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1982 Wake Forest

3–⁠8 (0–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Al Groh.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1982, game by game: won vs. Western Carolina 31–10; lost at Auburn 10–28; lost at NC State 0–30; won vs. App State 31–22; won at Virginia Tech 13–10; lost vs. No. 12 North Carolina 7–24; lost at Maryland 31–52; lost at Virginia 27–34; lost at Duke 26–46; lost vs. Georgia Tech 7–45; lost vs. No. 10 Clemson 17–21+21−38Won 31–10 vs. Western Carolina+21Western CarolinaLost 10–28 at Auburn-18AuburnLost 0–30 at NC State-30NC StateWon 31–22 vs. App State+9App StateWon 13–10 at Virginia Tech+3Virginia TechLost 7–24 vs. No. 12 North Carolina-17No. 12 North CarolinaLost 31–52 at Maryland-21MarylandLost 27–34 at Virginia-7VirginiaLost 26–46 at Duke-20DukeLost 7–45 vs. Georgia Tech-38Georgia TechLost 17–21 vs. No. 10 Clemson-4No. 10 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsWestern CarolinaW 31–⁠1064%
Sep 11atAuburnL 10–⁠2836%
Sep 18atNC StateL 0–⁠3034%
Sep 25vsApp StateW 31–⁠2262%
Oct 2atVirginia TechW 13–⁠1029%
Oct 9vs12North CarolinaL 7–⁠2430%
Oct 16atMarylandL 31–⁠5225%
Oct 23atVirginiaL 27–⁠3460%
Nov 6atDukeL 26–⁠4629%
Nov 13vsGeorgia TechL 7–⁠4554%
Nov 27vs10ClemsonL 17–⁠2111%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 21–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1982.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
200–⁠322
Coach
Al Groh
Elo
1357 −99 this season
SP+ rating
-12.6 No. 91 of 109; offense No. 74, defense No. 94
SRS
−7.7 No. 80 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ed Zaunbrecher

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

  • Tim RyanWRAP
  • Phil DenfeldTEAP

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠09–⁠1–⁠18
Maryland5–⁠18–⁠420
North Carolina3–⁠38–⁠418
NC State3–⁠36–⁠5
Duke3–⁠36–⁠5
Virginia1–⁠52–⁠9
Wake Forest0–⁠63–⁠8

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