1971 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1971 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1971 record	6-5 (2-4 ACC)
Head coach	Cal Stoll (3rd year)
Home stadium	Groves Stadium

1971 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
North Carolina $		6	–	0		9	–	3
Clemson		5	–	2		5	–	6
South Carolina		4	–	2		6	–	5
Duke		3	–	3		6	–	5
Wake Forest		2	–	4		6	–	5
Virginia		2	–	4		3	–	8
NC State		2	–	5		3	–	8
Maryland		1	–	5		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1971 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1971 college football season. In their second season under head coach Cal Stoll, the Demon Deacons compiled a 6–5 record and finished in a tie for fifth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Attendance
09/11/1971	Davidson	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 27-7	19,500
09/18/1971	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 20-9	28,000
09/25/1971	Miami (FL)	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	L 10-29	24,500
10/02/1971*	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 18-14	16,200
10/09/1971*	at North Carolina State	Carter Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 14-21	25,300
10/16/1971	Tulsa	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 51-21	18,700
10/23/1971*	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 3-7	44,000
10/30/1971*	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 9-10	34,000
11/06/1971	William & Mary	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 36-29	19,000
11/13/1971*	Duke	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 23-7	32,000
11/20/1971*	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 7-24	43,285

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Larry Russell	29/73	290
Rushing	Larry Hopkins	249	1,228
Receiving	Dave Doda	6	31

↑ "1971 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
↑ "1971 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

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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