The 2013 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe, who coached his 13th 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, and were in the Atlantic Division. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Atlantic Division.

The team introduced two new helmets, a matte black with a gold "WF" logo and a white version of the normal black helmet. The white helmet made its debut against Boston College on September 6. The matte black helmet made its debut on October 5 against rival NC State.

After posting a fifth consecutive losing season, head coach Jim Grobe resigned at the end of the season after a 13-year record of 77–82. On December 10, Wake Forest hired Bowling Green head coach Dave Clawson as Grobe's replacement.

Recruiting On national signing day, the Demon Deacons received letters of intent from 25 players.

Schedule

Roster 2013 Wake Forest Demon Deacons rosterOffense

Quarterbacks 4 Tyler Cameron – Freshman 6 Patrick Thompson – Junior 8 Kevin Sousa – Sophomore 9 Michael Radford – Freshman 10 Tanner Price – Senior 15 Brendan Wood – Freshman 17 Pat Long – Sophomore

Running backs 14 Dominique Gibson – Freshman 20 Joshua Wilhite – Freshman 21 Deandre Martin – Sophomore 24 Dezmond Wortham – Freshman 25 Josh Harris – Senior

Fullbacks 32 Charles Argenzio – Freshman 43 Jordan Garside – Junior 44 Ben Emert – Junior

Wide receivers 2 Matt James – Junior 3 Michael Campanaro – Senior 5 Orville Reynolds – Junior 7 Maddox Stamey – Freshman 11 Airyn Willis – Sophomore 12 Tyree Harris – Freshman 18 John Armstrong – Freshman 26 Sherman Ragland III – Sophomore 82 P.J. Howard IV – Sophomore 83 Jonathan Williams – Freshman 86 Brandon Terry – Junior 87 Brad Idzik – Junior 88 Jared Crump – Freshman

Tight ends 45 Zach Gordon – Freshman 49 Spencer Stone – Freshman 80 Anthony Rook – Freshman 81 Daniel Vogelsang – Junior 84 Brendan O'Neill – Freshman 85 Cam Serigne – Freshman 89 Spencer Bishop – Senior

Offensive Linemen 51 Cory Helms – Freshman 59 Antonio Ford – Junior 60 Whit Barnes – Senior 62 Reid Althoff – Freshman 63 Dylan Intemann – Sophomore 65 Josh T. Harris – Freshman 66 Rocco Esposito – Freshman 67 Taylor Chambers – Freshman 68 Colin Summers – Junior 71 Hunter Goodwin – Sophomore 72 Cody Preble – Sophomore 73 Steven Chase – Senior 74 Neil Basford – Junior 75 Frank Souza – Senior 76 Joel Suggs – Freshman 77 Will Smith – Freshman 78 Tyler Hayworth – Freshman 79 Cameron Gardner – Freshman Defense

Defensive ends 36 Tylor Harris – Sophomore 58 Josh Banks – Freshman 90 Kristopher Redding – Senior 94 Desmond Floyd – Sophomore 98 Zach Thompson – Senior 99 James Looney – Freshman

Defensive tackles 50 Nikita Whitlock – Senior 56 Andrew Hauser – Freshman 91 Johnny Garcia – Junior 95 Shelldon Lewinson – Freshman

Linebackers 28 Teddy Matthews – Freshman 30 Hunter Williams – Sophomore 32 Ford Howell – Freshman 34 Wendell Dunn – Freshman 35 Zachary Allen – Junior 37 Kevis Jones – Freshman 39 Justin Jackson – Senior 40 Marquel Lee – Freshman 41 Mike Olson – Senior 42 Julian Thomas-Jackson – Freshman 43 Grant Dawson – Freshman 45 Nick Karp – Freshman 46 Steve Donatell – Freshman 48 Brandon Chubb – Sophomore 49 Lance Virgile – Freshman 53 Duke Ejiofor – Freshman 54 Britt Cherry – Sophomore 55 Brad Demuth – Freshman 57 Ali Lamot – Freshman

Cornerbacks 7 Merrill Noel – Junior 9 Kevin Johnson – Junior 13 Jalen Latter – Freshman 15 Allen Ramsey – Sophomore 20 Chuck Schlegel – Junior 21 Josh M. Harris – Sophomore 23 James Ward – Sophomore 24 Josh Okonye – Freshman 25 Brad Watson – Freshman 29 Deonte Davis – Freshman

Safeties 11 Anthony Wooding Jr. – Junior 12 Michael Stevenson – Freshman 17 A.J. Marshall – Senior 22 Ryan Janvion – Freshman 26 Thomas Brown – Freshman Special teams

Placekickers 18 Mike Weaver – Freshman 27 Chad Hedlund – Sophomore

Punters 18 Mike Weaver – Freshman 38 Alexander Kinal – Sophomore

Long Snappers 52 Logan Feimster – Junior 61 Ryan Bauder – Sophomore 64 Chase Wilson – Freshman

Kick returners 5 Orville Reynolds – Junior 12 Tyree Harris – Freshman 18 John Armstrong – Freshman 25 Josh Harris – Senior

Punt Returners 3 Michael Campanaro – Senior 9 Kevin Johnson – Junior 88 Jared Crump – Freshman      

Coaching staff

Position Name First year at WFU Head coach Jim Grobe 2001 Inside Linebackers Warren Belin 2013 Passing game coordinator/quarterbacks Tom Elrod 2003 Offensive line Jonathan Himebauch 2012 Secondary Derrick Jackson 2012 Defensive coordinator/linebackers Brian Knorr 2008 Offensive coordinator/running backs, Tight Ends & Fullbacks Steed Lobotzke 2001 Recruiting coordinator/defensive line Ray McCartney 2001 Associate head coach/special teams Billy Mitchell 2001 Wide receivers Taylor Stubblefield 2013

Game summaries

Presbyterian 12th meeting. 6–4–1 all time. Last meeting 2010, 53–13 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.

