1972 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1972 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their first and only season under head coach Tom Harper, the Demon Deacons compiled a 2–9 record and finished in a tie for last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[2]

1972 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1972 record2–9 (1–5 ACC)
Head coachTom Harper (1st season)
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
1972 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 12 North Carolina $ 6 0 0  11 1 0
No. 17 NC State 4 1 1  8 3 1
Maryland 3 2 1  5 5 1
Duke 3 3 0  5 6 0
Clemson 2 4 0  4 7 0
Virginia 1 5 0  4 7 0
Wake Forest 1 5 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
09/09/1972 Davidson
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 26–2017,000
09/16/1972 at SMU
L 10–5620,175
09/23/1972 at No. 5 Tennessee
L 6–4566,266
10/07/1972* at Maryland
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
L 0–2315,000
10/14/1972* North Carolina State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 13–4225,000
10/21/1972* North Carolina
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 0–2127,000
10/28/1972* Clemson
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 0–3116,000
11/04/1972 at South Carolina
  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
L 3–3538,689
11/11/1972* at Duke W 9–718,025
11/18/1972* Virginia
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 12–1518,000
11/25/1972 Virginia Tech
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 9–446,500
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1972 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 22 Kevin Byrnes Jr
RB 46 Edward Campbell Jr
QB 9 Andy Carlton Fr
RB 1 Ron DeBenedetti Jr
RB 40 Ken Garrett Sr
C 54 Vince Greco Jr
T 68 Randy Halsall Jr
FB 44 Frank Harsh Fr
RB 30 Clayton Heath Jr
G 67 Stuart Hughes Jr
G 66 Ron Lennon Jr
WR 20 Carl Lowe Sr
WR 7 Jim McMahen Sr
TE 81 Nick Ortega Jr
QB 15 Chuck Ramsey Jr
T 70 Bruce Reinert Sr
QB 10 Jim Ryan Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 23 Nick Arcaro Jr
DT 74 David Bailey So
LB 52 Donnie Brown Sr
S 36 Richard Carter Jr
DT 75 Neville Davis Jr
CB 3 Felix Glasco Jr
DE 95 Rich Gregory So
DL 92 John Hardin Jr
CB 5 James Hargrove So
DT 72 Steve Komondorea Sr
LB 73 Tony Mangiaracino Sr
LB 59 David Mebs So
S 11 Junior Moore Sr
S 43 Sammy Rothrock Sr
S 21 Rich Sievers Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Team leaders

CategoryTeam LeaderAtt/CthYds
PassingAndy Carlton24/70268
RushingFrank Harsh157663
ReceivingGary Johnson9135

References

  1. "1972 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. "1972 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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