2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Jim Grobe, the Demon Deacons compiled a 6–5 record and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2001 record6–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coachJim Grobe (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorTroy Calhoun (1st season)
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
(Capacity: 31,500)
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 11 Maryland $  7 1     10 2  
No. 15 Florida State  6 2     8 4  
North Carolina  5 3     8 5  
Clemson  4 4     7 5  
No. 24 Georgia Tech  4 4     8 5  
NC State  4 4     7 5  
Wake Forest  3 5     6 5  
Virginia  3 5     5 7  
Duke  0 8     0 11  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 PMat East Carolina*W 21–1936,794
September 86:30 PMAppalachian State*W 20–1029,127
September 223:30 PMMaryland
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 20–2722,372
September 297:00 PMat Florida State*PPVL 24–4879,162
October 66:30 PMNC State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 14–1727,401
October 131:00 PMat DukeW 42–3510,835
October 2712:00 PMClemson
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 14–2121,290
November 312:00 PMat VirginiaJPSW 34–3050,228
November 1012:00 PMat North CarolinaJPSW 32–3153,000
November 1712:00 PMGeorgia Tech
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 33–3824,263
November 241:00 PMNorthern Illinois*
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 38–3514,100

Team leaders

CategoryTeam LeaderAtt/CthYds
PassingJames MacPherson113/2091,555
RushingTarence Williams2491,018
ReceivingJason Anderson28472

References

  1. "2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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