American college football season
The 2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was coached by Jim Grobe , who was coaching his eleventh season at the school, and played its home games at BB&T Field . Wake Forest competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference , as they have since the league's inception in 1953, and are in the Atlantic Division. They finished the season 6–7, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Music City Bowl where they were defeated by Mississippi State 17–23.
Before the season [ edit ] Recruiting [ edit ] On National Signing Day, the Demon Deacons received letters of intent from 14 players.
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date Brandon Chubb ILB Powder Springs, GA Hillgrove HS 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 230 lb (100 kg) 4.78 Jan 28, 2011 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 45 Desmond Floyd DE Jonesville, SC Union County HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 4.97 Aug 9, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 77 Hunter Goodwin OT Baltimore, MD Gilman School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 285 lb (129 kg) N/A Apr 4, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 75 Chad Hedlund K Argyle, TX Argyle HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) N/A Feb 15, 2011 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 77 Josh Hunt OLB Duncanville, TX Duncanville HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) N/A Jan 31, 2011 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 45 Dylan Intemann OG Wake Forest, NC Wake Forest-Rolesville HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 300 lb (140 kg) 5.00 Apr 4, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 77 DeAndre Martin RB Hialeah, FL Hialeah-Miami Lakes HS 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) N/A Jan 23, 2011 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 77 Godspower Offor DE Hialeah, FL American Senior HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 4.6 Jul 19, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 78 Cody Preble OL Lake Worth, FL Park Vista HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 315 lb (143 kg) 5.1 Jan 7, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 74 Sherman Ragland III WR Durham, NC Southern HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 4.5 Jul 18, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 77 Allen Ramsey CB Fort Lauderdale, FL Dillard HS 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) N/A Jul 21, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 75 Orville Reynolds RB Parkland, FL Stoneman Douglas HS 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 4.5 Jun 14, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 77 Kevin Sousa QB Orlando, FL Lake Nona HS 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 230 lb (100 kg) 4.7 Nov 30, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 78 Andre Wiggins OLB San Antonio, TX Madison HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 4.65 Dec 6, 2010 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 45 Airyn Willis WR High Point, NC Southwest Guilford HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 4.43 Feb 1, 2011 Recruiting star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 79 Overall recruiting rankings: ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 1 8:00 pm at Syracuse * ESPN3 L 29–36 OT 40,833 [1] September 10 3:30 pm NC State ACCRSN W 34–2732,423 [2] September 17 6:30 pm Gardner–Webb * BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ESPN3 W 48–528,765 [3] October 1 12:30 