| Year: | 2012 |
| Team: | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Division: | Atlantic Division |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 5–7 |
| Conf Record: | 3–5 |
| Head Coach: | Jim Grobe |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Off Coach: | Steed Lobotzke |
| Oc Year: | 10th |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Def Coach: | Brian Knorr |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Scheme: | Multiple |
| Captain: | Game captains |
| Stadium: | BB&T Field |
The 2012 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Jim Grobe, who was coaching his twelfth 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, and are in the Atlantic Division.
On national signing day, the Demon Deacons received letters of intent from 19 players.
| Position | Name | First year at WFU | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Jim Grobe | 2001 | |
| Secondary | Tim Duffie | 2012 | |
| Passing Game Co-Coordinator/quarterbacks | Tom Elrod | 2003 | |
| Passing Game Co-Coordinator/wide receivers | Lonnie Galloway | 2011 | |
| Offensive Line | Jonathan Himebauch | 2012 | |
| Outside Linebackers | Derrick Jackson | 2012 | |
| Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers | Brian Knorr | 2008 | |
| Offensive coordinator/offensive line | Steed Lobotzke | 2001 | |
| Recruiting coordinator/defensive tackles | Ray McCartney | 2001 | |
| Associate head coach/Running backs/kickers | Billy Mitchell | 2001 | |
| Source: http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wake-m-footbl-mtt.html | |||
2nd meeting. 1–0 all time. Last meeting 2006, 34–14 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.
105th meeting. 34–68–2 all time. Last meeting 2011, 49–24 Tar Heels in Chapel Hill.
31st meeting. 6–23–1 all time. Last meeting 2011, 35–30 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.
12th meeting. 7–4 all time. Last meeting 2007, 21–10 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.
93rd meeting. 37–53–2 all time. Last meeting 2011, 24–23 Demon Deacons in Durham.
61st meeting. 17–42–1 all time. Last meeting 2011, 31–10 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.
48th meeting. 13–34–0 all time. Last meeting 2008, 28–17 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.
78th meeting. 17–59–1 all time. Last meeting 2011, 31–28 Tigers in Clemson.
20th meeting. 7–10–2 all time. Last meeting 2011, 27–19 Demon Deacons in Chestnut Hill.
106th meeting. 37–62–6 all time. Last meeting 2011, 34–27 Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem.
2nd meeting. 0–1 all time. Last meeting 2011, 24–17 Fighting Irish in Winston-Salem.
15th meeting. 6–8 all time. Last meeting 2011, 41–7 Commodores in Winston-Salem.
| Name | GP | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Harris | 11 | 137 | 608 | 4.4 | 5 | 63 | 55.3 | |
| Deandre Martin | 12 | 128 | 484 | 3.8 | 6 | 37 | 40.3 | |
| Michael Campanaro | 10 | 16 | 82 | 5.1 | 1 | 14 | 8.2 | |
| Tyler Jackson | 5 | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 0 | 13 | 7.2 | |
| Brendan Cross | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 18 | 6.8 | |
| Lovell Jackson | 12 | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | 2.0 | |
| Ben Emert | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Tommy Bohanon | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Sherman Ragland III | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Terence Davis | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Sousa | 2 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 3 | -0.5 | |
| Patrick Thompson | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | -2 | -0.7 | |
| Orville Reynolds | 9 | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 0 | 1 | -0.7 | |
| TEAM | 10 | 11 | -22 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | -2.2 | |
| Tanner Price | 12 | 77 | -26 | -0.3 | 2 | 25 | -2.2 | |
| Demon Deacons Total | 12 | 402 | 1,206 | 3.0 | 15 | 63 | 100.5 | |
| Opponents | 12 | 489 | 1,993 | 4.1 | 22 | 90 | 166.1 |
| Name | GP | Cmp–Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Lng | Avg/G | RAT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Price | 12 | 228-410 | 55.6 | 2,300 | 12 | 7 | 73 | 191.7 | 108.98 | |
| Patrick Thompson | 3 | 5-6 | 83.3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7.0 | 112.73 | |
| Brendan Cross | 4 | 2-6 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 36.13 | |
| Deandre Martin | 12 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4.0 | 175.80 | |
| Michael Campanaro | 10 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3.9 | 757.60 | |
| Demon Deacons Total | 12 | 239-427 | 56.0 | 2,410 | 13 | 7 | 73 | 200.8 | 110.15 | |
| Opponents | 12 | 255-411 | 62.0 | 3,201 | 22 | 11 | 64 | 266.8 | 139.78 |
| Name | GP | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Campanaro | 10 | 79 | 763 | 9.7 | 6 | 41 | 76.3 | |
| Terence Davis | 11 | 43 | 544 | 12.7 | 2 | 73 | 49.5 | |
| Sherman Ragland III | 11 | 23 | 247 | 10.7 | 0 | 41 | 22.5 | |
| Tommy Bohanon | 12 | 23 | 208 | 9.0 | 5 | 34 | 17.3 | |
| Josh Harris | 11 | 19 | 96 | 5.1 | 0 | 21 | 8.7 | |
| Deandre Martin | 12 | 16 | 135 | 8.4 | 0 | 36 | 11.2 | |
| Brandon Terry | 12 | 15 | 290 | 19.3 | 0 | 47 | 24.2 | |
| Lovell Jackson | 12 | 11 | 90 | 8.2 | 0 | 25 | 7.5 | |
| Spencer Bishop | 12 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 13 | 2.2 | |
| Tanner Price | 12 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 | 1.1 | |
| Orville Reynolds | 9 | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | |
| Matt James | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 | |
| Tyler Jackson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Gabe Irby | 11 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | |
| Demon Deacons Total | 12 | 239 | 2,410 | 10.1 | 13 | 73 | 200.8 | |
| Opponents | 12 | 255 | 3,201 | 12.6 | 22 | 64 | 266.8 |
| Name | TD | FG | PAT | 2PT PAT | SAFETY | TOT PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Campanaro | 7 | 42 | |||||
| Deandre Martin | 6 | 36 | |||||
| Tommy Bohanon | 6 | 36 | |||||
| Josh Harris | 5 | 30 | |||||
| Jimmy Newman | 2-6 | 17-17 | 23 | ||||
| Chad Hedlund | 3-3 | 10-11 | 19 | ||||
| Tanner Price | 2 | 12 | |||||
| Terence Davis | 2 | 12 | |||||
| Chibuikem Okoro | 1 | 6 | |||||
| AJ Marshall | 1 | 6 | |||||
| TEAM | 0-1 | 0 | |||||
| Alex Wulfeck | 0-1 | 0 | |||||
| Demon Deacons Total | 30 | 5-9 | 27-29 | 0-1 | 222 | ||
| Opponents | 48 | 16-24 | 46-48 | 382 |