1951 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1951 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Southern Conference
1951 record 6–4 (5–3 Southern)
Head coach Tom Rogers (1st season)
1951 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Maryland + 5 0 0  10 0 0
VMI + 5 0 0  7 3 0
Washington and Lee 5 1 0  6 4 0
William & Mary 5 1 0  7 3 0
No. 19 Clemson 3 1 0  7 3 0
Duke 4 2 0  5 4 1
South Carolina 5 3 0  6 4 0
Wake Forest 5 3 0  6 4 0
George Washington 2 3 1  2 6 1
North Carolina 2 3 0  2 8 0
West Virginia 2 3 0  5 5 0
NC State 2 6 0  3 7 0
Richmond 2 6 0  3 8 0
The Citadel 1 3 0  4 6 0
Furman 1 4 1  3 6 1
Davidson 1 5 0  1 8 0
VPI 1 7 0  2 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1951 college football season. The team compiled a 6–4 record and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Southern Conference.[1] After 14 seasons under head coach Peahead Walker, Tom Rogers took over as head coach in 1951.

End Jack Lewis and tackle Bill George were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1951 All-Southern Conference football team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentLocationResult
09/21/1951at Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MAW 20-6
09/29/1951*at NC StateRaleigh, NCW 21-6
10/06/1951*RichmondWake Forest, NCW 56-6
10/13/1951*William & Mary (Tobacco Bowl)Richmond, VAL 7-6
10/19/1951*at George WashingtonWashington DCW 27-13
10/27/1951*UNCWake Forest, NCW 39-7
11/03/1951*at ClemsonClemson, SCL 6-21
11/10/1951*at DukeDurham, NCW 19-13
11/17/1951at #10 BaylorWaco, TXL 0-42
11/22/1951*at South CarolinaColumbia, SCL 6-21

Team leaders

CategoryTeam LeaderAtt/CthYds
PassingEd Kissell56/120593
RushingGuido Scarton106507
ReceivingJack Lewis32488

References

  1. "1951 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. "All-Southern Conference Teams". The Morning Herald, Hagerstown. November 29, 1951. p. 13.
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