Wake Forest Football to Host ‘Gold Rush Childhood Cancer Game’ on Sept. 7 Against UVA
6/10/2024 11:10:00 AM | Football
In recognition that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, Wake Forest Football will partner together with community leader Atrium Health Levine Children’s Brenner Children’s Hospital to raise money and awareness for Childhood Cancer on Saturday, Sept. 7 inside Allegacy Stadium.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Following the Pro Humanitate motto of Wake Forest University, the Demon Deacons football program is proud to partner with Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital for a 'Gold Rush' game to raise awareness and benefit research for childhood cancer on Saturday, Sept. 7 when the Deacs host the Virginia Cavaliers inside Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium. This exciting opportunity, which is slated to kickoff at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast in front of a national television audience on ESPN2, brings tremendous value to our communities and will be showcased on a national platform.
While supplies last, 2,000 special ticket packages through the Wake Forest Ticket Office are on sale for $35 each. The Gold Rush ticket package includes an exclusive gold t-shirt, a game ticket located in the East Side of Allegacy Stadium with $15 of sale to be donated to Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital for childhood cancer research. The Gold Rush ticket ticket package can be purchased by clicking here.
The Gold Rush t-shirts are being produced by Winston-Salem's Hanesbrands and will also be sold in the Deacon Shop on campus, at Allegacy Stadium and at www.WakeForestShop.com. Shirts will be available the week of the September 7th home game and the Deacon Shop will donate a portion of the shirt sales in support of Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital's childhood cancer efforts.
Through the sale of the special Gold Rush ticket packages, donations through QR codes activated at Allegacy Stadium on the video board and around the concourses, and through donations from the Gold Rush T-shirt sales through the Deacon Shop and www.WakeForestShop.com, the collective goal is to raise $50,000 for this extremely important cause.
"As chief philanthropy officer, it fills me with immense pride to witness Wake Forest University's steadfast commitment to championing the cause of childhood cancer at the Gold Rush Childhood Cancer Game this fall. All the funds raised through this initiative will support Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital and play a pivotal role in advancing crucial research initiatives aimed at combating childhood cancer. By investing in cutting-edge research, we are not only striving to improve treatment outcomes but also nurturing hope for a future where no child has to face the harsh realities of cancer. Together, let us harness the power of community and philanthropy and tackle childhood cancer head-on," said Lisa Marshall, chief philanthropy officer and vice president of philanthropy and alumni relations for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
"I am extremely appreciative of Athletics' leadership work with Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital to raise awareness and to benefit research for childhood cancer and the role our football program can play in this important cause," head coach Dave Clawson said. "Some of our players actually visited some young boys and girls at the hospital in April. Some things are bigger than football and we are grateful to help in any way we can in this important cause."
"We're fired up to take on the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday, Sept. 7 in a primetime game in front of a big ESPN2 national audience," director of athletics John Currie said. "Supporting the incredible efforts of Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital in fighting childhood cancer while also packing Allegacy Stadium with Gold-clad Wake Forest fans is a perfect representation of the synergy of the broader Demon Deacon community. All of us at Wake Forest University are proud to be the academic core of the nation's third largest non-profit hospital system."
Wake Forest Athletics will present a total donation check to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist leadership during the game to signify this effort.
Fan Experience Opportunities Await!
Throughout the 2024 season as noted above, there are multiple ways to get involved and experience a Wake Forest football gameday! With that, click here for the full promotional and game sponsor schedule for gamedays this fall inside Allegacy Stadium. Additionally, opportunities are now available for groups across the state of North Carolina to enjoy the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina through organized group outings.
Click here for more information or contact the Wake Forest Ticket Office sales team at 336-758-3322 ext. 1 with your questions!
2024 Season Tickets & Single Game Tickets on Sale Now!
On sale now, while supplies last, are 2024 single game tickets and season tickets 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. For season tickets, 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.
Official 2024 Wake Forest Team Shirt
Purchase the official shirt of the 2024 Wake Forest football season! In collaboration with campus and our football program, Wake Forest Athletics has developed the third-ever season t-shirt for purchase.
The mantra of the 2024 football team is Earn It.
