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1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHank Small (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJames Bell (1st season)
CaptainThabiti Davis, Robert Fatzinger, Chris Gaskell, D'Angelo Solomon
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Florida State $   8 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 6 North Carolina   7 – 1     11 – 1  
Virginia   5 – 3     7 – 4  
No. 25 Georgia Tech   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Clemson   4 – 4     7 – 5  
NC State   3 – 5     6 – 5  
Wake Forest   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Maryland   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Duke   0 – 8     2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 63:30 pmNo. 21 Northwestern*
ABCW 27–2024,320[2]
September 133:30 pmat East Carolina*
FSNL 24–2538,031[3]
September 206:30 pmGeorgia Tech
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 26–2822,832[4]
September 258:00 pmNC State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
ESPNW 19–1824,259[5]
October 412:00 pmat Virginia
JPSL 13–2140,000[6]
October 1112:00 pmat No. 5 North Carolina
JPSL 12–3057,000[7]
October 181:00 pmMaryland
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 35–1717,893[8]
October 2512:00 pmat Duke
JPSW 38–2428,531[9]
November 112:00 pmClemson 
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 16–3323,411[10]
November 812:00 pmat Rutgers*
ESPN PlusW 28–1411,717[11]
November 1512:00 pmat No. 2 Florida State
JPSL 7–5870,026[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Team leaders

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Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Brian Kuklick 190/312 2,180
Rushing Herman Lewis 114 491
Receiving Desmond Clark 72 950

References

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  1. ^ "1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Rude a-Wake-ning; Wake Forest stuns Northwestern for 2nd straight year". Northwest Herald. September 7, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "East Carolina rallies from 21 down to beat Wake". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 14, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Jackets shake off slow start". The Charlotte Observer. September 21, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wake Forest stuns N.C. State with late FG". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 26, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Virginia QB leads Cavs' charge past stunned Wake". The Charlotte Observer. October 5, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "North Carolina has its flaws, but does enough to top Wake Forest". Press of Atlantic City. October 12, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Kuklick leads Wake over Terps 35–17". The Atlanta Constitution. October 19, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Wake Forest overcomes turnovers". The Times and Democrat. October 26, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Records, Deacons topple for Greene, Clemson". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 2, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Knights now 0-for-10". The Courier-News. November 9, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "10 and 0, Gators to go". Tallahassee Democrat. November 16, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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