1972 Wake Forest
2–9 (1–5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Tom Harper. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Davidson 26–20Sep 9
By 6 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | vs Davidson | W 26–20 | 83% |
| Sep 16 | at SMU | L 10–56 | 50% |
| Sep 23 | at 5Tennessee | L 6–45 | 15% |
| Oct 7 | at Maryland | L 0–23 | 54% |
| Oct 14 | vs NC State | L 13–42 | 52% |
| Oct 21 | vs North Carolina | L 0–21 | 30% |
| Oct 28 | vs Clemson | L 0–31 | 50% |
| Nov 4 | at South Carolina | L 3–35 | 31% |
| Nov 11 | at Duke | W 9–7 | 18% |
| Nov 18 | vs Virginia | L 12–15 | 57% |
| Nov 25 | vs Virginia Tech | L 9–44 | 29% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 44–9; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).
- Record
- 2–9
- Conference
- 1–5 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 88–339
- Coach
- Tom Harper
- Elo
- 1300 −201 this season
- SP+ rating
- -18.7 No. 112 of 121; offense No. 115, defense No. 103
- SRS
- −17.7 No. 113 of 127 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Bruce Reinert and Donnie Brown
All-ACC
2 first teamFirst team
Nick ArcaroLBUPI- Chuck RamseyKUPI
From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1972 Atlantic Coast Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 6–0 | 11–1 | 12 |
| NC State | 4–1–1 | 8–3–1 | 17 |
| Maryland | 3–2–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Duke | 3–3 | 5–6 | |
| Clemson | 2–4 | 4–7 | |
| Virginia | 1–5 | 4–7 | |
| Wake Forest | 1–5 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.