1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team information
American college football season
1961Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Record
4–6 (3–4 ACC)
Head coach
Bill Hildebrand (2nd season)
Captain
Charles Reiley
Home stadium
Bowman Gray Stadium
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 20 Duke $
5
–
1
7
–
3
North Carolina
4
–
3
5
–
5
Maryland
3
–
3
7
–
3
Clemson
3
–
3
5
–
5
NC State
3
–
4
4
–
6
South Carolina
3
–
4
4
–
6
Wake Forest
3
–
4
4
–
6
Virginia
2
–
4
4
–
6
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]
The 1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. In its second season under head coach Bill Hildebrand, the team compiled a 4–6 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[2]
Halfback Alan White was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1961 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.[3]
^"1961 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
^"1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^Ken Alyta (November 30, 1961). "Terps' Gary Collins Is All-ACC Lineman; Gabriel of NC State Chosen". The Morning Herald (MD).
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