Excitement All Around DEACTOWN! ACC Announces Wake Forest’s 2024 Football Schedule
1/24/2024 5:00:00 PM | Football
There are just over 200 days until Opening Night at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium, kicking off a slate of seven much-anticipated matchups in the heart of DEACTOWN.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- With just over 200 days away until Opening Night at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium, excitement can be felt all around DEACTOWN as the schedule for the much-anticipated 2024 Wake Forest football season was announced Wednesday night in partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference office and ESPN!
Of note, the Saturday, Sept. 14 matchup against Ole Miss will be the centerpiece of Wake Forest Homecoming Weekend and the annual Wake Forest Family Weekend will be Saturday, Sept. 28 when the Deacs host Louisiana. Not to be outdone, the Deacs home game against Virginia on Saturday, Sept. 7 will serve as UNRIVALED Weekend.
Additionally, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that Wake Forest's spring game will be played on Saturday, April 20 at 2 p.m. and will be broadcast on ACC Network. This will be a part of an exciting weekend for Wake Forest Athletics as the Deacs host the annual Wake Forest Track and Field Invitational at Kentner Stadium (Friday, April 19) and a baseball series against Florida State (Friday, April 19 - Sunday, April 21).
Fall weekend plans can now come to the forefront as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its complete 2024 schedule on Wednesday evening. Wake Forest will play seven home games at Allegacy Stadium where the Deacs are an astounding 23-7 since the start of the 2019 season. The fall slate begins with Opening Night on Thursday, Aug. 29 against North Carolina A&T, kicking off a strong non-conference slate.
The Friday night kickoff against one of the newest members of the ACC, Cal on November 8 was also announced Tuesday night by the league office and ESPN.
Game times and broadcast networks dates will be announced at a later date.
Wake Forest 2024 Football Schedule:
What They're Saying & Important Information
Multiple sellouts are expected next fall and season tickets are the best way for fans to optimize the value of all of Allegacy Stadium's seating options and pricing. 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.
2024 Season Tickets on Sale Now!
Wake Forest Athletics is excited to raise the standard of success and looking forward to an exciting 2024 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 $149. 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:
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 2024 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 March 29, 2024.
Auto-Renewal, Four-Installment Payment Plan: Four equal payments charged on March 29, April 30, May 31, June 28 2024.
Four-Installment Payment Plan, Traditional Purchases: Four equal payments charged at time of purchase, and then on April 30, May 31, June 38, 2024
Annual Seat Rights Overview
The new Annual Seat Rights option gives fans the ability to lock in their same seats on an annual basis without a multi year commitment. This peace-of-mind initiative enables season ticket holders to keep their same preferred seat location adjacent to Deacon friends and family on an annual basis. Additionally for ease of purchase, payment plans or up-front purchases are available for all who opt-in to the program.
With that, purchasers of this program have the ability to lock in their selected seats for a one-year or a longer term up-front option of five years at 20 percent discount. To participate in the program, there is an annual seat rights payment added on to the ticket cost which allows for the same seat renewals each year.
"We've created the Annual Seat Rights program at the request of loyal Deacon fans who want to lock in their seat location every year, but might not feel they are in a position to make a 10-or-15 year seat rights commitment," Senior Associate AD Brendan Jones said. "With nine sold out games since 2021 and exciting upcoming home matchups against our traditional and ACC foes as well as SEC and Big Ten opponents like Ole Miss and Purdue, respectively, season tickets through the annual seat rights program is a great way for fans to optimize the value of an Allegacy Stadium experience. Additionally, 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."
Here is a breakdown of the annual and five-year option pricing for specific sections for ticket purchasers.
Revenue Allocation from Annual Seat Rights Program
As announced prior to the 2023 season, Wake Forest Athletics continues to use its resources to provide The Best Fan Experience in North Carolina for all attendees at football games inside Allegacy Stadium.
Those aforementioned enhancements included:
Wake Forest Football Overview
Under the leadership of head coach Dave Clawson, Wake Forest has had historic success as a program.
Since the start of the 2016 season, the Deacs have the third-most wins in the ACC not counting the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
The Demon Deacons are in the winningest stretch of football in their program's history with the 35 wins from the 2019-23 season ranking fifth in a five-year span in program history.
With record-setting crowds, multiple sellouts and the best student attendance in school history, playing at home over the past five seasons has given Wake Forest a huge edge. The Demon Deacons hold a 23-7 (.767) record in home contests since the start of the 2019 season which included a program-record 11-game winning streak spanning from the 2020 to 2022 seasons. The 76.7 percent win rate ranks second in the ACC during that time period.
The Demon Deacons recorded their ninth sellout since 2021 and fourth of the season when Florida State came to Winston-Salem on Oct. 28, 2023.
