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The 2018 season's largest margin: Wake Forest 59, Duke 7. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2018 — The 2018 Season
Wake Forest's 2018 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Birmingham Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Sam HartmanQB1,984 passing yards
- Jamie NewmanQB1,083 passing yards
- Cade CarneyRB1,005 rushing yards
- Matt ColburnRB775 rushing yards
- Christian Beal-SmithRB231 rushing yards
- Greg DortchWR1,078 receiving yards
- Sage SurrattWR581 receiving yards
- Alex BachmanWR541 receiving yards
- Justin StrnadLB105 tackles
- Cameron GlennDB98 tackles
- Essang BasseyDB74 tackles
- Willie YarbaryDL5.5 sacks
- Carlos Basham Jr.DL4.5 sacks
- Manny WalkerDE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Wake Forest 3, Clemson 63. A 60-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Wake Forest beat Memphis 37-34 in the postseason.
"Go Deacs"
2018 is a middle chapter for Wake Forest — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.