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The 1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was the American football representative of Wake Forest University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by head coach Bill Dooley in his sixth season, the team achieved an impressive 8–4 record. They concluded the season in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference and secured a victory over Oregon Oregon in the 1992 Independence Bowl.[1]

Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source
September 5 12:00 pm North Carolina JPS L 17–35 23,447 [2]
September 12 6:30 pm Appalachian State*
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 10–7 24,387 [3]
September 26 7:00 pm at No. 3 Florida State L 7–35 62,915 [4]
October 3 1:00 pm No. 14 Virginia
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 17–31 22,135 [5]
October 10 2:00 pm at Vanderbilt* W 40–6 33,660 [6]
October 17 1:30 pm at Maryland W 30–23 31,132 [7]
October 24 1:00 pm Army*
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 23–7 18,221 [8]
October 31 1:00 pm Clemson
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 18–15 21,839 [9]
November 7 1:30 pm at Duke W 28–14 33,600 [10]
November 14 1:00 pm at Georgia Tech W 23–10 40,006 [11]
November 21 1:00 pm at No. 13 NC State No. 25 L 14–42 46,121 [12]
December 31 12:30 pm vs. Oregon* ESPN W 39–35 31,337 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ^ “1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results”. SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ “QBs give Tar Heels options”. The Charlotte Observer. September 6, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ “Deacs edge Mountaineers 10–7”. The News and Observer. September 13, 1992. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ “Big plays send FSU to big win”. Pensacola News Journal. September 27, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ “Kirby runs wild as Cavs whip Wake Forest, 31–17”. The Greenville News. October 4, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ “Wake Forest rolls easily over stumbling Vandy”. The Charlotte Observer. October 11, 1992. Retrieved November 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ “Wake Forest stuns Maryland, 30–23”. The Star-Democrat. October 18, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ “Army stalled by Wake, 23–7”. The Daily Item. October 25, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ “Wake Forest stuns Clemson”. The Times and Democrat. November 1, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ “Deacons take fifth straight”. The Rocky Mount Telegram. November 8, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ “Wake beats Tech for 6th straight”. The Greenville News. November 15, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ “N.C. State QB gets mad, leads his team to win”. The Index-Journal. November 22, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ “Deacons’ revival swamps Ducks”. The Shreveport Times. January 1, 1993. Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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