pm at Boston College ACCN W 27–1938,265 [4] October 8 12:30 pm No. 22 Florida State BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ACCN W 35–3033,116 [5] October 15 6:30 pm No. 17 Virginia Tech BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ESPN3 L 17–3835,026 [6] October 22 12:30 pm at Duke ACCN W 24–2322,258 [7] October 29 3:30 pm at North Carolina ESPNU L 24–4957,000 [8] November 5 8:00 pm Notre Dame * BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ABC /ESPN2 L 17–2436,307 [9] November 12 12:00 pm at No. 10 Clemson ESPNU L 28–3178,375 [10] November 19 3:00 pm Maryland BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ACCRSN W 31–1030,112 [11] November 26 3:30 pm Vanderbilt * BB&T Field Winston-Salem, NC ESPNU L 7–4128,020 [12] December 30 6:40 pm vs. Mississippi State * ESPN L 17–2355,208 [13]
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Coaching staff [ edit ] Position Name First year at WFU Head coach Jim Grobe 2001 Co-defensive coordinator/outside linebackers Tim Billings 2001 Passing Game Co-Coordinator/quarterbacks Tom Elrod 2003 Passing Game Co-Coordinator/wide receivers Lonnie Galloway 2011 Assistant coach/special teams coordinator Keith Henry 2006 Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers Brian Knorr 2008 Offensive coordinator/offensive line Steed Lobotzke 2001 Recruiting coordinator/defensive tackles Ray McCartney 2001 Associate head coach/Running backs/kickers Billy Mitchell 2001 Assistant coach/secondary Steve Russ 2008
Game summaries [ edit ] Syracuse [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Wake Forest 3 17 6 3 0 29 Syracuse 0 7 7 15 7 36
2nd meeting. 1–0 all time. Last meeting 2006, 20–10 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 18/31, 289 YDS, 3 TD Josh Harris : 22 CAR, 66 YDS, LG of 16 Chris Givens : 8 REC, 179 YDS, 2 TD, LG of 60 Wake Forest : 391 Ted Stachitas : 1/7, 4 YDS Brandon Pendergrass : 9 CAR, 15 YDS, LG of 6 Michael Campanaro : 7 REC, 79 YDS, TD, LG of 19 Syracuse : 299
NC State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total NC State 0 6 14 7 27 Wake Forest 10 10 14 0 34
105th meeting. 36–62–6 all time. Last meeting 2010, 38–3 Wolfpack in Raleigh.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 22/35, 297 YDS, TD Josh Harris : 23 CAR, 96 YDS, TD, LG of 21 Chris Givens : 6 REC, 111 YDS, LG of 41 Wake Forest : 438 Michael Campanaro : 1/1, 40 YDS, TD Chris Givens : 1 CAR, 12 YDS, LG of 12 Danny Dembry : 6 REC, 96 YDS, TD, LG of 40 NC State : 424
Gardner-Webb [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Gardner-Webb 5 0 0 0 5 Wake Forest 10 17 14 7 48
1st meeting.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 21/32, 281 YDS, 2 TD Josh Harris : 14 CAR, 54 YDS, LG of 10 Danny Dembry : 8 REC, 126 YDS, LG of 34 Wake Forest : 454 Ted Stachitas : 3/3, 18 YDS Brandon Pendergrass : 10 CAR, 49 YDS, TD, LG of 34 Chris Givens : 7 REC, 85 YDS, TD, LG of 22 Gardner-Webb : 139
Boston College [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wake Forest 7 10 7 3 27 Boston College 3 6 0 10 19
19th meeting. 6–10–2 all time. Last meeting 2010, 23–13 Eagles in Winston-Salem.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 19/29, 252 YDS, TD Josh Harris : 19 CAR, 60 YDS, TD, LG of 13 Chris Givens : 7 REC, 132 YDS, TD, LG of 47 Wake Forest : 392 Michael Campanaro : 1/1, 36 YDS Brandon Pendergrass : 8 CAR, 25 YDS, TD, LG of 12 Terence Davis : 2 REC, 63 YDS, LG of 44 Boston College : 336
Florida State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #22 Florida State 7 7 3 13 30 Wake Forest 3 13 9 10 35
