Mark Your Calendars! ACC Announces Wake Forest’s Football Schedule; Season Tickets Renewals & New Sales Available Now, Important Dates Shared
1/30/2023 7:59:00 PM | Football
The Ticket Purchase Assurance Program continues in 2023, with fan flexibility and peace-of-mind all season long!
Wake Forest Ticket Office | 2023 Season Tickets | 2022 Season Review
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- While the excitement from the 2022 football season can still be felt across the Wake Forest, Winston-Salem and Triad communities, it's time for Deacon Nation to start making their plans for the 2023 football season.
Additionally, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that Wake Forest's spring game will be played on Saturday, April 15 and will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra. This will be a part of an exciting weekend for Wake Forest Athletics as the Deacs host women's tennis matches on Friday (April 14) and Sunday (April 16) and the men's soccer Spring Cup Finals on the afternoon of April 16 at Spry Stadium.
Fall weekend plans can now come to the forefront as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its complete 2023 schedule on Monday evening. Wake Forest will play six home games at Truist Field where the Deacs are an astounding 20-4 since the start of the 2019 season. The fall slate begins with Opening Night on Thursday, Aug. 31 against Elon.
The Saturday, Oct. 21 matchup against Pitt will be the centerpiece of Wake Forest Homecoming Weekend and the annual Wake Forest Family Weekend will be Sept. 23 when the Deacs host Georgia Tech. Not to be outdone, the Deacs home game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, Sept. 9 will be Wake Forest's annual Unrivaled Weekend.
Game times and broadcast networks dates will be announced at a later date.
Wake Forest 2023 Football Schedule:
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Saturday, Sept. 9 -- vs. Vanderbilt
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Unrivaled
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Saturday, Sept. 16 -- at Old Dominion
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Saturday, Sept. 23 – vs. Georgia Tech
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Family Weekend
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Saturday, Oct. 7 – at Clemson
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Saturday, Oct. 14 – at Virginia Tech
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Saturday, Oct. 21 – vs. Pitt
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Homecoming
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Saturday, Oct. 28 – vs. Florida State
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Thursday, Nov. 2 – at Duke
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Saturday, Nov. 11 – vs. NC State
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Senior Day
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Saturday, Nov. 18 - at Notre Dame
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Saturday, Nov. 25 – at Syracuse
What They're Saying & Important Information
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Head Coach Dave Clawson:
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"Our fans and student body truly make a difference when we play inside Truist Field. The incredible energy and support we have received during our tenure at Wake Forest has helped us raise the standard for Demon Deacons football as we have played in seven-straight bowl games, won five bowl championships and won the 2021 ACC Atlantic Division title. The 2021 and 2022 seasons have been the best student and fan engagement during our nine years and I am excited for next fall. When the crowd is loud and our stadium is full, we have a distinct home field advantage."
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Director of Athletics John Currie:
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"As Coach Clawson and his squad build on the ACC's second-longest bowl streak at seven-straight seasons and with 19 wins over the last two years that ranks as the ninth best total in the Power 5, our students, band, spirit squads and fans from Winston-Salem and throughout Deacon Nation are establishing Truist Field as a unique and special place to celebrate the color and pageantry of college football. We're excited to again achieve of our goal of delivering the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina and encourage all fans to make plans now to bring friends and family to experience DEACTOWN in 2023."
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Multiple sellouts are expected next fall and season tickets are the best way for fans to optimize the value of all of Truist Field's seating options and pricing. As part of Wake Athletics commitment to transparency and the Ticket Purchase Assurance program, fans can visit GoDeacs.com in late February to see package and single game options that will go on sale later this spring and summer, based on availability.
There are many exclusive benefits and renewal prizes for season ticket members, including access to the team, tickets to various away football games, and much more. Season ticket holders also receive earlier access to single game ticket sales and package opportunities. For questions or assistance, please contact the Wake Forest Ticket Office at 336-758-3322 ext 1 or tix@wfu.edu. Regular office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
2023 Season Tickets on Sale Now!
Season tickets are the best way for fans to optimize the value of all of Truist Field's seating options and pricing. There are multiple exclusive benefits and renewal prizes for those who purchase season tickets that include access to the team, tickets to various away football games and much more.
Wake Forest Athletics is excited to raise the standard of success and looking forward to an exciting 2023 season. Currently a season ticket holder from this past year? Renew your tickets for the season by clicking here. Looking to become a season ticket holder? Season tickets are available starting at just $125. Call the ticket office today at 336.758.3322 ext. 1 or visit godeacs.com/tickets to secure your seat for the upcoming season.
