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) Football Signing Day Updates-Feb. 4, 2009

Game summaries Baylor

5 all-time meetings: Baylor 4–1 Last meeting: 2008 at Baylor (Wake Forest 41, Baylor 13) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterBaylor – David Gettis 8 yard TD pass from Robert Griffin III (Ben Parks kick), 11:10Baylor 7–0Baylor – Ben Parks 22 yd FG, :45Baylor 10–0 2nd quarterWake Forest – Mike Rinfrette 2 yard TD run (Shane Popham kick), 6:45Baylor 10–7 3rd quarterBaylor – Kendall Wright 37 yard TD run (Ben Parks kick), 13:12Baylor 17–7Baylor – Lanear Simpson 33 yard TD pass from Ernest Smith (Ben Parks kick), 5:07Baylor 24–7Wake Forest – Devon Brown 19 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Shane Popham kick), :10Baylor 24–14 4th quarterWake Forest – Andrew Parker 5 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Shane Popham kick), 12:30Baylor 24–21

Stanford

First all–time meeting. Scoring Play Score 1st quarterStanford – Ryan Whalen 26 yard TD pass from Andrew Luck (Nate Whitaker kick), 10:53Stanford 7–0Wake Forest – Shane Popham 20 yd FG, 5:59Stanford 7–3 2nd quarterStanford – Ryan Whalen 17 yard TD pass from Andrew Luck (Nate Whitaker kick), 9:40Stanford 14–3Stanford – Nate Whitaker 54 yd FG, :01Stanford 17–3 3rd quarterWake Forest – Mike Rinfrette 3 yard TD run (Shane Popham kick), 6:41Stanford 17–10 4th quarterWake Forest – Jordan Williams 9 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Shane Popham kick), 14:01Tied 17–17Wake Forest – Riley Skinner 1 yard TD run (Shane Popham kick), :02Wake Forest 24–17

Elon

9 all-time meetings: Wake Forest 8–0–1 Last meeting: 1939 in Greensboro (Wake Forest 34, Elon 0) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterWake Forest – Jordan Williams 5 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 10:09Wake Forest 7–0Wake Forest – Mike Rinfrette 1 yard TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), :49Wake Forest 14–0 2nd quarterWake Forest – Chris Givens 54 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 3:20Wake Forest 21–0 3rd quarterWake Forest – Josh Adams 1 yard TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), 12:19Wake Forest 28–0Wake Forest – Marshall Williams 80 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 4:14Wake Forest 35–0 4th quarterElon – Terrell Hudgins 13 yard TD pass from Scott Riddle (Adam Shreiner kick), 7:58Wake Forest 35–7

@ Boston College

16 all-time meetings: Boston College 8–6–2 Last meeting: 2008 at Wake Forest (Boston College 24, Wake Forest 21) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterBoston College – Steve Aponavicius 32 yd FG, 7:13Boston College 3–0Boston College – Jordon McMichael 50 yard TD pass from Dave Shinskie (Steve Aponavicius kick), 1:50Boston College 10–0 2nd quarterWake Forest – Brandon Pendergrass 76 yard TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), 11:38Boston College 10–7Wake Forest – Jimmy Newman 23 yd FG, 5:43Tied 10–10Boston College – Chris Pantale 4 yard TD pass from Dave Shinskie (Steve Aponavicius kick), :30Boston College 17–10 4th quarterBoston College – Colin Larmond Jr. 17 yard TD pass from Dave Shinskie (Steve Aponavicius kick), 9:42Boston College 24–10Wake Forest – Chris Givens 12 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 3:44Boston College 24–17Wake Forest – Marshall Williams 16 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), :11Tied 24–24 OvertimeBoston College – Steve Aponavicius 23 yd FGBoston College 27–24

North Carolina State

102 all-time meetings: NC State 61–35–6 Last meeting: 2008 at NC State (NC State 21, Wake Forest 17) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterNC State – George Bryan 4 yard TD pass from Russell Wilson (Josh Czajkowski kick), 11:12NC State 7–0Wake Forest – Jimmy Newman 27 yd FG, 6:45NC State 7–3NC State – Josh Czajkowski 30 yd FG, 2:55NC State 10–3 2nd quarterWake Forest – Marshall Williams 4 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 13:27Tied 10–0Wake Forest – Jimmy Newman 23 yd FG, :16Wake Forest 13–10 3rd quarterWake Forest – Marshall Williams 11 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 6:51Wake Forest 20–10NC State – Russell Wilson 16 yd TD run (Josh Czajkowski kick), 4:57Wake Forest 20–17 4th quarterWake Forest – Chris Givens 25 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 10:05Wake Forest 27–17NC State – Toney Baker 5 yard TD pass from Russell Wilson (Josh Czajkowski kick), 8:26Wake Forest 27–24Wake Forest – Jimmy Newman 21 yd FG, 4:44Wake Forest 30–24

Maryland

57 all-time meetings: Maryland 41–15–1 Last meeting: 2008 at Maryland (Maryland 26, Wake Forest 0) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterWake Forest – Josh Adams 48 yd TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), 12:40Wake Forest 7–0Maryland – Davin Megget 1 yd TD run (Nick Ferrara kick), 10:41Tied 7–7Wake Forest – Devon Brown 4 yd TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), 5:20Wake Forest 14–7Wake Forest – Marshall Williams 10 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), :00Wake Forest 21–7 2nd quarterWake Forest – Chris Givens 32 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 10:28Wake Forest 28–7Maryland – Nick Ferrara 50 yd FG, 7:27Wake Forest 28–10Wake Forest – Andre Parker 20 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 4:49Wake Forest 35–10 3rd quarterMaryland – Adrian Cannon 2 yard TD pass from Chris Turner (Nick Ferrara kick), 8:09Wake Forest 35–17Wake Forest – Chris Givens 27 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 4:46Wake Forest 42–17 4th quarterMaryland – Adrian Cannon 15 yard TD pass from Chris Turner (Davin Meggett pass from Chris Turner), 11:00Wake Forest 42–25Maryland – Torrey Smith 4 yard TD pass from Chris Turner (Nick Ferrara kick), 1:37Wake Forest 42–32