30th meeting. 5–23–1 all time. Last meeting 2010, 31–0 Seminoles in Tallahassee.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 21/35, 233 YDS, 3 TD Josh Harris : 13 CAR, 136 YDS, LG of 57 Chris Givens : 6 REC, 101 YDS, TD, LG of 40 Wake Forest : 391 Michael Campanaro : 1/1, 30 YDS, TD Brandon Pendergrass : 13 CAR, 44 YDS, LG of 11 Michael Campanaro : 4 REC, 64 YDS, LG of 24 Florida State : 425
Virginia Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #17 Virginia Tech 0 21 7 10 38 Wake Forest 10 0 7 0 17
36th meeting. 11–23–1 all time. Last meeting 2010, 52–21 Hokies in Blacksburg.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 19/33, 254 YDS, 2 TD Brandon Pendergrass : 21 CAR, 80 YDS, LG of 14 Chris Givens : 7 REC, 140 YDS, TD, LG of 79 Wake Forest : 320 Ted Stachitas : 1/2, 7 YDS Ted Stachitas : 2 CAR, 7 YDS, LG of 5 Danny Dembry : 3 REC, 41 YDS, LG of 21 Virginia Tech : 473
1 2 3 4 Total Wake Forest 7 10 0 7 24 Duke 0 3 10 10 23
92nd meeting. 36–53–2 all time. Last meeting 2010, 54–48 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 15/25, 215 Yards, 2 Touchdowns Brandon Pendergrass : 15 Carries, 43 Yards, a Touchdown, Long of 11 Chris Givens : 6 REC, 147 Yards, 2 Touchdowns, Long of 66 Wake Forest : 305 Tanner Price : 9 CAR, 29 YDS, LG of 23 Michael Campanaro : 4 REC, 46 YDS, LG of 18 Duke : 372
North Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wake Forest 0 10 7 7 24 North Carolina 14 7 7 21 49
104th meeting. 34–67–2 all time. Last meeting 2007, 37–10 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 17/29, 146 YDS Brandon Pendergrass : 13 CAR, 99 YDS, 2 TD, LG of 30 Michael Campanaro : 6 REC, 88 YDS, LG of 41 Wake Forest : 331 Ted Stachitas : 5/7, 64 YDS Tommy Bohanon : 5 CAR, 17 YDS, TD, LG of 7 Danny Dembry : 5 REC, 56 YDS, LG of 24 North Carolina : 562
Notre Dame [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Notre Dame 10 0 14 0 24 Wake Forest 10 7 0 0 17
1st meeting.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 17/24, 187 YDS, TD Brandon Pendergrass : 17 CAR, 47 YDS, LG of 14 Michael Campanaro : 6 REC, 74 YDS, LG of 25 Wake Forest : 297 Chris Givens : 4 CAR, 39 YDS, LG of 11 Chris Givens : 6 REC, 57 YDS, LG of 16 Notre Dame : 341
Clemson [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Wake Forest 7 0 21 0 28 #10 Clemson 7 7 7 10 31
77th meeting. 17–58–1 all time. Last meeting 2010, 30–10 Tigers in Winston-Salem.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 24/37, 172 YDS, TD Brandon Pendergrass : 20 CAR, 134 YDS, 2 TD, LG of 33 Michael Campanaro : 9 REC, 72 YDS, LG of 17 Wake Forest : 317 Orville Reynolds : 2 CAR, 10 YDS, LG of 8 Chris Givens : 4 REC, 31 YDS, LG of 13 Clemson : 522
Maryland [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Maryland 0 7 3 0 10 Wake Forest 7 0 10 14 31
60th meeting. 16–42–1 all time. Last meeting 2010, 62–14 Terrapins in College Park.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 20/32, 320 YDS, 3 TD Brandon Pendergrass : 26 CAR, 125 YDS, TD, LG of 38 Chris Givens : 8 REC, 191 YDS, TD, LG of 64 Wake Forest : 514 Orville Reynolds : 11 CAR, 63 YDS, LG of 20 Michael Campanaro : 7 REC, 80 YDS, LG of 22 Maryland : 415
Vanderbilt [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vanderbilt 6 21 7 7 41 Wake Forest 0 7 0 0 7
14th meeting. 6–7 all time. Last meeting 2010, 34–13 Demon Deacons in Nashville.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 16/34, 157 YDS, TD Brandon Pendergrass : 12 CAR, 74 YDS, LG of 18 Chris Givens : 4 REC, 69 YDS, LG of 28 Wake Forest : 329 Ted Stachitas : 3/4, 26 YDS Orville Reynolds : 11 CAR, 23 YDS, LG of 13 Michael Campanaro : 6 REC, 45 YDS, LG of 13 Vanderbilt : 481
Mississippi State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi State 7 9 0 7 23 Wake Forest 7 0 7 3 17
1st meeting.