Boston College 21st meeting. 8–10–2 all time. Last meeting 2012, 28–14 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.

Louisiana-Monroe 1st meeting

Army 13th meeting. 8–4 all time. Last meeting 2012, 49–37 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.

Clemson 79th meeting. 17–60–1 all time. Last meeting 2012, 42–13 Tigers in Winston-Salem.

NC State 107th meeting. 37–63–6 all time. Last meeting 2012, 37–6 Wolfpack in Raleigh.

Maryland 62nd meeting. 17–43–1 all time. Last meeting 2012, 19–14 Terrapins in College Park.

Miami 11th meeting. 3–7 all time. Last meeting 2009, 28–27 Hurricanes in Winston-Salem.

Syracuse 3rd meeting. 1–1 all time. Last meeting 2011, 36–29 Orange in Syracuse.

Florida State 32nd meeting. 6–24–1 all time. Last meeting 2012, 52–0 Seminoles in Tallahassee.

Duke 94th meeting. 37–54–2 all time. Last meeting 2012, 34–27 Blue Devils in Durham.

Vanderbilt 16th meeting. 6–9 all time. Last meeting 2012, 55–21 Commodores in Winston-Salem.

Statistics

Scores by quarter

Offense

Rushing Name GP Att Yards Avg TD Long Avg/G Josh Harris 12 125 470 3.8 4 28 39.2 Tanner Price 12 123 240 2.0 5 16 20.0 Dominique Gibson 12 53 138 2.6 1 18 11.5 James Wilhite 8 22 75 3.4 1 21 9.4 John Armstrong 10 14 70 5.0 0 14 7.0 Deandre Martin 7 16 52 3.2 0 15 7.4 Orville Reynolds 9 9 36 4.0 0 9 4.0 Patrick Thompson 3 3 18 6.0 0 8 6.0 Tyler Cameron 3 9 16 1.8 0 9 5.3 Jonathan Williams 11 2 13 6.5 0 12 1.2 Michael Campanaro 8 4 10 2.5 0 4 1.2 Sherman Ragland III 8 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.6 Jalen Latter 12 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 -0.2 TEAM 8 6 -10 -1.7 0 0 -1.2 Demon Deacons Total 12 388 1,130 2.9 11 28 94.2 Opponents 12 461 1,718 3.7 13 67 143.2

Passing Name GP Cmp–Att Pct Yds TD INT Lng Avg/G RAT Tanner Price 12 206-378 54.5 2,233 13 10 66 186.1 110.18 Tyler Cameron 3 7-24 29.2 85 0 3 20 28.3 33.92 Patrick Thompson 3 4-6 66.7 12 0 1 9 4.0 50.13 Michael Campanaro 8 2-2 100.0 29 1 0 25 3.6 386.60 TEAM 8 0-2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 Deandre Martin 7 0-1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 000.00 Spencer Bishop 12 0-1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 000.00 Demon Deacons Total 12 219-414 52.9 2,359 14 14 66 196.6 105.16 Opponents 12 262-417 62.8 2,676 20 12 75 223.0 126.81

Receiving Name GP Rec Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Michael Campanaro 8 67 803 12.0 6 66 100.4 Tyree Harris 8 23 225 9.8 0 56 28.1 Sherman Ragland III 8 20 154 7.7 1 23 19.2 Spencer Bishop 12 19 257 13.5 2 54 21.4 Jonathan Williams 11 17 221 13.0 0 53 20.1 Jared Crump 11 16 176 11.0 1 20 16.0 Josh Harris 12 15 117 7.8 0 31 9.8 Orville Reynolds 9 12 166 13.8 2 65 18.4 Dominique Gibson 12 8 87 10.9 1 44 7.2 John Armstrong 10 7 47 6.7 0 20 4.7 Matt James 4 4 39 9.8 0 13 9.8 Deandre Martin 7 4 8 2.0 0 10 1.1 Jordan Garside 12 3 17 5.7 0 6 1.4 James Wilhite 8 2 30 15.0 0 16 3.8 Brandon Terry 9 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.9 Tanner Price 12 1 4 4.0 1 4 0.3Demon Deacons Total 12 219 2,359 10.8 14 66 196.6Opponents 12 262 2,676 10.2 20 75 223.0

Scoring Name TD FG PAT 2PT PAT SAFETY TOT PTS Chad Hedlund 8-12 26-26 50 Michael Campanaro 6 36 Tanner Price 6 36 Josh Harris 4 24 Spencer Bishop 2 12 Dominique Gibson 2 12 Orville Reynolds 2 12 Thomas Brown 1 6 Brandon Chubb 1 6 Jared Crump 1 6 Justin Jackson 1 6 Sherman Ragland III 1 6 James Wilhite 1 6 Jonathan Williams 1 2 Demon Deacons Total 28 8-12 26-26 1 220 Opponents 36 12-17 35-36 1 382

References