2003 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

2003 ACC football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
2003 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2003 record	5–7 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Grobe (3rd year)
Home stadium	Groves Stadium; (Capacity: 31,500)
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The 2003 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Grobe, the Demon Deacons compiled a 5–7 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	1:00 PM	at Boston College		Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA		W 32–28	42,563
September 6	12:00 PM	#14 NC State		Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ABC	W 38–24	35,741
September 13	12:00 PM	Purdue*	#20	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	L 10–16	29,853
September 20	6:30 PM	East Carolina*		Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		W 34–16	28,074
September 27	3:30 PM	at Virginia		Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 24–27	60,884
October 11	3:30 PM	Georgia Tech		Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		L 7–24	27,382
October 18	12:00 PM	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	JPS	W 42–13	17,314
October 25	3:30 PM	at #6 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 24–48	82,393
November 1	3:30 PM	Clemson		Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		W 45–17	35,643
November 8	12:00 PM	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	JPS	L 34–42	35,000
November 15	3:30 PM	Connecticut*		Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		L 17–51	22,435
November 29	3:30 PM	Maryland		Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	L 28–41	18,783
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Cory Randolph	144/246	1,773
Rushing	Chris Barclay	235	1,192
Receiving	Jason Anderson	44	751

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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
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2003 ACC football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#11 Florida State $		7	–	1		10	–	3
#17 Maryland		6	–	2		10	–	3
#22 Clemson		5	–	3		9	–	4
NC State		4	–	4		8	–	5
Virginia		4	–	4		8	–	5
Georgia Tech		4	–	4		7	–	6
Wake Forest		3	–	5		5	–	7
Duke		2	–	6		4	–	8
North Carolina		1	–	7		2	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll