2009 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 2009 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe during his ninth season at the school and played its home games at BB&T Field. Wake Forest competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference, as they have since the league's inception in 1953. The Deacons finished the season with a record of 5–7 and 3–5 in ACC play. The Deacons missed out on a bowl game for the first time since the 2005 season.

Recruiting
On National Signing Day, the Demon Deacons received letters of intent from 21 players.

Preferred Walk-Ons: Spencer Bishop TE/LB 6-2 200 FR (HS) Pinehurst, NC (Pinecrest) Roger Khouri Fullback 6-1 230 FR (HS) Key Biscayne, FL (Ransom Everglades) Zach Massey TE/FB/LS 6-1 195 FR (HS) Kannapolis, NC (A.L. Brown) Gray Mazzone Wide Receiver 5-9 170 FR (HS) Cary, NC (Panther Creek) Josh Strickland Wide Receiver 6-2 185 FR (HS) Winston-Salem, NC (Forsyth Country Day) Alex Wulfeck Punter 5-9 170 FR (HS) Orange Park, FL (Bolles School)
 * Whit Barnes 	OL 	6-4 	270 	Rocky Mount, NC 	Rocky Mount
 * Tommy Bohanon 	FB 	6-2 	238 	N. Fort Myers, FL 	N. Fort Myers
 * Devin Bolling 	OL-DL 	6-5 	270 	Lynchburg, VA 	Brookville
 * Michael Campanaro 	RB 	5-10 	173 	Clarksville, MD 	River Hill
 * Steven Chase 	OL-DL 	6-7 	270 	Frederick, MD 	Thomas Johnson
 * Brendan Cross 	QB 	6-2 	198 	Alpharetta, GA 	Chattahoochee
 * John Gallagher 	DL 	6-4 	252 	Ponte Vedra, FL 	Nease
 * Josh Harris 	RB 	5-10 	190 	Duncanville, TX 	Duncanville
 * Justin Jackson 	LB 	6-1 	205 	Rockingham, NC 	Richmond County
 * Derald "D.J." Jones 	DB 	5-10 	162 	Jacksonville, FL 	First Coast
 * Duran Lowe 	DB 	5-11 	214 	Plant City, FL 	Plant City
 * Daniel Mack 	DB 	6-0 	196 	Miami, FL 	Dad Christian
 * Matt Muncy 	TE 	6-4 	215 	Tazewell, VA 	Tazewell
 * Jimmy Newman 	P-PK 	6-2 	195 	Oxford, AL 	Oxford
 * Mike Olson 	LB 	6-3 	215 	Ashburn, VA 	Stone Bridge
 * Kris Redding 	DL 	6-4 	235 	Douglasville, GA 	Whitefield Academy
 * Quan Rucker 	WR 	6-0 	185 	Statesville, NC 	West Iredell
 * Frank Souza 	DL 	6-4 	285 	Ponte Vedra, FL 	Nease
 * Dominique Tate 	DB 	5-10 	180 	Winston-Salem, NC 	Carver
 * Zach Thompson 	DE 	6-5 	250 	Ashburn, VA 	Stone Bridge
 * Nikita Whitlock 	LB 	5-11 	245 	Wylie, TX 	Wylie

Baylor
5 all-time meetings: Baylor 4–1 Last meeting: 2008 at Baylor (Wake Forest 41, Baylor 13)

Stanford
First all–time meeting.

Elon
9 all-time meetings: Wake Forest 8–0–1 Last meeting: 1939 in Greensboro (Wake Forest 34, Elon 0)

@ Boston College
16 all-time meetings: Boston College 8–6–2 Last meeting: 2008 at Wake Forest (Boston College 24, Wake Forest 21)

North Carolina State
102 all-time meetings: NC State 61–35–6 Last meeting: 2008 at NC State (NC State 21, Wake Forest 17)

Maryland
57 all-time meetings: Maryland 41–15–1 Last meeting: 2008 at Maryland (Maryland 26, Wake Forest 0)

@ Clemson
74 all-time meetings: Clemson 56–17–1 Last meeting: 2008 at Wake Forest (Wake Forest 12, Clemson 7)

@ Navy
10 all-time meetings: Wake Forest 7–3 Last meeting: 2008 in Washington DC (Wake Forest 29, Navy 19)

Miami
9 all-time meetings: Miami 6–3 Last meeting: 2008 at Miami (Miami 16, Wake Forest 10)

@ Georgia Tech
28 all-time meetings: Georgia Tech 20–8 Last meeting: 2006 in Jacksonville (Wake Forest 9, Georgia Tech 6)

Florida State
27 all-time meetings: Florida State 21–5–1 Last meeting: 2008 at Florida State (Wake Forest 12, Florida State 3)

@ Duke
88 all-time meetings: Duke 53–34–2 Last meeting: 2008 at Wake Forest (Wake Forest 33, Duke 30 OT)