Wake Forest Demon Deacons | |||
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First season | 1888; 136 years ago | ||
Athletic director | John Currie | ||
Head coach | Jake Dickert 1st season, 0–0 (–) | ||
Stadium | Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium (capacity: 31,500) | ||
Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
Location | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | ||
NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
Conference | ACC | ||
All-time record | 488–677–33 (.421) | ||
Bowl record | 11–6 (.647) | ||
Conference titles | 2 (1970, 2006) | ||
Division titles | 2 (2006, 2021) | ||
Rivalries | Duke (rivalry) NC State (rivalry) North Carolina (rivalry) | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 4 | ||
Current uniform | |||
Colors | Old gold and black[1] | ||
Fight song | O' Here's to Wake Forest | ||
Mascot | Demon Deacon | ||
Marching band | The Spirit of the Old Gold & Black | ||
Outfitter | Nike | ||
Website | godeacs.com |
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represents Wake Forest University in the sport of American football. The Demon Deacons compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Wake Forest plays its home football games at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium and is coached by Jake Dickert.
Wake Forest struggled in football for much of the second half of the 20th century. The university is the sixth-smallest school in FBS in terms of undergraduate enrollment (behind only Rice, Tulsa and the three FBS United States service academies). It is also the smallest school playing in a Power Five conference. However, since the start of the 21st century, the Deacons have been mostly competitive, having made ten bowl games in the first two decades.