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1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainCharles Reiley
Home stadiumBowman Gray Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 20 Duke $   5 – 1     7 – 3  
North Carolina   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Maryland   3 – 3     7 – 3  
Clemson   3 – 3     5 – 5  
NC State   3 – 4     4 – 6  
South Carolina   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Wake Forest   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Virginia   2 – 4     4 – 6  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1961 college football season. In its second season under head coach Bill Hildebrand, the team compiled a 4–6 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[2]

Halfback Alan White was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1961 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 at Baylor*
L 0–3128,000[4][5]
September 30 South Carolina
L 7–1012,000[6]
October 7 at Duke
L 3–2320,000[7]
October 14 at Clemson
W 17–1326,000[8]
October 21 at NC State
L 0–716,000[9]
October 28 Virginia
  • Bowman Gray Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 21–157,500[10]
November 4 at Auburn*
L 7–2120,000[11]
November 11 Virginia Tech*
  • Bowman Gray Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 24–158,000[12]
November 18 at Maryland
L 7–1024,000[13]
November 25 North Carolina
  • Bowman Gray Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
W 17–1411,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game

Team leaders

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Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Chuck Reiley 32/88 516
Rushing Alan White 93 586
Receiving Donnie Frederick 11 237

References

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  1. ^ "1961 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Ken Alyta (November 30, 1961). "Terps' Gary Collins Is All-ACC Lineman; Gabriel of NC State Chosen". The Morning Herald (MD).
  4. ^ "Bears pin 31–0 defeat on Deacons". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 24, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Dave Campbell (September 24, 1961). "Bears' One-Two Punch Belts Deacons, 31-0: 28,000 Watch Bruins Smother Visitors". Waco Tribune-Herald. pp. B1, B3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "South Carolina edges Deacons, 10–7, on field goal by Findley". Daily Press. October 1, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rappold hurls Duke over Wake Forest, 23–3". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 8, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Wake snaps jinx with 17–13 upset". The Charlotte Observer. October 15, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N.C. State squeezes past Wake Forest, 7–0". The Times and Democrat. October 22, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Riley throws 2 touchdowns to pace Wake Forest over Virginia, 21 to 15". Kingsport Times-News. October 29, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Auburn defeats Wake Forest 21–7". Greensboro Daily News. November 5, 1961. Retrieved October 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Wake gets all breaks, whips VPI". The State. November 12, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Wake Forest 'fritters' away tilt, loses to Terrapins by 10–7 score". Daily Press. November 19, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Wake Forest defeats UNC". The State. November 26, 1961. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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