1981 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1981 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Al Groh, the Demon Deacons compiled a 4–7 record and finished in sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| 1981 record | 4–7 (1–5 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ed Zaunbrecher (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Groves Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Clemson $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 North Carolina | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Location | Result | Attendance |
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| 09/05/1981 | South Carolina | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | L 6-23 | |
| 09/12/1981 | North Carolina State | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | L 23-28 | |
| 09/19/1981* | at Auburn | Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama | W 24-21 | |
| 09/26/1981 | at Virginia Tech | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia | L 14-30 | |
| 10/03/1981* | Appalachian State | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | W 15-14 | |
| 10/10/1981* | at #5 North Carolina | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | L 10-48 | |
| 10/17/1981* | Maryland | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | L 33-45 | |
| 10/24/1981* | at Virginia | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia | W 24-21 | |
| 10/31/1981* | at #2 Clemson | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina | L 24-82 | |
| 11/07/1981 | Duke | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | L 10-31 | |
| 11/14/1981 | at Richmond | UR Stadium • Richmond, Virginia | W 34-22 |
Team leaders
| Category | Team Leader | Att/Cth | Yds |
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| Passing | Gary Schofield | 241/404 | 2,572 |
| Rushing | Wayne McMillan | 90 | 407 |
| Receiving | Phil Denfeld | 51 | 461 |
References
- "1981 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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