 7–55 72,940 September 306:30 PMVirginia

• Groves Stadium
• Winston-Salem, NC

L 10–27 20,151 October 73:30 PMVanderbilt*

• Groves Stadium
• Winston-Salem, NC

L 10–17 18,213 October 1412:00 PMat Georgia Tech

• Bobby Dodd Stadium
• Atlanta, GA

JPSL 20–52 43,829 October 211:00 PMat Maryland

• Byrd Stadium
• College Park, MD

L 7–37 26,544 November 412:00 PMDuke

• Groves Stadium
• Winston-Salem, NC

JPSW 28–26 19,224 November 113:30 PMNo. 3 Florida State

• Groves Stadium
• Winston-Salem, NC

PPVL 6–35 27,071 November 1812:00 PMat Navy*

• Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
• Annapolis, MD

W 49–26 30,370 November 2512:00 PMat NC State

• Carter–Finley Stadium
• Raleigh, NC

ESPNL 14–32 29,821

Team leaders

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