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2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–5 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTroy Calhoun (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDean Hood (1st season)
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
(Capacity: 31,500)
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Maryland $   7 1     10 2  
No. 15 Florida State   6 2     8 4  
North Carolina   5 3     8 5  
Clemson   4 4     7 5  
No. 24 Georgia Tech   4 4     8 5  
NC State   4 4     7 5  
Wake Forest   3 5     6 5  
Virginia   3 5     5 7  
Duke   0 8     0 11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Jim Grobe, the Demon Deacons compiled a 6–5 record and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 pmat East Carolina*W 21–1936,794
September 86:30 pmAppalachian State*W 20–1029,127
September 223:30 pmMaryland
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 20–2722,372
September 297:00 pmat Florida State*PPVL 24–4879,162
October 66:30 pmNC State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 14–1727,401
October 131:00 pmat DukeW 42–3510,835
October 2712:00 pmClemsondagger
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 14–2121,290
November 312:00 pmat VirginiaJPSW 34–3050,228
November 1012:00 pmat North CarolinaJPSW 32–3153,000
November 1712:00 pmGeorgia Tech
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
JPSL 33–3824,263
November 241:00 pmNorthern Illinois*
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
W 38–3514,100

Team leaders

Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing James MacPherson 113/209 1,555
Rushing Tarence Williams 249 1,018
Receiving Jason Anderson 28 472

References

  1. ^ "2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.