Wearing the Old Gold and Black means holding oneself to the highest of standards in all aspects of life and inspiring others to walk with us. Our actions do the talking, and our values are reflected in everything we do. To Walk The Walk is a universal language among all Deacs and a lifelong commitment to travel an uncommon path paved with hard work, character, loyalty and selflessness. It's not only a choice, it's an honor.
The 2024 season t-shirt can be purchased here, or by visiting any of our Deacon Shop locations on campus or on gamedays. Be sure to get your black season t-shirt in preparation for the wear black games that will be announced later this summer.
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.
While supplies last, 2,000 special ticket packages through the Wake Forest Ticket Office are on sale for $35 each. The Gold Rush ticket package includes an exclusive gold t-shirt, a game ticket located in the East Side of Allegacy Stadium with $15 of sale to be donated to Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital for childhood cancer research. The Gold Rush ticket ticket package can be purchased by clicking here.
The Gold Rush t-shirts are being produced by Winston-Salem's Hanesbrands and will also be sold in the Deacon Shop on campus, at Allegacy Stadium and at www.WakeForestShop.com. Shirts will be available the week of the September 7th home game and the Deacon Shop will donate a portion of the shirt sales in support of Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital's childhood cancer efforts.
Through the sale of the special Gold Rush ticket packages, donations through QR codes activated at Allegacy Stadium on the video board and around the concourses, and through donations from the Gold Rush T-shirt sales through the Deacon Shop and www.WakeForestShop.com, the collective goal is to raise $50,000 for this extremely important cause.
"As chief philanthropy officer, it fills me with immense pride to witness Wake Forest University's steadfast commitment to championing the cause of childhood cancer at the Gold Rush Childhood Cancer Game this fall. All the funds raised through this initiative will support Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital and play a pivotal role in advancing crucial research initiatives aimed at combating childhood cancer. By investing in cutting-edge research, we are not only striving to improve treatment outcomes but also nurturing hope for a future where no child has to face the harsh realities of cancer. Together, let us harness the power of community and philanthropy and tackle childhood cancer head-on," said Lisa Marshall, chief philanthropy officer and vice president of philanthropy and alumni relations for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
"I am extremely appreciative of Athletics' leadership work with Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital to raise awareness and to benefit research for childhood cancer and the role our football program can play in this important cause," head coach Dave Clawson said. "Some of our players actually visited some young boys and girls at the hospital in April. Some things are bigger than football and we are grateful to help in any way we can in this important cause."
"We're fired up to take on the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday, Sept. 7 in a primetime game in front of a big ESPN2 national audience," director of athletics John Currie said. "Supporting the incredible efforts of Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital in fighting childhood cancer while also packing Allegacy Stadium with Gold-clad Wake Forest fans is a perfect representation of the synergy of the broader Demon Deacon community. All of us at Wake Forest University are proud to be the academic core of the nation's third largest non-profit hospital system."
Wake Forest Athletics will present a total donation check to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist leadership during the game to signify this effort.
Fan Experience Opportunities Await!
Throughout the 2024 season as noted above, there are multiple ways to get involved and experience a Wake Forest football gameday! With that, click here for the full promotional and game sponsor schedule for gamedays this fall inside Allegacy Stadium. Additionally, opportunities are now available for groups across the state of North Carolina to enjoy the Best Fan Experience in North Carolina through organized group outings.
Click here for more information or contact the Wake Forest Ticket Office sales team at 336-758-3322 ext. 1 with your questions!
2024 Season Tickets & Single Game Tickets on Sale Now!
On sale now, while supplies last, are 2024 single game tickets and season tickets 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. For season tickets, 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.
Official 2024 Wake Forest Team Shirt
Purchase the official shirt of the 2024 Wake Forest football season! In collaboration with campus and our football program, Wake Forest Athletics has developed the third-ever season t-shirt for purchase.
The mantra of the 2024 football team is Earn It.
Wearing the Old Gold and Black means holding oneself to the highest of standards in all aspects of life and inspiring others to walk with us. Our actions do the talking, and our values are reflected in everything we do. To Walk The Walk is a universal language among all Deacs and a lifelong commitment to travel an uncommon path paved with hard work, character, loyalty and selflessness. It's not only a choice, it's an honor.
The 2024 season t-shirt can be purchased here, or by visiting any of our Deacon Shop locations on campus or on gamedays. Be sure to get your black season t-shirt in preparation for the wear black games that will be announced later this summer.
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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