Since 2016, the Demon Deacons have found a winning formula in one-score ball games, capturing three or more wins by one score in five of those seasons with a total of 21 wins in 38 such games. The Deacs hold the fourth-best winning percentage in those games since 2016 in the ACC.
All the aforementioned victories are due to having great players who perform well each week. The Deacs 54 All-ACC honors is the fifth most overall in the ACC since the 2019 season and Wake Forest is one of just six schools to have more than 50 honorees in that time span.
One player that garnered All-ACC honors last fall is junior defensive end Jasheen Davis as he has recorded at least 0.5 tackles-for-loss in the 20 of his last 21 games. Over the last two seasons, Davis has collected 30.0 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks. With 7.5 sacks in 2023, Davis has now tallied 20.0 sacks in his career and that ranks fifth in program history.
Offensively since the start of the 2017 season, Wake Forest's 198 touchdown passes are the most of any school in the ACC and that total is 13th nationally during that span. Additionally during that span, the Deacs 361 total touchdowns are the third-most in the ACC and 21st nationally. North Carolina (192) and Clemson (181) trail the Deacs in passing touchdowns during that span. The Tigers enter the final week of the regular season with 448 total touchdowns and the Tar Heels rank second with 366. Wake Forest's 94 touchdown passes from 2021-23 ranks eighth nationally in that time period and is seven more than any other ACC team (North Carolina, 87).
During the Deacs run of bowl appearances from 2016-22, Wake Forest has defeated two SEC teams (Texas A&M, 2017; Missouri, 2022) and a Big Ten program (Rutgers, 2021). 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).
Feedback
As fans have questions, feedback or ideas, Wake Forest Athletics encourages you to email wfsports@wfu.edu with those thoughts.
Of note, the Saturday, Sept. 14 matchup against Ole Miss will be the centerpiece of Wake Forest Homecoming Weekend and the annual Wake Forest Family Weekend will be Saturday, Sept. 28 when the Deacs host Louisiana. Not to be outdone, the Deacs home game against Virginia on Saturday, Sept. 7 will serve as UNRIVALED Weekend.
Additionally, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that Wake Forest's spring game will be played on Saturday, April 20 at 2 p.m. and will be broadcast on ACC Network. This will be a part of an exciting weekend for Wake Forest Athletics as the Deacs host the annual Wake Forest Track and Field Invitational at Kentner Stadium (Friday, April 19) and a baseball series against Florida State (Friday, April 19 - Sunday, April 21).
Fall weekend plans can now come to the forefront as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its complete 2024 schedule on Wednesday evening. Wake Forest will play seven home games at Allegacy Stadium where the Deacs are an astounding 23-7 since the start of the 2019 season. The fall slate begins with Opening Night on Thursday, Aug. 29 against North Carolina A&T, kicking off a strong non-conference slate.
The Friday night kickoff against one of the newest members of the ACC, Cal on November 8 was also announced Tuesday night by the league office and ESPN.
Game times and broadcast networks dates will be announced at a later date.
Wake Forest 2024 Football Schedule:
- Thursday, August 29 - Opening Night at Allegacy Stadium vs. North Carolina A&T
- Saturday, September 7 - vs. Virginia
- UNRIVALED Weekend
- Saturday, September 14 - vs. Ole Miss
- Homecoming
- Bye week - Saturday, September 21
- Saturday, September 28 - vs. Louisiana
- Family Weekend
- Saturday, October 5 - at NC State
- Saturday, October 12 - vs. Clemson
- Saturday, October 19 - at UConn
- Saturday, October 26 - at Stanford
- Bye week - Saturday, November 2
- Friday, November 8 - vs. Cal
- Saturday, November 16 - at North Carolina
- Saturday, November 23 - at Miami
- Saturday, November 30 - Duke
- Senior Day
What They're Saying & Important Information
- Head Coach Dave Clawson:
- "It has been great to have our players back on campus with the start of the spring semester underway. I am looking forward to our team improving this offseason and beginning spring football in a few months. Additionally, it will be a fun football season this fall and the support we receive from our fans and students inside Allegacy Stadium gives our team tremendous energy on gamedays. We have been to a bowl game in seven of the past eight seasons and I know our team is excited to compete against a tough non-conference and ACC schedule this fall. As I have said many times, when the crowd is loud and Allegacy Stadium is full, we have a distinct home field advantage."
