1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1997 record	5–6 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Caldwell (5th year)
Home stadium	Groves Stadium (Capacity: 31,500)

1997 ACC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#3 Florida State $		8	–	0		11	–	1
#6 North Carolina		7	–	1		11	–	1
Virginia		5	–	3		7	–	4
#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

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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	3:30 PM	#21 Northwestern*	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ABC	W 27–20	24,320
September 13	3:30 PM	at East Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	L 24–25	38,031
September 20	6:30 PM	Georgia Tech	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		L 26–28	22,832
September 25	8:00 PM	NC State	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN	W 19–18	24,259
October 4	12:00 PM	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	JPS	L 13–21	40,000
October 11	12:00 PM	at #5 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	JPS	L 12–30	57,000
October 18	1:00 PM	Maryland	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC		W 35–17	17,893
October 25	12:00 PM	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	JPS	W 38–24	28,531
November 1	12:00 PM	Clemson	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	JPS	L 16–33	23,411
November 8	12:00 PM	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPN+	W 28–14	11,717
November 15	12:00 PM	at #2 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	JPS	L 7–58	70,026
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Team leaders

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

References

↑ "1997 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Venues	Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1965) BB&T Field (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry

Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter

People	NFL draftees

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