1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1980 record	5–6 (2–4 ACC)
Head coach	John Mackovic (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Ed Zaunbrecher (1st season)
Captain	Bill Ard, Carlos Bradley, Jay Venuto
Home stadium	Groves Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third season under head coach John Mackovic, the team compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	Virginia Tech*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 7–18	24,500	^[2]
September 20	The Citadel*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 24–7	22,500
September 27	at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 27–7	47,800
October 4	at William & Mary*	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	W 27–7	15,800
October 11	No. 8 North Carolina	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 9–27	37,411
October 18	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 10–11	36,472
October 25	Virginia	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 21–24	23,300
November 1	Clemson	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 33–35	28,200
November 8	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 27–24	23,000
November 15	at No. 14 South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 38–39	55,583
November 22	Appalachian State*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 28–16	23,000	^[3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Kenny Duckett	Jr
QB	`10`	Gary Suchofield	Fr
QB	`14`	Jay Venuto	Sr
RB	`23`	Wayne McMillan
TE	`49`	Jimmy Hargrove	Sr
WR	`88`	Tim Ryan

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Jay Venuto	214/413	2,624
Rushing	Wayne McMillan	152	694
Receiving	Kenny Duckett	50	656

^ "1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^ "Va. Tech crushes Deacons". The Charlotte Observer. September 7, 1980. Retrieved December 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Records, penalty flags fall as Wake tops Apps". The Charlotte Observer. November 3, 1980. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Venues	Gore Field (1922–1939) Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1967) Truist Field at Wake Forest (1968–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina NC State
Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896–1907 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 North Carolina $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Maryland	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
NC State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Virginia	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Duke	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll