2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

Preseason

Post Season

References

Roster changes

Recruiting

Award candidates

Roster

Personnel

Schedule

Game capsules

Conference

National

Boston College

Nebraska

Army

Maryland

Duke

Florida State

Navy

North Carolina

Virginia

Clemson

North Carolina State

Vanderbilt

Connecticut

2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Meineke Car Care Bowl, W 24–10 vs. Connecticut
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic
2007 record	9–4 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Grobe
Offensive coordinator	Steed Lobotzke
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Dean Hood
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	BB&T Field (c. 31,500, FieldTurf)

2007 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Atlantic Division
#10 Boston College x		6	–	2		11	–	3
#21 Clemson		5	–	3		9	–	4
Wake Forest		5	–	3		9	–	4
Florida State		4	–	4		7	–	6
Maryland		3	–	5		6	–	7
NC State		3	–	5		5	–	7
Coastal Division
#9 Virginia Tech x$		7	–	1		11	–	3
Virginia		6	–	2		9	–	4
Georgia Tech		4	–	4		7	–	6
North Carolina		3	–	5		4	–	8
Miami		2	–	6		5	–	7
Duke		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 16
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe in his seventh season at the school and played its home games at BB&T Field. The team began its season with an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) game on Saturday, September 1, 2007 against Boston College. Wake Forest played its first season since winning the 2006 ACC championship, their first in 36 years.^[1]

Following the most successful season in team history in 2006, the 2007 team was not widely predicted to win the ACC despite returning many offensive starters from 2006.^[1] Some sports writers stated that they believed 2006 to have been a fluke and that Wake Forest was not going to win as many games in 2007, especially because of the losses on defense, including the loss of linebacker Jon Abbate to the National Football League.^[2] Wake Forest was picked to finish fourth in the Atlantic Division of the ACC in the annual preseason poll conducted by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Lindy's was the only major preseason magazine to pick Wake Forest as a Top-25 team.^[3]

Linebacker Eric Berry was ruled academically ineligible for the 2007 season.^[4]
Mike Rinfrette moved from fullback to linebacker in spring practice.

On National Signing Day, Wake Forest signed 20 recruits in all, eleven defensive players and nine offensive players.

Steve Justice (C)- 2007 Lombardi Trophy Watch List;^[5] 2007 Outland Trophy Watch List;^[6] 2007 Rimington Trophy Watch List ^[7]
Zac Selmon (TE)- 2007 Wuerffel Trophy Nominee ^[8]
Riley Skinner (QB) 2007 Maxwell Award Watch List;^[9] 2007 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List ^[10]
Sam Swank (P)- 2007 Ray Guy Award Watch List ^[11]

Position	Name	First year at WFU
Head Coach	Jim Grobe	2001
Wide Receivers	Tim Billings	2006
Fullbacks / Tight ends	Tom Elrod	2003
Defensive Ends	Keith Henry	2001
Defensive coordinator / Secondary	Dean Hood	2001
Linebackers	Brad Lambert	2001
Offensive coordinator / Offensive line	Steed Lobotzke	2001
Defensive tackles	Ray McCartney	2001
Assistant Head Coach / Running backs / Kickers	Billy Mitchell	2001
Quarterbacks	Jeff Mullen	2001
Source: http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wake-m-footbl-mtt.html

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	3:30 PM	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ABC	L 38-28	42,292
September 8	12:00 PM	#17 Nebraska*	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	L 20-17	32,483
September 15	3:30 PM	Army*	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ACC Select	W 21-10	32,142
September 22	3:30 PM	Maryland	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	W 31-24 ^OT	31,964
October 6	1:00 PM	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ACC Select	W 41-36	20,134
October 11	7:30 PM	#21 Florida State	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	W 24-21	32,906
October 20	1:00 PM	at Navy*	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	CSTV	W 44-24	36,992
October 27	12:00 PM	North Carolina	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	LFS	W 37-10	33,023
November 3	12:00 PM	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	LFS	L 17-16	60,106
November 10	12:00 PM	at #20 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPN2	L 44-10	82,422
November 17	4:00 PM	North Carolina State	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPNU	W 38-18	33,052
November 24	2:00 PM	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 31-17	27,650
December 29	1:00 PM	vs. Connecticut*	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC (Meineke Car Care Bowl)	ESPN	W 24-10	53,126
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wake Forest	14	7	0	7	28
Boston College	7	14	14	3	38

^[12]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	3	10	7	0	20
Wake Forest	0	10	7	0	17

^[13]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Army	0	7	3	0	10
Wake Forest	14	7	0	0	21

^[14]

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Maryland	10	7	7	0	0	24
Wake Forest	3	0	7	14	7	31

^[15]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wake Forest	7	17	10	7	41
Duke	9	0	14	13	36

^[16]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	0	14	0	7	21
Wake Forest	0	7	7	10	24

^[17]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wake Forest	14	13	10	7	44
Navy	10	7	7	0	24

^[18]

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina	0	3	0	7	10
Wake Forest	10	7	6	14	37

^[19]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wake Forest	3	3	7	3	16
Virginia	3	7	0	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wake Forest	7	0	3	0	10
Clemson	10	17	10	7	44

^[20]

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Carolina State	0	3	15	0	18
Wake Forest	7	14	7	10	38

^[21]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wake Forest	7	7	17	0	31
Vanderbilt	3	0	0	14	17

^[22]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Connecticut	7	3	0	0	10
Wake Forest	0	0	14	10	24

