2005 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

2005 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Atlantic Division
Record	4–7 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Grobe (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steed Lobotzke (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dean Hood (5th season)
Captain	Goryal Scales, Steve Vallos
Home stadium	Groves Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Atlantic Division
No. 23 Florida State xy$	5	–	3	8	–	5
No. 18 Boston College x	5	–	3	9	–	3
No. 21 Clemson	4	–	4	8	–	4
Wake Forest	3	–	5	4	–	7
NC State	3	–	5	7	–	5
Maryland	3	–	5	5	–	6
Coastal Division
No. 7 Virginia Tech x	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 17 Miami (FL)	6	–	2	9	–	3
Georgia Tech	5	–	3	7	–	5
North Carolina	4	–	4	5	–	6
Virginia	3	–	5	7	–	5
Duke	0	–	8	1	–	10
Championship: Florida State 27, Virginia Tech 22
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Grobe, the Demon Deacons compiled a 4–7 record and finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 pm	Vanderbilt*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	L 20–24	25,384
September 10	7:00 pm	at Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	TBS	L 3–31	77,380
September 17	6:30 pm	East Carolina*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 44–34	29,563
September 24	3:30 pm	Maryland	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	L 12–22	26,022
October 1	3:30 pm	Clemson	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	W 31–27	32,153
October 8	12:00 pm	at No. 4 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	JPS	L 24–41	82,589
October 15	12:00 pm	at No. 14 Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	JPS	L 30–35	33,632
October 22	3:30 pm	NC State	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 27–19	33,316
October 29	12:00 pm	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	JPS	W 44–6	15,347
November 5	1:30 pm	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		L 17–30	51,571
November 12	3:30 pm	No. 3 Miami (FL)	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ABC	L 17–47	27,106
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Ben Mauk	85/158	845
Rushing	Chris Barclay	218	1,127
Receiving	Nate Morton	39	482

^ "2005 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

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