Passing Leaders Rushing Leaders Receiving Leaders Total Yards Tanner Price : 24/46, 214 YDS Brandon Pendergrass : 24 CAR, 73 YDS, TD, LG of 14 Michael Campanaro : 10 REC, 128 YDS, LG of 32 Wake Forest : 287 Terence Davis : 1/1, 9 YDS Orville Reynolds : 2 CAR, 8 YDS, LG of 6 Chris Givens : 9 REC, 54 YDS, LG of 12 Mississippi State : 382
Statistics [ edit ] Scores by quarter [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Wake Forest 81 101 102 54 0 338 Opponents 59 101 79 110 7 356
Offense [ edit ] Rushing [ edit ] Name GP Att Yards Avg TD Long Avg/G Brandon Pendergrass 13 188 823 4.4 9 38 63.3 Josh Harris 9 101 432 4.3 3 57 48.0 Orville Reynolds 5 28 109 3.9 0 20 21.8 Chris Givens 13 14 77 5.5 0 13 5.9 Ted Stachitas 6 8 47 5.9 1 21 7.8 Nick Knott 2 8 35 4.4 1 12 17.5 Tommy Bohanon 13 15 31 2.1 2 7 2.4 Michael Campanaro 12 2 23 11.5 0 18 1.9 Brendan Cross 2 2 11 5.5 0 15 5.5 Tyler Jackson 1 2 5 2.5 0 5 5.0 Danny Dembry 13 3 2 0.7 1 10 0.2 Lovell Jackson 12 1 -9 -9.0 0 0 -0.8 TEAM 10 14 -43 -3.1 0 0 -4.1 Tanner Price 13 78 -53 -0.7 1 23 -4.1 Demon Deacons Total 13 464 1,490 3.2 18 57 114.6 Opponents 13 481 2,208 4.6 21 72 169.8
Passing [ edit ] Name GP Cmp–Att Pct Yds TD INT Lng Avg/G RAT Tanner Price 13 253-422 60.0 3,017 20 6 79 232.1 132.80 Ted Stachitas 6 18-26 69.3 152 0 1 41 25.3 110.65 Michael Campanaro 12 3-4 75.0 106 2 1 40 8.8 412.60 Brendan Cross 2 1-1 100.0 9 0 0 9 4.5 175.60 Terence Davis 13 1-1 100.0 9 0 0 9 0.7 175.60 Alex Wulfeck 13 1-1 100.0 1 0 0 1 0.1 108.40 Chris Givens 13 0-1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 Patrick Thompson 1 1-1 100.0 -3 0 0 0 -3.0 74.80 Demon Deacons Total 13 278-457 60.8 3,291 22 8 79 253.2 133.71 Opponents 13 254-444 57.2 2,963 22 13 73 227.9 123.76
Receiving [ edit ] Name GP Rec Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Chris Givens 13 83 1,330 16.0 9 79 102.3 Michael Campanaro 12 73 833 11.4 2 41 69.4 Danny Dembry 13 36 423 11.8 1 40 32.5 Terence Davis 13 20 269 13.4 5 44 20.7 Brandon Pendergrass 13 19 116 6.1 1 20 8.9 Cameron Ford 13 12 99 8.2 3 21 7.6 Tommy Bohanon 13 9 56 6.2 1 15 4.3 Andrew Parker 12 6 46 7.7 0 15 3.8 Josh Harris 9 5 22 4.4 0 9 2.4 Lovell Jackson 12 4 41 10.2 0 21 3.4 Orville Reynolds 5 4 25 6.2 0 20 5.0 Matt James 8 3 15 5.0 0 6 1.9 Quan Rucker 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 9.0 Tanner Price 13 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.7 Josh Bush 13 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 Keenon Rush 1 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 -3.0 Demon Deacons Total 13 278 3,291 11.8 22 79 253.2 Opponents 13 254 2,963 11.7 22 73 227.9
Scoring [ edit ] Name TD FG PAT 2PT PAT SAFETY TOT PTS Jimmy Newman 17-22 39-41 90 Brandon Pendergrass 10 60 Chris Givens 9 54 Terence Davis 5 30 Josh Harris 3 18 Cameron Ford 3 18 Tommy Bohanon 3 18 Michael Campanaro 3 18 Danny Dembry 2 12 Nick Knott 1 6 Tanner Price 1 6 Ted Stachitas 1 6 TEAM 1 2 Demon Deacons Total 41 17-22 39-41 1 338 Opponents 43 18-23 40-41 1 356
References [ edit ] ^ "Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Syracuse Orange Box Score" . ESPN . September 1, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2011 . ^ "NC State Wolfpack vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score" . ESPN . September 10, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011 . ^ "Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score" . ESPN . September 17, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011 . ^ "Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Boston College Eagles Box Score" . ESPN . October 1, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2011 . ^ "Florida State Seminoles vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score" . ESPN . October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2011 . ^ "Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score" . ESPN . October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011 . ^ "Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Duke Blue Devils Box Score" . ESPN . October 22, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011 . ^ "Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. North Carolina Tar Heels Box Score" . ESPN . October 29, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011 . ^ "Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score" . ESPN . November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011 . ^ "Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Clemson Tigers Box Score" . ESPN . November 12, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011 . ^ "Maryland Terrapins vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score" . ESPN . November 19, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011 . ^ "Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score" . ESPN . November 26, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2011 . ^ "Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Box Score" . ESPN . December 30, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011 . ^ "2011 Wake Forest Football Roster" . Wake Forest University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2011 .
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