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1951 Wake Forest

6–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by Tom Rogers.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1951, game by game: won at Boston College 20–6; won at NC State 21–6; won vs. Richmond 56–6; lost at William & Mary 6–7; won at George Washington 27–13; won vs. North Carolina 39–7; lost at Clemson 6–21; won at Duke 19–13; lost at No. 10 Baylor 0–42; lost at South Carolina 6–21+50−42Won 20–6 at Boston College+14Boston CollegeWon 21–6 at NC State+15NC StateWon 56–6 vs. Richmond+50RichmondLost 6–7 at William & Mary-1William & MaryWon 27–13 at George Washington+14George Washingt…Won 39–7 vs. North Carolina+32North CarolinaLost 6–21 at Clemson-15ClemsonWon 19–13 at Duke+6DukeLost 0–42 at No. 10 Baylor-42No. 10 BaylorLost 6–21 at South Carolina-15South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atBoston CollegeW 20–⁠672%
Sep 29atNC StateW 21–⁠664%
Oct 6vsRichmondW 56–⁠690%
Oct 13atWilliam & MaryL 6–⁠768%
Oct 19atGeorge WashingtonW 27–⁠1367%
Oct 27vsNorth CarolinaW 39–⁠774%
Nov 3atClemsonL 6–⁠2156%
Nov 10atDukeW 19–⁠1351%
Nov 17at10BaylorL 0–⁠4241%
Nov 24atSouth CarolinaL 6–⁠2159%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 21–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
200–⁠142
Coach
Tom Rogers
Elo
1583 −13 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.6 No. 42 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill FinnanceOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠010–⁠03
VMI5–⁠07–⁠3
William & Mary5–⁠17–⁠3
Washington and Lee5–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠17–⁠319
Duke4–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Wake Forest5–⁠36–⁠4
South Carolina5–⁠35–⁠4
George Washington2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
West Virginia2–⁠35–⁠5
North Carolina2–⁠32–⁠8
NC State2–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠8
The Citadel1–⁠34–⁠6
Furman1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠51–⁠8
Virginia Tech1–⁠72–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.