The 2019 season's largest margin: Wake Forest 49, Elon 7. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2019 — The Winning Chapter
Wake Forest's 2019 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jamie NewmanQB2,868 passing yards
- Sam HartmanQB830 passing yards
- Cade CarneyRB620 rushing yards
- Kenneth WalkerRB579 rushing yards
- Christian Beal-SmithRB304 rushing yards
- Sage SurrattWR1,001 receiving yards
- Kendall HintonWR1,001 receiving yards
- Scotty WashingtonWR607 receiving yards
- Ryan Smenda Jr.LB81 tackles
- Ja'Cquez WilliamsLB73 tackles
- Justin StrnadLB69 tackles
- Carlos Basham Jr.DL11 sacks
- JaCorey JohnsDL3 sacks
- Shamar McCollumLB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2019.
The season's deepest loss: Wake Forest 3, Clemson 52. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Wake Forest fell to Michigan State 21-27 in the postseason.
"Go Deacs"
2019 is a middle chapter for Wake Forest — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.