1978 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1978 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
1978 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	1–10 (1–5 ACC)
Head coach	John Mackovic (1st season);
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Groves Stadium
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach John Mackovic, the Demon Deacons compiled a 1–10 record and finished in sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

Record1–10 (1–5 ACC)

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1978 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Clemson $	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Maryland	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 NC State	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Duke	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Virginia	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	Virginia	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 14–0	21,500	^[2]
September 16	Virginia Tech*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 6–28	22,750	^[3]
September 23	at No. 10 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 11–13	77,197	^[4]
September 30	NC State	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 10–34	29,700	^[5]
October 7	at Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 7–14	54,362	^[6]
October 14	North Carolina	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 29–34	32,300	^[7]
October 21	at No. 6 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 0–39	43,119	^[8]
October 28	at Auburn*	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 7–21	52,210	^[9]
November 4	No. 16 Clemson	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 6–51	30,400	^[10]
November 11	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 0–3	19,825	^[11]
November 18	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 14–37	42,762	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	David Webber	101/182	1,070
Rushing	James McDougald	146	629
Receiving	Mike Mullen	22	307

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