1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1961 record4–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainCharles Reiley
Home stadiumBowman Gray Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 20 Duke $   5 – 1     7 – 3  
North Carolina   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Maryland   3 – 3     7 – 3  
Clemson   3 – 3     5 – 5  
NC State   3 – 4     4 – 6  
South Carolina   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Wake Forest   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Virginia   2 – 4     4 – 6  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. In its second season under head coach Bill Hildebrand, the team compiled a 4–6 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[2]

Halfback Alan White was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1961 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 at Baylor*
L 0–3128,000
September 30 South Carolina
L 7–1012,000
October 7 at Duke
L 3–2320,000
October 14 at Clemson
W 17–1326,000
October 21 at NC State
L 0–716,000
October 28 Virginia
  • Bowman Gray Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 21–157,500
November 4 at Auburn*
L 7–212,000
November 11 VPI*
  • Bowman Gray Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 24–158,000
November 18 at Maryland
L 7–1024,000
November 25 North Carolina
  • Bowman Gray Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
W 17–1411,000
  • *Non-conference game

Team leaders[]

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Chuck Reiley 32/88 516
Rushing Alan White 93 586
Receiving Donnie Frederick 11 237

References[]

  1. ^ "1961 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Ken Alyta (November 30, 1961). "Terps' Gary Collins Is All-ACC Lineman; Gabriel of NC State Chosen". The Morning Herald (MD).
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