1987 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1987 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
1987 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1987 record	7–4 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Dooley (1st season);
Defensive coordinator	Bob Pruett (3rd season)
Captain	Chip Rives, Jimmie Simmons
Home stadium	Groves Stadium
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Dooley, the team compiled a 7–4 record and finished in a tie for third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Richmond*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 24–0	14,250
September 19	NC State	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	W 21–3	23,600
September 26	Appalachian State*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 16–12	33,400	^[2]
October 3	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 17–13	36,690
October 10	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 22–14	50,000
October 17	Maryland	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 0–14	25,175
October 24	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	L 21–35	32,500
October 31	at No. 14 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 17–31	69,711
November 7	Duke	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 30–27	23,500
November 14	No. 14 South Carolina*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 0–30	34,720
November 21	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 33–6	21,114
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1987 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`10`	Mike Elkins	Jr
WR	`88`	Ricky Proehl	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB		David Braxton	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Mike Elkins	169/317	1,915
Rushing	Mark Young	179	795
Receiving	Ricky Proehl	54	788

^ "1987 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^ "Deacon special teams down Appalachian". The Charlotte Observer. September 27, 1987. Retrieved November 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Venues	Gore Field (1922–1939) Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1967) Truist Field at Wake Forest (1968–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina NC State
Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896–1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Clemson $	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Virginia	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll