2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football Team

The 2008 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football season. It was Wake Forest's 56th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

The Demon Deacons were led by eighth-year head coach Jim Grobe. Wake Forest played its home games at BB&T Field. The Deacons began their season on August 28 at Baylor. A win in the 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl against UConn gave the Deacons twenty wins over the last two seasons.

The team is finished 8–5 overall and 4–4 in ACC play, and beat Navy in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl on December 20.


2008 ACC football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L W L
Atlantic
Boston College xy 5 – 3 9 – 5
#21 Florida State x 5 – 3 9 – 4
Maryland 4 – 4 8 – 5
Wake Forest 4 – 4 8 – 5
Clemson 4 – 4 7 – 6
NC State 4 – 4 6 – 7
Coastal
#15 Virginia Tech xy 5 – 3 10 – 4
#22 Georgia Tech x 5 – 3 9 – 4
North Carolina 4 – 4 8 – 5
Miami 4 – 4 7 – 6
Virginia 3 – 5 5 – 7
Duke 1 – 7 4 – 8

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