- Director of Athletics John Currie:
- "We are fired up to have our 2024 home schedule set for Wake Forest football in Allegacy Stadium beginning with a big Opening Night game against fellow Triad institution North Carolina A&T on Thursday, Aug. 29. We are delighted to get back to a seven-game home schedule, which brings more football fun for the entire community including ACC games against longtime conference partners UVA, Clemson and Duke, a first-ever trip to Winston-Salem for our new member, Cal-Berkeley. Additionally, we have non-conference games against Ole Miss and Louisiana for Homecoming & Family Weekend games, respectively. I appreciate our fans making plans now to purchase season tickets and help create the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina in Allegacy Stadium this fall as the Deacons look to build on our 23-7 in Winston-Salem since 2019, one of the best home records in all of the Power 4. With that, remember the 'One More Rule' as you make plans for this upcoming football season!"
Multiple sellouts are expected next fall and season tickets are the best way for fans to optimize the value of all of Allegacy Stadium's seating options and pricing. 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.
2024 Season Tickets on Sale Now!
Wake Forest Athletics is excited to raise the standard of success and looking forward to an exciting 2024 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 $149. 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:
- Feb. 8, 2024:
- First purchase incentive deadline for a chance to win:
- A VIP Gameday Experience for a select 2024 Home Football Game (Four tickets per winner)
- A Field Suite for a select 2024 home game
- A Gold Lot Season Parking Pass
- A REVELxp Pre-Game Tailgate for a select 2024 home game
- 2024-2025 Wake Forest Men's Basketball Season Tickets (Two tickets per winner)
- Complimentary tickets to the 2024 WFU football game at NC State (Two tickets per winner)
- Complimentary tickets to the 2024 WF football game at North Carolina (Four tickets per winner)
- Touchdown Club Tickets for a select 2024 Home Football Game (Two tickets per winner)
- Coach Clawson Autographed Wake Forest Game Ball
- Pre-Game Field Passes (Four tickets per winner)
- Behind the Scenes Facilities Tours
- First purchase incentive deadline for a chance to win:
- Feb. 22, 2024:
- Second purchase incentive deadline for a chance to win:
- 2024-2025 Wake Forest Men's Basketball Season Tickets (Two tickets per winner)
- Complimentary tickets to the 2024 WFU football game at NC State (Two tickets per winner)
- Complimentary tickets to the 2024 WF football game at North Carolina (Four tickets per winner)
- Touchdown Club Tickets for a select 2024 Home Football Game (Two tickets per winner)
- Coach Clawson Autographed Wake Forest Game Ball
- Pre-Game Field Passes (Four tickets per winner)
- Behind the Scenes Facilities Tours
- Second purchase incentive deadline for a chance to win:
- March 7, 2024:
- Third purchase incentive deadline for a chance to win:
- Complimentary tickets to the 2024 WF football game at North Carolina (Four tickets per winner)
- Touchdown Club Tickets for a select 2024 Home Football Game (Two tickets per winner)
- Coach Clawson Autographed Wake Forest Game Ball
- Pre-Game Field Passes (Four tickets per winner)
- Behind the Scenes Facilities Tours
- Third purchase incentive deadline for a chance to win:
- March 21, 2024:
- Final purchase incentive deadline for a chance to win:
- Coach Clawson Autographed Wake Forest Game Ball
- Pre-Game Field Passes (Four tickets per winner)
- Behind the Scenes Facilities Tours
- Final purchase incentive deadline for a chance to win:
- March 29, 2024:
- This date marks the season ticket priority deadline, which means all Seat Rights Holders should have their order in by this date to select from the best seats available, on Deacon Club priority, in order to lock in the most desirable seats to renew each year.
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 2024 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 March 29, 2024.
Auto-Renewal, Four-Installment Payment Plan: Four equal payments charged on March 29, April 30, May 31, June 28 2024.
Four-Installment Payment Plan, Traditional Purchases: Four equal payments charged at time of purchase, and then on April 30, May 31, June 38, 2024
Annual Seat Rights Overview
The new Annual Seat Rights option gives fans the ability to lock in their same seats on an annual basis without a multi year commitment. This peace-of-mind initiative enables season ticket holders to keep their same preferred seat location adjacent to Deacon friends and family on an annual basis. Additionally for ease of purchase, payment plans or up-front purchases are available for all who opt-in to the program.
With that, purchasers of this program have the ability to lock in their selected seats for a one-year or a longer term up-front option of five years at 20 percent discount. To participate in the program, there is an annual seat rights payment added on to the ticket cost which allows for the same seat renewals each year.
"We've created the Annual Seat Rights program at the request of loyal Deacon fans who want to lock in their seat location every year, but might not feel they are in a position to make a 10-or-15 year seat rights commitment," Senior Associate AD Brendan Jones said. "With nine sold out games since 2021 and exciting upcoming home matchups against our traditional and ACC foes as well as SEC and Big Ten opponents like Ole Miss and Purdue, respectively, season tickets through the annual seat rights program is a great way for fans to optimize the value of an Allegacy Stadium experience. Additionally, 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."
