The 2003 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Grobe, the Demon Deacons compiled a 5–7 record, were outscored by a total of 347 to 334, and finished in seventh place in the ACC.^[1]

The team's statistical leaders included Cory Randolph (1,773 passing yards), Chris Barclay (1,192 rushing yards, 72 points scored), and Jason Anderson (751 receiving yards).^[2]

The team played its home games at Groves Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	1:00 pm	at Boston College*		Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 32–28	42,563
September 6	12:00 pm	No. 14 NC State		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	ABC	W 38–24	35,741
September 13	12:00 pm	Purdue*	No. 20	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	L 10–16	29,853
September 20	6:30 pm	East Carolina*		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 34–16	28,074
September 27	3:30 pm	at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ABC	L 24–27	60,884
October 11	3:30 pm	Georgia Tech		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 7–24	27,382
October 18	12:00 pm	at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	JPS	W 42–13	17,314
October 25	3:30 pm	at No. 6 Florida State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 24–48	82,393
November 1	3:30 pm	Clemson		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 45–17	35,643
November 8	12:00 pm	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 34–42	35,000
November 15	3:30 pm	Connecticut*		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 17–51	22,435
November 29	3:30 pm	Maryland		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	L 28–41	18,783
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time