1991 Wake Forest
3–8 (1–6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Navy 52–24Nov 23
By 28 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | vs Western Carolina | W 40–24 | 78% |
| Sep 21 | vs NC State | L 3–30 | 38% |
| Sep 28 | at Northwestern | L 14–41 | 55% |
| Oct 5 | vs App State | L 3–17 | 69% |
| Oct 12 | at North Carolina | L 10–24 | 20% |
| Oct 19 | vs Maryland | L 22–23 | 40% |
| Oct 26 | at Virginia | L 7–48 | 12% |
| Nov 2 | at 16Clemson | L 10–28 | 9% |
| Nov 9 | vs Duke | W 31–14 | 32% |
| Nov 16 | at Georgia Tech | L 3–27 | 12% |
| Nov 23 | at Navy | W 52–24 | 53% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Navy 52–24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).
- Record
- 3–8
- Conference
- 1–6 tied for 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 195–300
- Coach
- Bill Dooley
- Elo
- 1367 −50 this season
- SP+ rating
- -14.6 No. 89 of 104; offense No. 76, defense No. 85
- SRS
- −10.6 No. 86 of 107 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Defensive coordinator
- Bob Brush
- Captains
- Gregg Long, Marvin Mitchell and Anthony Williams
All-ACC
2 first teamFirst team
John Henry MillsTEAP-1- George CoghillDBAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1991 Atlantic Coast Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson | 6–0–1 | 9–2–1 | 18 |
| NC State | 5–2 | 9–3 | 24 |
| Georgia Tech | 5–2 | 8–5 | |
| Virginia | 4–2–1 | 8–3–1 | |
| North Carolina | 3–4 | 7–4 | |
| Maryland | 2–5 | 2–9 | |
| Duke | 1–6 | 4–6–1 | |
| Wake Forest | 1–6 | 3–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.