Here is a breakdown of the annual and five-year option pricing for specific sections for ticket purchasers.
Revenue Allocation from Annual Seat Rights Program
As announced prior to the 2023 season, Wake Forest Athletics continues to use its resources to provide The Best Fan Experience in North Carolina for all attendees at football games inside Allegacy Stadium.
Those aforementioned enhancements included:
- New LED Lighting
- Allegacy Stadium shined brighter last season with the addition of new LED stadium lights, to be installed by Musco, an industry leader in the design, manufacturing and installation of sports lighting solutions.
- Replacement of the old light banks with energy efficient LED light reflects Wake Forest's sustainability efforts and also improves dependability for both the record setting crowds in attendance but also ABC, ESPN and ACC Network national television audiences.
- And, the new technology enabled exciting multi-color light shows to enhance the moment every time the Deacs "Open the Gates" prior to kick-off and in big moments throughout the game!
- New Field Turf at Allegacy Stadium:
- Wake Forest football played on a new turf surface during the 2023 season as is further commitment of Athletics goal to provide a World Class Student-Athlete Experience.
- Handrails Between Sections & Stairs on Deacon Hill
- To make it easier for all fans to get to their seats handrails were installed in all stadium aisles in both the west and east side stands.
- Additionally, Wake Forest Athletics built permanent stairs on each side of Deacon Hill to help fans access their location and back to the concourse. These stairs are a key addition for not only Athletics events but future outside events (i.e. concerts, shows, etc.).
- New Concessions Options for Fans:
- With the help of new concessions & catering partner Proof of the Pudding, Wake Forest Athletics is able to offer grab-and-go options for fans throughout Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium.
- Tickets & Parking Enhancements
- Wake Forest fans also enjoy a hassle-free digital wallet experience. ONEpass allows fans to download their ticket(s) once and it will automatically rotate to display one ticket at a time, updating before each event automatically. Gone are the days of having all your season digital tickets in your wallet - it will now be one at a time!
- All parking passes were scanned upon entrance to the parking lot last fall, providing a safeguard to make sure all lots are filled with parking pass holders and not filled up with non-pass holders.
Wake Forest Football Overview
Under the leadership of head coach Dave Clawson, Wake Forest has had historic success as a program.
Since the start of the 2016 season, the Deacs have the third-most wins in the ACC not counting the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
The Demon Deacons are in the winningest stretch of football in their program's history with the 35 wins from the 2019-23 season ranking fifth in a five-year span in program history.
With record-setting crowds, multiple sellouts and the best student attendance in school history, playing at home over the past five seasons has given Wake Forest a huge edge. The Demon Deacons hold a 23-7 (.767) record in home contests since the start of the 2019 season which included a program-record 11-game winning streak spanning from the 2020 to 2022 seasons. The 76.7 percent win rate ranks second in the ACC during that time period.
The Demon Deacons recorded their ninth sellout since 2021 and fourth of the season when Florida State came to Winston-Salem on Oct. 28, 2023.
Since 2016, the Demon Deacons have found a winning formula in one-score ball games, capturing three or more wins by one score in five of those seasons with a total of 21 wins in 38 such games. The Deacs hold the fourth-best winning percentage in those games since 2016 in the ACC.
All the aforementioned victories are due to having great players who perform well each week. The Deacs 54 All-ACC honors is the fifth most overall in the ACC since the 2019 season and Wake Forest is one of just six schools to have more than 50 honorees in that time span.
One player that garnered All-ACC honors last fall is junior defensive end Jasheen Davis as he has recorded at least 0.5 tackles-for-loss in the 20 of his last 21 games. Over the last two seasons, Davis has collected 30.0 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks. With 7.5 sacks in 2023, Davis has now tallied 20.0 sacks in his career and that ranks fifth in program history.
Offensively since the start of the 2017 season, Wake Forest's 198 touchdown passes are the most of any school in the ACC and that total is 13th nationally during that span. Additionally during that span, the Deacs 361 total touchdowns are the third-most in the ACC and 21st nationally. North Carolina (192) and Clemson (181) trail the Deacs in passing touchdowns during that span. The Tigers enter the final week of the regular season with 448 total touchdowns and the Tar Heels rank second with 366. Wake Forest's 94 touchdown passes from 2021-23 ranks eighth nationally in that time period and is seven more than any other ACC team (North Carolina, 87).
During the Deacs run of bowl appearances from 2016-22, Wake Forest has defeated two SEC teams (Texas A&M, 2017; Missouri, 2022) and a Big Ten program (Rutgers, 2021). 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).
Feedback
As fans have questions, feedback or ideas, Wake Forest Athletics encourages you to email wfsports@wfu.edu with those thoughts.
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