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2002 Wake Forest

7–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Grobe.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 2002, game by game: lost at Northern Illinois 41–42; won vs. East Carolina 27–22; lost at No. 19 NC State 13–32; won at Purdue 24–21; lost vs. Virginia 34–38; won at Georgia Tech 24–21; won vs. Duke 36–10; lost at Clemson 23–31; won vs. North Carolina 31–0; lost vs. No. 18 Florida State 21–34; won vs. Navy 30–27; lost at No. 25 Maryland 14–32; won vs. Oregon 38–17+31−19Lost 41–42 at Northern Illinois-1Northern Illino…Won 27–22 vs. East Carolina+5East CarolinaLost 13–32 at No. 19 NC State-19No. 19 NC StateWon 24–21 at Purdue+3PurdueLost 34–38 vs. Virginia-4VirginiaWon 24–21 at Georgia Tech+3Georgia TechWon 36–10 vs. Duke+26DukeLost 23–31 at Clemson-8ClemsonWon 31–0 vs. North Carolina+31North CarolinaLost 21–34 vs. No. 18 Florida State-13No. 18 Florida StateWon 30–27 vs. Navy+3NavyLost 14–32 at No. 25 Maryland-18No. 25 MarylandWon 38–17 vs. Oregon+21Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29atNorthern IllinoisL 41–⁠4240%
Sep 7vsEast CarolinaW 27–⁠2251%
Sep 14at19NC StateL 13–⁠3228%
Sep 21atPurdueW 24–⁠2133%
Sep 28vsVirginiaL 34–⁠3856%
Oct 5atGeorgia TechW 24–⁠2122%
Oct 12vsDukeW 36–⁠1076%
Oct 19atClemsonL 23–⁠3135%
Oct 26vsNorth CarolinaW 31–⁠056%
Nov 2vs18Florida StateL 21–⁠3438%
Nov 23vsNavyW 30–⁠2787%
Nov 30at25MarylandL 14–⁠3224%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsOregonSeattle BowlW 38–⁠1737%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 38–⁠17 in the Seattle Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2002.

Record
7–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
356–⁠327
Coach
Jim Grobe
Elo
1526 +64 this season
SP+ rating
7.5 No. 47 of 117; offense No. 50, defense No. 46
SRS
5.5 No. 45 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 104
Offensive coordinator
Troy Calhoun
Defensive coordinator
Dean Hood
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense0.0own 36— allowed
Defense0.0own 30— caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Willie Idlette ATH★★No. 898
Steve Vallos OT★★No. 898
Arby Jones OT★★No. 898

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line22.00.767
Athletes and specialists12.00.767
Whole class32.00.767

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2003

The 2003 draft
Rd 1Calvin Pace DEArizona Cardinals
Rd 4Ovie Mughelli RBBaltimore Ravens
Rd 7Montique Sharpe DTKansas City Chiefs

All-ACC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Fabian DavisRSAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 2002 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2002 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State7–⁠19–⁠521
Maryland6–⁠211–⁠313
Virginia6–⁠29–⁠522
NC State5–⁠311–⁠312
Georgia Tech4–⁠47–⁠6
Clemson4–⁠47–⁠6
Wake Forest3–⁠57–⁠6
North Carolina1–⁠73–⁠9
Duke0–⁠82–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.