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1987 Wake Forest

7–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1987, game by game: won vs. Richmond 24–0; won vs. NC State 21–3; won vs. App State 16–12; won at Army 17–13; won at North Carolina 22–14; lost vs. Maryland 0–14; lost at Virginia 21–35; lost at No. 14 Clemson 17–31; won vs. Duke 30–27; lost vs. No. 14 South Carolina 0–30; won at Georgia Tech 33–6+27−30Won 24–0 vs. Richmond+24RichmondWon 21–3 vs. NC State+18NC StateWon 16–12 vs. App State+4App StateWon 17–13 at Army+4ArmyWon 22–14 at North Carolina+8North CarolinaLost 0–14 vs. Maryland-14MarylandLost 21–35 at Virginia-14VirginiaLost 17–31 at No. 14 Clemson-14No. 14 ClemsonWon 30–27 vs. Duke+3DukeLost 0–30 vs. No. 14 South Carolina-30No. 14 South CarolinaWon 33–6 at Georgia Tech+27Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsRichmondW 24–⁠079%
Sep 19vsNC StateW 21–⁠362%
Sep 26vsApp StateW 16–⁠1283%
Oct 3atArmyW 17–⁠1343%
Oct 10atNorth CarolinaW 22–⁠1438%
Oct 17vsMarylandL 0–⁠1464%
Oct 24atVirginiaL 21–⁠3554%
Oct 31at14ClemsonL 17–⁠3123%
Nov 7vsDukeW 30–⁠2761%
Nov 14vs14South CarolinaL 0–⁠3044%
Nov 21atGeorgia TechW 33–⁠649%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 33–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 35th-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 1987.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
201–⁠185
Coach
Bill Dooley
Elo
1491 +23 this season
SP+ rating
-0.7 No. 52 of 101; offense No. 85, defense No. 31
SRS
3.4 No. 44 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Bob Pruett
Captains
Chip Rives and Jimmie Simmons

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 5Greg Scales TENew Orleans Saints

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Mark YoungRBAP
  • Jimmie SimmonsLBAP
  • A.J. GreeneDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠110–⁠212
Virginia5–⁠28–⁠4
Wake Forest4–⁠37–⁠4
NC State4–⁠34–⁠7
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠7
North Carolina3–⁠45–⁠6
Duke2–⁠55–⁠6
Georgia Tech0–⁠62–⁠9

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