2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team


The 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Dave Clawson, and played their home games at BB&T Field in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

In the preseason ACC media poll, Wake Forest was predicted to finish in sixth in the Atlantic Division.
Media poll

Schedule

Wake Forest's 2019 schedule will begin with four non-conference games: at home against Utah State of the Mountain West Conference, on the road against Rice of Conference USA, at home against North Carolina, and at home against Elon of the Colonial Athletic Association. The game against North Carolina, a fellow member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, is being played as a non-conference game and will therefore not count in the league standings. This was done because the two rivals otherwise only play once every six years due to conference divisional alignment.
In ACC play, Wake Forest will play the other members of the Atlantic Division, as well as Virginia Tech and Duke from the Coastal Division.
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Game summaries

Utah State

2–1Sept. 16, 2017W, 46–10

at Rice

2–1–1Sept. 29, 2018W, 56–24

North Carolina

36–69–2Oct. 17, 2015L, 14–50

Elon

10–0–1Sept. 3, 2015W, 41–3

at Boston College

11–14–2Sept. 13, 2018L, 34–41

Louisville

2–4Oct. 27, 2018W, 56–35

Florida State

6–30–1Oct. 20, 2018L, 17–38

NC State

40–66–6Nov. 8, 2018W, 27–23

at Virginia Tech

12–24–1Nov. 22, 2014W, 6–3

at Clemson

17–66–1Oct. 6, 2018L, 3–63

Duke

39–58–2Nov. 24, 2018W, 59–7

at Syracuse

3–5Nov. 3, 2018L, 24–41

vs Michigan State (Pinstripe Bowl)

Personnel

Coaching Staff

Roster

Rankings

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
5178Justin StrnadOLBDenver Broncos
6195Justin HerronOTNew England Patriots