2000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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]

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

Schedule

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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 ClemsonL 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 TechJPSL 20–5243,829
October 211:00 pmat MarylandL 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 StateESPNL 14–3229,821
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Team leaders

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

References

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  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.