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1983 Wake Forest

4–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Al Groh.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1983, game by game: lost vs. App State 25–27; won at Virginia Tech 13–6; won vs. Western Carolina 21–0; won at Richmond 31–6; lost vs. NC State 15–38; lost at No. 4 North Carolina 10–30; lost vs. No. 16 Maryland 33–36; won vs. Virginia 38–34; lost at Clemson 17–24; lost vs. Duke 21–31; lost at Georgia Tech 33–49+25−23Lost 25–27 vs. App State-2App StateWon 13–6 at Virginia Tech+7Virginia TechWon 21–0 vs. Western Carolina+21Western CarolinaWon 31–6 at Richmond+25RichmondLost 15–38 vs. NC State-23NC StateLost 10–30 at No. 4 North Carolina-20No. 4 North CarolinaLost 33–36 vs. No. 16 Maryland-3No. 16 MarylandWon 38–34 vs. Virginia+4VirginiaLost 17–24 at Clemson-7ClemsonLost 21–31 vs. Duke-10DukeLost 33–49 at Georgia Tech-16Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsApp StateL 25–⁠2766%
Sep 10atVirginia TechW 13–⁠625%
Sep 17vsWestern CarolinaW 21–⁠068%
Sep 24atRichmondW 31–⁠671%
Oct 1vsNC StateL 15–⁠3855%
Oct 8at4North CarolinaL 10–⁠3014%
Oct 15vs16MarylandL 33–⁠3627%
Oct 22vsVirginiaW 38–⁠3448%
Oct 29atClemsonL 17–⁠2415%
Nov 5vsDukeL 21–⁠3158%
Nov 12atGeorgia TechL 33–⁠4938%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 49–⁠33; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 84th-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 1983.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
257–⁠281
Coach
Al Groh
Elo
1372 −33 this season
SP+ rating
-9.4 No. 82 of 108; offense No. 52, defense No. 94
SRS
−3.1 No. 65 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ed Zaunbrecher
Captains
Dan Dougherty, Danny Martin, Danny Rocco, Tim Salley and Gary Schofield

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Harry NewsomePAP

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson7–⁠09–⁠1–⁠111
Maryland5–⁠18–⁠4
North Carolina4–⁠38–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠33–⁠8
Virginia3–⁠46–⁠5
Duke3–⁠43–⁠8
Wake Forest1–⁠64–⁠7
NC State1–⁠63–⁠8

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