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The NC State–Wake Forest rivalry [1] [2] is a series of athletic contests between in-state rivals, the North Carolina State University Wolfpack and the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons. The first game was played in 1895 between the two institutions.
The North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry is a series of athletic contests between the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons. The first football game between the two institutions was played in 1888. [ 1 ]
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem) North Carolina, Duke, and NC State lie in the Research Triangle and are separated by no more than 25 miles (40 km). Before moving to Winston-Salem in 1956, Wake Forest University was located in the town of Wake Forest within the Triangle region, to the northeast of Raleigh. The ...
Joe Hensley (1961 Wake Forest graduate) was the first Deacon to get on the roof of Wait Chapel to motivate the students during the football season. Hap Bulger (1965 Wake Forest graduate) gained notoriety as the stately "Debonair Deacon." Jeff Dobbs (1977 Wake Forest graduate), perhaps the most well-known Deacon, was a spirited and acrobatic ...
W. C. Riddick, the second head coach of Wake Forest football. Wake Forest first fielded a football team in 1888. The team was coached by W. C. Dowd and W. C. Riddick. [2] That team played only one game, and went 1–0, a victory against North Carolina in the first-ever collegiate football game played in the state of North Carolina. [2]
David F. Couch Ballpark is a collegiate and former minor-league baseball park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.The full-time home of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team, starting in 2009, it was also previously home of the Winston-Salem entry in the Carolina League (currently the Winston-Salem Dash), a role it played since the park opened in 1956.
Wake Forest-Rolesville High School (1957–current) Groves Stadium , currently known as Trentini Stadium , is a stadium in Wake Forest, North Carolina , United States. It hosted the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons football team until the school moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Bowman Gray Stadium .
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the Wake Forest University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since the establishment of the team in 1888, Wake Forest has appeared in 17 bowl games. [1]