1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Caldwell (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Hank Small (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	James Bell (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Thabiti Davis; Robert Fatzinger; Chris Gaskell; D'Angelo Solomon;
Home stadium	Groves Stadium
	Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

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]

Record5–6 (3–5 ACC)

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OffensivecoordinatorHank Small (1st season)

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1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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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

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	3:30 pm	No. 21 Northwestern*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ABC	W 27–20	24,320	^[2]
September 13	3:30 pm	at East Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	L 24–25	38,031	^[3]
September 20	6:30 pm	Georgia Tech	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 26–28	22,832	^[4]
September 25	8:00 pm	NC State	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	ESPN	W 19–18	24,259	^[5]
October 4	12:00 pm	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	JPS	L 13–21	40,000	^[6]
October 11	12:00 pm	at No. 5 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 12–30	57,000	^[7]
October 18	1:00 pm	Maryland	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 35–17	17,893	^[8]
October 25	12:00 pm	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	JPS	W 38–24	28,531	^[9]
November 1	12:00 pm	Clemson	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	JPS	L 16–33	23,411	^[10]
November 8	12:00 pm	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN Plus	W 28–14	11,717	^[11]
November 15	12:00 pm	at No. 2 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	JPS	L 7–58	70,026	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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

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