^[23]

Steve Justice (C)- 2007 Jacobs Blocking Trophy ^[24]
All-ACC First Team

Kenneth Moore (WR)

Steve Justice (C)

Alphonso Smith (CB)

All-ACC Second Team

Josh Adams (RB)

Aaron Curry (LB)

All-ACC Honorable Mention

Chip Vaughn (S)

Sam Swank (K)

Kevin Marion (KR)^[25]

Josh Adams (RB)- 2007 ACC Rookie of the Year and 2007 ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year ^[26]
Matt Robinson (DE)- 2007 ACC Brian Piccolo Award ^[27]

Steve Justice (C) - 2007 Rimington Trophy Finalist^[28]

2007 AFCA First Team All-American^[29]

Louis Frazier (OT) - 2007 ESPN Academic All-American^[30]

Bold indicates starter in last game

Quarterbacks

6 Brett Hodges - Sophomore

10 Zach MacDowall - Freshman

11 Riley Skinner - Sophomore

12 Skylar Jones - Freshman

13 Ryan McManus - Junior

Running Backs

3 Micah Andrews - Senior

20 Lucas Caparelli - Freshman

22 Brandon Pendergrass - Freshman

23 Kevin Harris - Sophomore

27 Josh Adams - Freshman

34 Willie Dixon - Freshman

49 Jose Domenach - Freshman

Wide Receivers

4 Demir Boldin - Junior

8 Marshall Williams - Freshman

8 Geoff Wissing - Sophomore

14 Kevin Marion - Senior

15 Delon Lowe - Senior

17 Christopher Langley - Sophomore

21 Kenneth Moore - Senior

22 CJ Washington - Freshman

24 Trey Schmidt - Senior

36 Casey Hill - Sophomore

36 Nicholas Schulz - Freshman

37 Max Opamuratawongse - Senior

48 Anthony Williams - Sophomore

80 Devon Brown - Freshman

81 Danny Dembry - Freshman

82 Jordan Williams - Freshman

86 Matt Hartford - Sophomore

88 Chip Brinkman - Junior

Fullbacks

18 De'Angelo Bryant - Senior

35 Rich Belton - Junior

Tight Ends

83 Cameron Ford - Freshman

84 Zac Selmon - Senior

85 Ben Wooster - Sophomore

87 Ted Randolph - Sophomore

89 John Tereshinski - Senior

Offensive Linemen

60 Mike White - Freshman

61 Barrett McMillin - Sophomore

62 Doug Weaver - Freshman

64 Jeff Griffin - Sophomore

65 Gage Crews - Sophomore

67 Trey Bailey - Sophomore

68 David Cox - Freshman

70 Chris DeGeare - Junior

71 Ryan Britt - Freshman

72 Russell Nenon - Freshman

73 Cannon Gaskin - Freshman

74 Steve Justice - Senior

75 Michael Hoag - Freshman

76 Joe Birdsong - Sophomore

77 Boomer Peterson - Sophomore

78 Louis Frazier - Senior

79 Matthew Brim - Senior

Linebackers

28 Cyhl Quarles - Freshman

35 Lee Malchow - Sophomore

39 Chantz McClinic - Junior

40 Kyle Jarrett - Freshman

43 Stanley Arnoux - Junior

44 Mike Rinfrette - Sophomore

45 Mike Simmons - Junior

46 Matt Woodlief - Freshman

49 Michael Potteiger - Sophomore

52 Dominique Midgett - Sophomore

55 Tristan Dorty - Freshman

56 Hunter Haynes - Freshman

57 Gelo Orange - Freshman

59 Aaron Curry - Junior

63 Andrew Conroy - Junior

66 Collin Granger - Freshman

94 Tripp Russell - Freshman

Cornerbacks

2 Alphonso Smith - Junior

5 Marcus Williams - Freshman

17 Brandon Ghee - Sophomore

24 Channing Schofield - Sophomore

25 Josh Bush - Freshman

29 Kerry Major - Junior

41 Mike Williams - Freshman

Safeties

7 Alex Frye - Freshman

9 Chip Vaughn - Junior

10 Kevin Patterson - Junior

25 Andrew Wright - Junior

26 Jonathon Jones - Sophomore

28 Peter Grimm - Freshman

30 John Stamper - Freshman

32 Aaron Mason - Senior

37 Junior Petit-Jean - Freshman

Defensive Ends

34 Antonio Wilson - Junior

42 Matt Robinson - Senior

90 Will Wright - Freshman

93 Anthony Davis - Junior

94 Tripp Russell - Freshman

97 Kyle Wilber - Freshman

98 Jeremy Thompson - Senior

Defensive Tackles

50 Teddy Tomlin - Freshman

51 John Russell - Sophomore

58 Michael Carter - Freshman

91 Dennis Godfrey - Freshman

95 Zach Stukes - Senior

96 Boo Robinson - Sophomore

99 Michael Lockett - Sophomore

Place Kickers

30 Shane Popham - Freshman

38 Sam Swank - Junior

40 Zach Collins - Freshman

69 Win Joyner - Freshman

Punters

38 Sam Swank - Junior

Long Snappers

53 Greg Bechtel - Sophomore

92 Nick Jarvis - Senior

Kick Returners

2 Alphonso Smith - Junior

14 Kevin Marion - Senior

21 Kenneth Moore - Senior

Punt Returners

21 Kenneth Moore - Senior

Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Venues	Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1965) BB&T Field (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry

Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter

People	NFL draftees

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