@ Clemson

74 all-time meetings: Clemson 56–17–1 Last meeting: 2008 at Wake Forest (Wake Forest 12, Clemson 7) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterClemson – Michael Palmer 1 yard TD pass from Kyle Parker (Richard Jackson kick), 12:26Clemson 7–0Clemson – Richard Jackson 22 yd FG, 3:34Clemson 10–0 2nd quarterClemson – Kyle Parker 3 yd TD run (Richard Jackson kick), 12:20Clemson 17–0Wake Forest – Jimmy Newman 28 yd FG, 3:49Clemson 17–3Clemson – C.J. Spiller 66 yd TD run (Richard Jackson kick), 3:37Clemson 24–3Clemson – Jamie Harper 3 yd TD run (Richard Jackson kick), 1:06Clemson 31–3 3rd quarterClemson – C.J. Spiller 14 yd TD run (Richard Jackson kick), 6:11Clemson 38–3

@ Navy

10 all-time meetings: Wake Forest 7–3 Last meeting: 2008 in Washington DC (Wake Forest 29, Navy 19) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterNavy – Joe Buckley 50 yd FG, 2:52Navy 3–0 2nd quarterWake Forest – Jimmy Newman 40 yd FG, 13:45Tied 3–3Navy – Joe Buckley 41 yd FG, 7:26Navy 6–3 3rd quarterNavy – Kriss Proctor 40 yd TD run (Joe Buckley kick), 11:23Navy 13–3 4th quarterWake Forest – Devon Brown 15 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 7:41Navy 13–10

Miami

9 all-time meetings: Miami 6–3 Last meeting: 2008 at Miami (Miami 16, Wake Forest 10) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterWake Forest – Jimmy Newman 23 yd FG, 9:16Wake Forest 3–0Wake Forest – Tommy Bohanon 3 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 2:23Wake Forest 10–0 2nd quarterWake Forest – Riley Skinner 7 yd TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), 10:36Wake Forest 17–0Miami – Aldarius Johnson 35 yard TD pass from Jacory Harris (Matt Bosher kick), 9:08Wake Forest 17–7Wake Forest – Jimmy Newman 42 yd FG, :42Wake Forest 20–7Miami – Damien Berry 3 yard TD run (Matt Bosher kick), :03Wake Forest 20–14 3rd quarterWake Forest – Chris Givens 44 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 5:38Wake Forest 27–14 4th quarterMiami – Tervaris Johnson 2 yard TD pass from Jacory Harris (Matt Bosher kick), 11:47Wake Forest 27–21Miami – Travis Benjamin 13 yard TD pass from Jacory Harris (Matt Bosher kick), 1:08Miami 28–27

@ Georgia Tech

28 all-time meetings: Georgia Tech 20–8 Last meeting: 2006 in Jacksonville (Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterGeorgia Tech – Scott Blair 45 yd FG, 10:52Georgia Tech 3–0Georgia Tech – Preston Lyons 31 yard TD run (Scott Blair kick), 5:50Georgia Tech 10–0 2nd quarterWake Forest – Kevin Harris 1 yard TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), 14:05Georgia Tech 10–7Wake Forest – Devon Brown 20 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 8:03Wake Forest 14–10Wake Forest – Jimmy Newman 35 yd FG, 2:30Wake Forest 17–10 3rd quarterGeorgia Tech – Jonathan Dwyer 59 yard TD run (Scott Blair kick), 13:10Tied 17–17 4th quarterGeorgia Tech – Josh Nesbitt 12 yard TD run (Scott Blair kick), 8:19Georgia Tech 24–17Wake Forest – Devon Brown 11 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 4:27Tied 24–24 OvertimeWake Forest – Jimmy Newman 34 yd FGWake Forest 27–24Georgia Tech – Josh Nesbitt 3 yard TD run (no kick attempted)Georgia Tech 30–27

Florida State

27 all-time meetings: Florida State 21–5–1 Last meeting: 2008 at Florida State (Wake Forest 12, Florida State 3) Scoring Play Score 1st quarterFlorida State – Ty Jones 9 yard TD run (Dustin Hopkins kick), 9:24Florida State 7–0Wake Forest – Josh Adams 3 yard TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), 2:43Tied 7–7Florida State – Jermaine Thomas 6 yard TD run (Dustin Hopkins kick), :19Florida State 14–7 2nd quarterFlorida State – E.J. Manuel 1 yard TD run (Dustin Hopkins kick), 12:48Florida State 21–7Florida State – Dustin Hopkins 47 yd FG, 4:52Florida State 24–7Florida State – Greg Reid 68 yard punt return TD (Dustin Hopkins kick), 3:40Florida State 31–7Wake Forest – Josh Adams 20 yard TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), 2:12Florida State 31–14 3rd quarterWake Forest – Kevin Harris 12 yard TD run (Jimmy Newman kick), 6:57Florida State 31–21Florida State – Dustin Hopkins 42 yd FG, 4:01Florida State 34–21 4th quarterFlorida State – Jarmon Fortson 7 yard TD pass from E.J. Manuel (Dustin Hopkins kick), 11:04Florida State 41–21Wake Forest – Chris Givens 4 yard TD pass from Riley Skinner (Jimmy Newman kick), 3:01Florida State 41–28

@ Duke

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