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1971 Wake Forest

6–⁠5 (2–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Cal Stoll.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1971, game by game: won vs. Davidson 27–7; won at Virginia Tech 20–9; lost vs. Miami 10–29; won at Maryland 18–14; lost at NC State 14–21; won vs. Tulsa 51–21; lost at North Carolina 3–7; lost at Clemson 9–10; won vs. William & Mary 36–29; won vs. Duke 23–7; lost at South Carolina 7–24+30−19Won 27–7 vs. Davidson+20DavidsonWon 20–9 at Virginia Tech+11Virginia TechLost 10–29 vs. Miami-19MiamiWon 18–14 at Maryland+4MarylandLost 14–21 at NC State-7NC StateWon 51–21 vs. Tulsa+30TulsaLost 3–7 at North Carolina-4North CarolinaLost 9–10 at Clemson-1ClemsonWon 36–29 vs. William & Mary+7William & MaryWon 23–7 vs. Duke+16DukeLost 7–24 at South Carolina-17South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsDavidsonW 27–⁠778%
Sep 18atVirginia TechW 20–⁠942%
Sep 25vsMiamiL 10–⁠2975%
Oct 2atMarylandW 18–⁠1457%
Oct 9atNC StateL 14–⁠2163%
Oct 16vsTulsaW 51–⁠2156%
Oct 23atNorth CarolinaL 3–⁠734%
Oct 30atClemsonL 9–⁠1053%
Nov 6vsWilliam & MaryW 36–⁠2961%
Nov 13vsDukeW 23–⁠747%
Nov 20atSouth CarolinaL 7–⁠2446%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 24–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠178
Coach
Cal Stoll
Elo
1501 +10 this season
SP+ rating
-2.1 No. 74 of 120; offense No. 86, defense No. 57
SRS
0.7 No. 64 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 4Ed Bradley LBPittsburgh Steelers

All-ACC

5 first team

First team

  • Bill BobboraOGAP
  • Larry HopkinsBAP
  • Larry RussellBAP
  • Ed StetzLBAP
  • Steve BowdenDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina6–⁠09–⁠3
Clemson4–⁠25–⁠6
Duke2–⁠36–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠36–⁠5
Virginia2–⁠33–⁠8
NC State2–⁠43–⁠8
Maryland1–⁠42–⁠9

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