The 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The team was coached by Dave Clawson, who was in his third season at the school, and played its home games at BB&T Field.

When Wake Forest lost to Louisville on November 12, Dave Clawson alleged that Louisville had received impermissible information that benefited the Cardinals on the football field.

[1] On December 14, 2016, after a month long probe, former Wake Forest staff member and IMG College radio analyst Tommy Elrod was dismissed from the program for leaking confidential and proprietary game preparations on multiple occasions.

[5] at Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, NC

[5] at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL

Last meeting 2015, 17–14 Demon Deacons in West Point.

[5] at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY

Last meeting 2015, 3–0 Demon Deacons in Chestnut Hill.

[5] at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD

Colloquially called "WakeyLeaks", some of Wake Forest's opponents appear to have had knowledge of Wake Forest's playbook, even plays they had just created and only practiced for one week.

Suspicion fell on Tommy Elrod, a color commentator on the broadcast crew; Elrod was found to have made long phone calls to the coaches of rival teams in the days before Wake Forest played them, and he had access to the practice tapes compiled by Wake Forest staff.