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 year)

1951 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#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
#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
Virginia Tech	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

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/21/1951	at Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	W 20-6
09/29/1951*	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	W 21-6
10/06/1951*	Richmond	Wake Forest, NC	W 56-6
10/13/1951*	William & Mary (Tobacco Bowl)	Richmond, VA	L 7-6
10/19/1951*	at George Washington	Washington DC	W 27-13
10/27/1951*	UNC	Wake Forest, NC	W 39-7
11/03/1951*	at Clemson	Clemson, SC	L 6-21
11/10/1951*	at Duke	Durham, NC	W 19-13
11/17/1951	at #10 Baylor	Waco, TX	L 0-42
11/22/1951*	at South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 6-21

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Ed Kissell	56/120	593
Rushing	Guido Scarton	106	507
Receiving	Jack Lewis	32	488

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

Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Venues	Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1965) BB&T Field (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry

Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter

People	NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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