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2004 Wake Forest

4–⁠7 (1–⁠7 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Grobe.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 2004, game by game: lost at Clemson 30–37; won at East Carolina 31–17; won vs. North Carolina A&T 42–3; won vs. Boston College 17–14; lost at NC State 21–27; lost vs. Virginia Tech 10–17; lost vs. No. 5 Florida State 17–20; won vs. Duke 24–22; lost vs. North Carolina 24–31; lost at No. 12 Miami 7–52; lost at Maryland 7–13+39−45Lost 30–37 at Clemson-7ClemsonWon 31–17 at East Carolina+14East CarolinaWon 42–3 vs. North Carolina A&T+39North Carolina …Won 17–14 vs. Boston College+3Boston CollegeLost 21–27 at NC State-6NC StateLost 10–17 vs. Virginia Tech-7Virginia TechLost 17–20 vs. No. 5 Florida State-3No. 5 Florida StateWon 24–22 vs. Duke+2DukeLost 24–31 vs. North Carolina-7North CarolinaLost 7–52 at No. 12 Miami-45No. 12 MiamiLost 7–13 at Maryland-6Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atClemsonL 30–⁠3726%
Sep 11atEast CarolinaW 31–⁠1759%
Sep 18vsNorth Carolina A&TW 42–⁠381%
Sep 25vsBoston CollegeW 17–⁠1439%
Oct 2atNC StateL 21–⁠2733%
Oct 9vsVirginia TechL 10–⁠1744%
Oct 23vs5Florida StateL 17–⁠2028%
Oct 30vsDukeW 24–⁠2274%
Nov 13vsNorth CarolinaL 24–⁠3163%
Nov 20at12MiamiL 7–⁠5213%
Nov 27atMarylandL 7–⁠1329%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Maryland 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 10th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
230–⁠253
Coach
Jim Grobe
Elo
1439 −36 this season
SP+ rating
-0.9 No. 69 of 120; offense No. 99, defense No. 40
SRS
0.4 No. 62 of 119 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 102
Offensive coordinator
Steed Lobotzke
Defensive coordinator
Dean Hood
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense47th of 118
  • Defense85th of 118
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense-0.0438%0.9047th of 118
Defense0.0139%1.0785th of 118
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 321% allowed
Defense0.0own 292% 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 2004 class

Clarence Vaughn WR★★No. 969
Richard Belton OLB★★No. 979
Demir Bolden S★★No. 1761
Brandon Drumgoole WDE★★No. 1839
Chantz McClinic S★★No. 1839

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

The 2004 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.733
Receivers12.00.778
Defensive line12.00.744
Linebackers22.00.733
Defensive backs32.00.733
Whole class82.00.740

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 2005

The 2005 draft
Rd 5Eric King DBBuffalo Bills

All-ACC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2004 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2004 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech7–⁠110–⁠310
Florida State6–⁠29–⁠315
Miami5–⁠39–⁠311
Virginia5–⁠38–⁠423
North Carolina5–⁠36–⁠6
Georgia Tech4–⁠47–⁠5
Clemson4–⁠46–⁠5
NC State3–⁠55–⁠6
Maryland3–⁠55–⁠6
Wake Forest1–⁠74–⁠7
Duke1–⁠72–⁠9

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