1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team information
American college football season
1955Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Record
5–4–1 (3–3–1 ACC)
Head coach
Tom Rogers (5th season)
Captain
Bob Bartholomew, Nick Consoles
Home stadium
Groves Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 3 Maryland +
4
–
0
–
0
10
–
1
–
0
Duke +
4
–
0
–
0
7
–
2
–
1
Clemson
3
–
1
–
0
7
–
3
–
0
Wake Forest
3
–
3
–
1
5
–
4
–
1
North Carolina
3
–
3
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
NC State
0
–
2
–
1
4
–
5
–
1
South Carolina
1
–
5
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Virginia
0
–
4
–
0
1
–
9
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]
The 1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1955 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Tom Rogers, the Demon Deacons compiled a 5–4–1 record and finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 3–3–1 record against conference opponents.[2]
Tackle Bob Bartholomew was selected by both the Associated Press and the United Press International as a first-team player on the 1955 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.[3][4]
^"1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
^"1955 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^"Maryland Places Five on All ACC Football Team". The Bee. November 25, 1955. p. 11.
^"All ACC Team". Statesville Record and Landmark. November 23, 1955. p. 20.
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