1981 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1981 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1981 record 4–7 (1–5 ACC)
Head coach Al Groh (1st season)
Home stadium Groves Stadium
1981 ACC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Clemson $ 6 –0 –0  12 –0 –0
No. 9 North Carolina 5 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
Maryland 4 –2 –0  4 –6 –1
Duke 3 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
NC State 2 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Wake Forest 1 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Virginia 0 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Al Groh, the Demon Deacons compiled a 4–7 record and finished in sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentLocationResultAttendance
09/05/1981South CarolinaGroves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North CarolinaL 6-23
29,300
09/12/1981North Carolina StateGroves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North CarolinaL 23-28
29,000
09/19/1981*at AuburnJordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AlabamaW 24-21
63,000
09/26/1981at Virginia TechLane Stadium • Blacksburg, VirginiaL 14-30
42,200
10/03/1981*Appalachian StateGroves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North CarolinaW 15-14
24,500
10/10/1981*at #5 North CarolinaKenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North CarolinaL 10-48
51,692
10/17/1981*MarylandGroves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North CarolinaL 33-45
24,500
10/24/1981*at VirginiaScott Stadium • Charlottesville, VirginiaW 24-21
24,222
10/31/1981*at #2 ClemsonMemorial Stadium • Clemson, South CarolinaL 24-82
60,383
11/07/1981DukeWallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North CarolinaL 10-31
22,000
11/14/1981at RichmondUR Stadium • Richmond, VirginiaW 34-22
15,285

Team leaders

CategoryTeam LeaderAtt/CthYds
PassingGary Schofield241/4042,572
RushingWayne McMillan90407
ReceivingPhil Denfeld51461

References

  1. ↑ "1981 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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