2009 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 2009 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe during his ninth season at the school and played its home games at BB&T Field. Wake Forest competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference, as they have since the league's inception in 1953. The Deacons finished the season with a record of 5–7 and 3–5 in ACC play. The Deacons missed out on a bowl game for the first time since the 2005 season.Before the season
Recruiting
On National Signing Day, the Demon Deacons received letters of intent from 21 players.
- Whit Barnes OL 6-4 270 Rocky Mount, NC Rocky Mount
- Tommy Bohanon FB 6-2 238 N. Fort Myers, FL N. Fort Myers
- Devin Bolling OL-DL 6-5 270 Lynchburg, VA Brookville
- Michael Campanaro RB 5-10 173 Clarksville, MD River Hill
- Steven Chase OL-DL 6-7 270 Frederick, MD Thomas Johnson
- Brendan Cross QB 6-2 198 Alpharetta, GA Chattahoochee
- John Gallagher DL 6-4 252 Ponte Vedra, FL Nease
- Josh Harris RB 5-10 190 Duncanville, TX Duncanville
- Justin Jackson LB 6-1 205 Rockingham, NC Richmond County
- Derald "D.J." Jones DB 5-10 162 Jacksonville, FL First Coast
- Duran Lowe DB 5-11 214 Plant City, FL Plant City
- Daniel Mack DB 6-0 196 Miami, FL Dad Christian
- Matt Muncy TE 6-4 215 Tazewell, VA Tazewell
- Jimmy Newman P-PK 6-2 195 Oxford, AL Oxford
- Mike Olson LB 6-3 215 Ashburn, VA Stone Bridge
- Kris Redding DL 6-4 235 Douglasville, GA Whitefield Academy
- Quan Rucker WR 6-0 185 Statesville, NC West Iredell
- Frank Souza DL 6-4 285 Ponte Vedra, FL Nease
- Dominique Tate DB 5-10 180 Winston-Salem, NC Carver
- Zach Thompson DE 6-5 250 Ashburn, VA Stone Bridge
- Nikita Whitlock LB 5-11 245 Wylie, TX Wylie
Preferred Walk-Ons:
Spencer Bishop TE/LB 6-2 200 FR Pinehurst, NC
Roger Khouri Fullback 6-1 230 FR Key Biscayne, FL
Zach Massey TE/FB/LS 6-1 195 FR Kannapolis, NC
Gray Mazzone Wide Receiver 5-9 170 FR Cary, NC
Josh Strickland Wide Receiver 6-2 185 FR Winston-Salem, NC
Alex Wulfeck Punter 5-9 170 FR Orange Park, FLSchedule
Roster
Coaching staff
Game summaries
Baylor
5 all-time meetings: Baylor 4–1
Last meeting: 2008 at BaylorStanford
First all–time meeting.Elon
9 all-time meetings: Wake Forest 8–0–1
Last meeting: 1939 in Greensboro@ Boston College
16 all-time meetings: Boston College 8–6–2
Last meeting: 2008 at Wake ForestNorth Carolina State
102 all-time meetings: NC State 61–35–6
Last meeting: 2008 at NC StateMaryland
57 all-time meetings: Maryland 41–15–1
Last meeting: 2008 at Maryland@ Clemson
74 all-time meetings: Clemson 56–17–1
Last meeting: 2008 at Wake Forest@ Navy
10 all-time meetings: Wake Forest 7–3
Last meeting: 2008 in Washington DCMiami
9 all-time meetings: Miami 6–3
Last meeting: 2008 at Miami@ Georgia Tech
28 all-time meetings: Georgia Tech 20–8
Last meeting: 2006 in JacksonvilleFlorida State
27 all-time meetings: Florida State 21–5–1
Last meeting: 2008 at Florida State@ Duke
88 all-time meetings: Duke 53–34–2
Last meeting: 2008 at Wake ForestScores by quarter
