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NC’s best: The top offensive players from the state
This just in: There is no wall around the state. Whenever a football coach takes a new job at a North Carolina college, he makes the same vow: to build a wall around the state, […]
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Future looks bright for Wake Forest
Wake Forest beat Rutgers 38-10 in the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Eve to cap an 11-3 record, matching the best season in program history. The Demon Deacons won the Atlantic Division, advancing to their […]
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Win and you’re in: Wake needs ‘W’ to reach ACC title game
Wake Forest’s grip on the ACC Atlantic Division football championship isn’t as firm as it once was. But even after Saturday’s 48-27 loss at Clemson, the title and a trip to the conference championship game […]
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Deacons hold off Wolfpack to take control of Atlantic
WINSTON-SALEM — After qualifying for the postseason in each of the past five years, the Wake Forest football team adopted the motto “From Good to Great” for 2021 as it set its sights on bigger […]
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Wake Forest, Duke continue heading in opposite directions
WINSTON-SALEM — The football programs at Wake Forest and Duke are similar in many ways because of the size of their schools, their stringent academic requirements and numerous other challenges to competing with their larger […]
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No defense required: Wake Forest takes wild 70-56 win at Army
WEST POINT, N.Y. — When it was over, Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson used one word to describe it: “Wow!” Sam Hartman threw for a career-high 458 yards and five touchdowns in a big-play display […]
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Even with extra week to prepare, Wake wary of Army’s triple-option attack
Ask any football coach and he’ll probably tell you that there’s no good time to play a team that runs the triple option. If it can’t be avoided, as is the case with Wake Forest […]
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Still perfect: Wake Forest moves to 6-0 with overtime win at Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A.T. Perry said he likely won’t sleep for a while and that’s understandable. Perry had three touchdown receptions and his last, an acrobatic 22-yard catch in the left corner of the end […]
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Deacons respond to Louisville challenge, improve to 5-0
WINSTON-SALEM — The Wake Forest football team was tested for the first time this season Saturday. And it passed with flying colors. After beating their first four opponents by 20 points or more, the 24th-ranked […]
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Deacons hope to continue winning ways after familiar fast start
At 4-0 and ranked 24th in the nation, Wake Forest has become something of an overnight sensation on the national college football scene. You’ll excuse the Deacons if they’re not throwing any parties to celebrate […]