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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.

Schedule

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 (HS) Pinehurst, NC (Pinecrest) Roger Khouri Fullback 6–1 230 FR (HS) Key Biscayne, FL (Ransom Everglades) Zach Massey TE/FB/LS 6–1 195 FR (HS) Kannapolis, NC (A.L. Brown) Gray Mazzone Wide Receiver 5–9 170 FR (HS) Cary, NC (Panther Creek) Josh Strickland Wide Receiver 6–2 185 FR (HS) Winston-Salem, NC (Forsyth Country Day) Alex Wulfeck Punter 5–9 170 FR (HS) Orange Park, FL (Bolles School)

Game summaries

Baylor

5 all-time meetings: Baylor 4–1<br> Last meeting: 2008 at Baylor (Wake Forest 41, Baylor 13)

Stanford

First all–time meeting.

Elon

9 all-time meetings: Wake Forest 8–0–1<br> Last meeting: 1939 in Greensboro (Wake Forest 34, Elon 0)

@ Boston College

16 all-time meetings: Boston College 8–6–2<br> Last meeting: 2008 at Wake Forest (Boston College 24, Wake Forest 21)

North Carolina State

102 all-time meetings: NC State 61–35–6<br> Last meeting: 2008 at NC State (NC State 21, Wake Forest 17)

Maryland

57 all-time meetings: Maryland 41–15–1<br> Last meeting: 2008 at Maryland (Maryland 26, Wake Forest 0)

@ Clemson

74 all-time meetings: Clemson 56–17–1<br> Last meeting: 2008 at Wake Forest (Wake Forest 12, Clemson 7)

@ Navy

10 all-time meetings: Wake Forest 7–3<br> Last meeting: 2008 in Washington DC (Wake Forest 29, Navy 19)

Miami

9 all-time meetings: Miami 6–3<br> Last meeting: 2008 at Miami (Miami 16, Wake Forest 10)

@ Georgia Tech

28 all-time meetings: Georgia Tech 20–8<br> Last meeting: 2006 in Jacksonville (Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6)

Florida State

27 all-time meetings: Florida State 21–5–1<br> Last meeting: 2008 at Florida State (Wake Forest 12, Florida State 3)

@ Duke

88 all-time meetings: Duke 53–34–2<br> Last meeting: 2008 at Wake Forest (Wake Forest 33, Duke 30 <sup>OT</sup>)

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Statistics

Scores by quarter

References