1981 Wake Forest
4–7 (1–5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Al Groh. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Richmond 34–22Nov 14
By 12 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs South Carolina | L 6–23 | 51% |
| Sep 12 | vs NC State | L 23–28 | 48% |
| Sep 19 | at Auburn | W 24–21 | 32% |
| Sep 26 | at Virginia Tech | L 14–30 | 35% |
| Oct 3 | vs App State | W 15–14 | 55% |
| Oct 10 | at 5North Carolina | L 10–48 | 16% |
| Oct 17 | vs Maryland | L 33–45 | 46% |
| Oct 24 | at Virginia | W 24–21 | 52% |
| Oct 31 | at 3Clemson | L 24–82 | 17% |
| Nov 7 | vs Duke | L 10–31 | 54% |
| Nov 14 | at Richmond | W 34–22 | 38% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Richmond 34–22; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In program history: The 55th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).
- Record
- 4–7
- Conference
- 1–5 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 217–365
- Coach
- Al Groh
- Elo
- 1433 −73 this season
- SP+ rating
- -10.0 No. 109 of 132; offense No. 44, defense No. 125
- SRS
- −5.5 No. 95 of 137 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Ed Zaunbrecher
Drafted in 1982
The 1982 draft| Rd 3 | Kenny Duckett WR | New Orleans Saints |
All-ACC
1 first teamFirst team
Ken DenfieldTEAP
From Wikipedia’s 1981 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1981 Atlantic Coast Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson | 6–0 | 12–0 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 5–1 | 10–2 | 9 |
| Maryland | 4–2 | 4–6–1 | |
| Duke | 3–3 | 6–5 | |
| NC State | 2–4 | 4–7 | |
| Wake Forest | 1–5 | 4–7 | |
| Virginia | 0–6 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.