Important Upcoming Dates:
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February 15:
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First Season Ticket Early Purchase Incentive Deadline
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March 1:
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Second Season Ticket Early Purchase Incentive Deadline
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March 22:
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Third and Final Season Ticket Early Purchase Incentive Deadline
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March 31:
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Season Ticket Priority Deadline- order by March 31 to have your season tickets assigned on priority.
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Payment Plan Details
As in previous years, payment plans are available to Wake Forest football season ticket holders. Purchasers can opt in to a payment plan online or by speaking with a ticket office representative. The 2023 payment plan schedule for auto-renewal and traditional purchases are as follows:
Auto-Renewal, One-Installment Group: Paid in full at time of purchase for new customers; returning auto-renewal one-installment customers are charged in full on April 15, 2023.
Four-Installment Payment Plan (auto-renewal, or regular purchase) four equal payments charged on April 15, May 15, June 15, and July 15, 2023.
Ticket Purchase Assurance Plan
The Ticket Purchase Assurance Program will be back in 2023 to provide the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina for all fans. Ticket holders who purchased directly through Wake Forest will continue to have their tickets protected with the TPA program.
This peace-of-mind initiative allows fans the ability to exchange purchased tickets from a home contest they can no longer attend for any reason toward the purchase of tickets to another home game at Truist Field. Additionally, if for some reason any portion of the 2023 schedule does not take place or if capacity restrictions change throughout the season, ticket holders who purchased directly through Wake Forest will continue to have their tickets protected with the TPA program.
News Surrounding Innovative Truist Field Seat Rights Program
Originally launched in 2008, the football seat rights program gave Wake Forest fans the ability to lock in the same great seat location at Truist Field for up to 25 years. In addition to this benefit, the seat rights program was created with the intention of investing in the fan experience at Wake Forest football, with the original round of funding used for stadium enhancements like new concession stands and renovated restrooms.
As we look to continue to provide The Best Fan Experience in North Carolina, Wake Forest is relaunching the seat rights program in advance of the 2023 season. Funds generated from the program will continue to be reinvested into fan amenities such as an enhanced sound system, game field replacement, concessions enhancements, and more.
Opting in, or remaining within the seat rights program, is the only way to guarantee the same seat you have on an annual basis!
To learn more about the seat rights program at Wake Forest, fill out an interest form to be contacted by a sales representative or contact the Wake Forest Ticket Office from Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at (336) 758-3322 ext. 1.
Wake Forest Football Overview
The Demon Deacons defeated Southeastern Conference representative Missouri 27-17 in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. on Dec. 23, 2022. The win marked Wake Forest's fifth in the last seven years since the Deacs began the Atlantic Coast Conference's second-longest bowl streak and the country's tied for the 10th-longest back in 2016.
During the Deacs current run of bowl appearances, Wake Forest has defeated two SEC teams (Texas A&M, 2017; Missouri, 2022) and a Big Ten team (Rutgers).
Head coach Dave Clawson's five bowl victories, which is the most in school history, ranks tied for fifth in ACC history for postseason wins. Clawson ranks behind Bobby Bowden (Florida State, 11), Dabo Swinney (Clemson, 11), Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech, 6) and Danny Ford (Clemson, 6). Meanwhile, he is now tied with Jimbo Fisher (Florida State, 5) and Ralph Friedgen (Maryland, 5).
The 2022 Wake Forest football team (8-5 Overall) was just the 10th in program history to win eight games in a season in the 115-year history of the program. Four of the 10 eight-win seasons have come in the Dave Clawson era (40 percent).
Since the start of the 2016 season, the Deacs are tied for the second-most wins in the ACC not counting the COVID-shortened 2020 season entering bowl season. Additionally over the last five years, the Deacs have the second-most wins in a single five-year period.
With that, the Deacs have set a new standard for success in the win column with a record of 19-8 over the last two seasons. The 19 wins in a two-year period are the second most in school history and three away from the program record of 21 set in 2006 & 2007. Additionally, Wake Forest's 19-8 record is the ninth-best mark in all of Power-5 in the last two seasons.
Offensively, Wake Forest finished the 2022 season averaging 36.1 points per game, helping the Deacs post its sixth consecutive season of averaging 30 or more points a game. This is the longest active streak and the fourth longest in ACC history. Additionally, the Deacons threw for a program record 43 touchdowns during the 2022 season.
Under Warren Ruggiero and Dave Clawson's tutelage, the last three starting quarterbacks at Wake Forest have earned All-ACC honors when they were a starter (John Wolford, 2017; Jamie Newman, 2019; Sam Hartman, 2021 & 2022).
Finally, Wake Forest is an astounding 20-4 at home since the start of the 2019 season thanks to the incredible atmosphere created by Wake Forest's fans and students inside Truist Field over the past few seasons.
