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1984 Wake Forest

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Al Groh.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1984, game by game: lost vs. Virginia Tech 20–21; won vs. App State 17–13; won at NC State 24–15; lost at Maryland 17–38; won at Richmond 29–16; won vs. North Carolina 14–3; lost at Virginia 9–28; won vs. William & Mary 34–21; lost at Clemson 14–37; won at Duke 20–16; lost vs. Georgia Tech 7–24+13−23Lost 20–21 vs. Virginia Tech-1Virginia TechWon 17–13 vs. App State+4App StateWon 24–15 at NC State+9NC StateLost 17–38 at Maryland-21MarylandWon 29–16 at Richmond+13RichmondWon 14–3 vs. North Carolina+11North CarolinaLost 9–28 at Virginia-19VirginiaWon 34–21 vs. William & Mary+13William & MaryLost 14–37 at Clemson-23ClemsonWon 20–16 at Duke+4DukeLost 7–24 vs. Georgia Tech-17Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsVirginia TechL 20–⁠2134%
Sep 15vsApp StateW 17–⁠1369%
Sep 22atNC StateW 24–⁠1537%
Sep 29atMarylandL 17–⁠3831%
Oct 6atRichmondW 29–⁠1668%
Oct 13vsNorth CarolinaW 14–⁠345%
Oct 20atVirginiaL 9–⁠2834%
Oct 27vsWilliam & MaryW 34–⁠2174%
Nov 3atClemsonL 14–⁠3718%
Nov 10atDukeW 20–⁠1658%
Nov 17vsGeorgia TechL 7–⁠2455%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 24–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 52nd-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 1984.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
205–⁠232
Coach
Al Groh
Elo
1438 +24 this season
SP+ rating
-5.4 No. 76 of 106; offense No. 84, defense No. 57
SRS
0.0 No. 63 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ronnie Burgess, Tony Coates, Ken McAllister and Mike Nesselt

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

  • Gary BaldingerDLAP
  • Ronnie BurgessDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland6–⁠09–⁠312
Clemson5–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Virginia3–⁠2–⁠28–⁠2–⁠220
North Carolina3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠46–⁠5
NC State1–⁠63–⁠8
Duke1–⁠62–⁠9

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