1988 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1988 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Clemson $	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Virginia	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
NC State	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Maryland	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Dooley, the team compiled a 6–4–1 record and finished in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Attendance
09/03/1988	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA	W 31-11	11,624
09/10/1988	Illinois State	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 35-0	22,250
09/17/1988*	at North Carolina State	Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 6-14	48,000
09/24/1988	at #19 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 9-19	102,776
10/08/1988*	North Carolina	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 42-24	33,500
10/15/1988*	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 27-24	41,278
10/22/1988*	Virginia	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	L 14-34	21,300
10/29/1988*	#15 Clemson	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	L 21-38	27,300
11/05/1988*	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	W 35-16	35,500
11/12/1988*	Georgia Tech	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 28-24	21,500
11/19/1988	Appalachian State	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	T 34-34	21,050

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Mike Elkins	165/280	2,205
Rushing	Mark Young	165	711
Receiving	Ricky Proehl	51	845