1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Independence Bowl champion
1992 Independence Bowl, W 39–35 vs. Oregon
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 25
1992 record	8–4 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Dooley (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Eddie Williamson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Brush (6th season)
Captain	George Coghill, Ben Coleman, Maurice Miller
Home stadium	Groves Stadium; (capacity: 31,500)
	Seasons ← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its sixth season under head coach Bill Dooley, the team compiled an 8–4 record, finished in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and defeated Oregon in the 1992 Independence Bowl.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	12:00 pm	North Carolina		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 17–35	23,447
September 12	6:30 pm	Appalachian State*		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 10–7	24,387	^[2]
September 26	7:00 pm	at No. 3 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		L 7–35	62,915
October 3	1:00 pm	No. 14 Virginia		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 17–31	22,135
October 10	2:00 pm	at Vanderbilt*		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 40–6	33,660
October 17	1:30 pm	at Maryland		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 30–23	31,132
October 24	1:00 pm	Army*		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 23–7	18,221
October 31	1:00 pm	Clemson		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 18–15	21,839
November 7	1:30 pm	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 28–14	33,600
November 14	1:00 pm	at Georgia Tech		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 23–10	40,006
November 21	1:00 pm	at No. 13 NC State	No. 25	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		L 14–42	46,121
December 31	12:30 pm	vs. Oregon*		Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ESPN	W 39–35	31,337
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^ "Deacs edge Mountaineers 10–7". The News and Observer. September 13, 1992. Retrieved November 28, 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

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Florida State $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 17 NC State	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	1
No. 19 North Carolina	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 25 Wake Forest	4	–	4	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Virginia	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Clemson	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Maryland	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Duke	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll