1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1997 record5–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coachJim Caldwell (5th season)
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
(Capacity: 31,500)
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 3 Florida State $  8 0     11 1  
No. 6 North Carolina  7 1     11 1  
Virginia  5 3     7 4  
No. 25 Georgia Tech  5 3     7 5  
Clemson  4 4     7 5  
NC State  3 5     6 5  
Wake Forest  3 5     5 6  
Maryland  1 7     2 9  
Duke  0 8     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 63:30 PMNo. 21 Northwestern*ABCW 27–2024,320
September 133:30 PMat East Carolina*FSNL 24–2538,031
September 206:30 PMGeorgia Tech
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 26–2822,832
September 258:00 PMNC State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ESPNW 19–1824,259
October 412:00 PMat VirginiaJPSL 13–2140,000
October 1112:00 PMat No. 5 North CarolinaJPSL 12–3057,000
October 181:00 PMMaryland
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 35–1717,893
October 2512:00 PMat DukeJPSW 38–2428,531
November 112:00 PMClemson
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 16–3323,411
November 812:00 PMat Rutgers
ESPN+W 28–1411,717
November 1512:00 PMat No. 2 Florida StateJPSL 7–5870,026
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Team leaders

CategoryTeam LeaderAtt/CthYds
PassingBrian Kuklick190/3122,180
RushingHerman Lewis114491
ReceivingDesmond Clark72950

References

  1. "1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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