Week Four Know Your Opponent: Wake Forest Brings a Stout Defense in Bloomington

Week Four Know Your Opponent: Wake Forest Brings a Stout Defense in Bloomington

Written By Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

Head Coach: Dave Clawson (3rd Year)
Overall: 99-97 (.505) 17th year
At Wake Forest 9-18 (3-14)
Bowl Appearances: 3
Last Year’s Record: 3-9 (1-7)
This Year’s Record: 3-0 (1-0)
Bowl Appearances Since 2000: 5 Appearances (3-2 Record)
Mascot: Demon Deacon
Colors: Gold and Black
Outfitter: Nike
National Titles: 0
Conference Titles: 10
Heisman Winners: 0

Fun Fact

Originally, Wake Forest's athletic teams were known as the Fighting Baptists, due to its association with the Baptist Convention (from which it later separated itself). However, in 1923, after a particularly impressive win against the Duke Blue Devils, a newspaper reporter wrote that the Deacons "fought like Demons", giving rise to the current team name, the "Demon Deacons."

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Top Five: Opponent Safeties

Top Five: Opponent Safeties

Welcome back  to the second annual Top Five series where the Hoosier Huddle writers will rank and breakdown the top five players of opposing teams in different position groups on the field (so we are only ranking the players whose teams are IU opponents in 2016). Today we highlight the Top Five Safeties.

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2015 Season Preview: September 24th at Wake Forest

2015 Season Preview: September 24th at Wake Forest

Week 4: Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Time & Date: TBD, Saturday, Sept. 26th

Venue: BB&T Field (31,500, Winston-Salem, NC)

TV: TBD

Demon Deacons at a Glance:

Head Coach: Dave Clawson

Last Season: 3-9 (1-7)

Demon Deacon Returning Leaders:

            Passing: John Wolford (58.3% 2,037 Yds, 12 TD 14 INT)

            Rushing: Dezmond Wotrtham (240 Yds, 2.9 Avg, 0 TD)

            Receiving: Cam Serigne (531 Yds, 9.8 Avg, 5 TD)

            Tackles: Ryan Janvion (115 Tkl, 7 TFL, 6 PBU)

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