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1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Hank Small (1st season)
Defensive coordinator James Bell (1st season)
Captain Thabiti Davis, Robert Fatzinger, Chris Gaskell, D'Angelo Solomon
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
←  1996
1998 →
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Florida State $   8 0     11 1  
No. 6 North Carolina   7 1     11 1  
Virginia   5 3     7 4  
No. 25 Georgia Tech   5 3     7 5  
Clemson   4 4     7 5  
NC State   3 5     6 5  
Wake Forest   3 5     5 6  
Maryland   1 7     2 9  
Duke   0 8     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 63:30 pmNo. 21 Northwestern* ABCW 27–2024,320
September 133:30 pmat East Carolina* FSNL 24–2538,031
September 206:30 pm Georgia Tech
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 26–2822,832
September 258:00 pm NC State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC ( rivalry)
ESPNW 19–1824,259
October 412:00 pmat Virginia JPSL 13–2140,000
October 1112:00 pmat No. 5 North CarolinaJPSL 12–3057,000
October 181:00 pm Maryland
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 35–1717,893
October 2512:00 pmat DukeJPSW 38–2428,531
November 112:00 pm Clemsondagger
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 16–3323,411
November 812:00 pmat Rutgers* ESPN+W 28–1411,717
November 1512:00 pmat No. 2 Florida StateJPSL 7–5870,026
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Team leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Brian Kuklick 190/312 2,180
Rushing Herman Lewis 114 491
Receiving Desmond Clark 72 950

References

  1. ^ "1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Hank Small (1st season)
Defensive coordinator James Bell (1st season)
Captain Thabiti Davis, Robert Fatzinger, Chris Gaskell, D'Angelo Solomon
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
←  1996
1998 →
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Florida State $   8 0     11 1  
No. 6 North Carolina   7 1     11 1  
Virginia   5 3     7 4  
No. 25 Georgia Tech   5 3     7 5  
Clemson   4 4     7 5  
NC State   3 5     6 5  
Wake Forest   3 5     5 6  
Maryland   1 7     2 9  
Duke   0 8     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 63:30 pmNo. 21 Northwestern* ABCW 27–2024,320
September 133:30 pmat East Carolina* FSNL 24–2538,031
September 206:30 pm Georgia Tech
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 26–2822,832
September 258:00 pm NC State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC ( rivalry)
ESPNW 19–1824,259
October 412:00 pmat Virginia JPSL 13–2140,000
October 1112:00 pmat No. 5 North CarolinaJPSL 12–3057,000
October 181:00 pm Maryland
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 35–1717,893
October 2512:00 pmat DukeJPSW 38–2428,531
November 112:00 pm Clemsondagger
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 16–3323,411
November 812:00 pmat Rutgers* ESPN+W 28–1411,717
November 1512:00 pmat No. 2 Florida StateJPSL 7–5870,026
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Team leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Brian Kuklick 190/312 2,180
Rushing Herman Lewis 114 491
Receiving Desmond Clark 72 950

References

  1. ^ "1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

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