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1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1961
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
short_conf	ACC
record	4–6
conf_record	3–4
head_coach	Bill Hildebrand
hc_year	2nd
captain	Charles Reiley
stadium	Bowman Gray Stadium

The 1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1961 college football season. In its second season under head coach Bill Hildebrand, the team compiled a 4–6 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Halfback Alan White was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1961 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.

Schedule

| September 23 |at| Baylor|Baylor Stadium| Waco, TX | L 0–31 |28,000|

| September 30 || South Carolina|Bowman Gray Stadium| Winston-Salem, NC | L 7–10 |12,000|

| October 7 |at| Duke|Duke Stadium | Durham, NC (rivalry)| L 3–23 |20,000|

| October 14 |at| Clemson|Memorial Stadium| Clemson, SC | W 17–13 |26,000|

| October 21 |at| NC State|Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry) | L 0–7 |16,000|

| October 28 || Virginia|Bowman Gray Stadium| Winston-Salem, NC | W 21–15 |7,500|

| November 4 |at| Auburn|Cliff Hare Stadium | Auburn, AL | L 7–21 |20,000|

| November 11 || Virginia Tech|Bowman Gray Stadium| Winston-Salem, NC | W 24–15 |8,000|

| November 18 |at| Maryland|Bryd Stadium| College Park, MD | L 7–10 |24,000|

| November 25 || North Carolina|Bowman Gray Stadium| Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)| W 17–14 |11,000|

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Chuck Reiley	32/88	516
Rushing	Alan White	93	586
Receiving	Donnie Frederick	11	237

References

"1961 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
Ken Alyta. (November 30, 1961). "Terps' Gary Collins Is All-ACC Lineman; Gabriel of NC State Chosen". The Morning Herald (MD).
(September 24, 1961). "Bears pin 31–0 defeat on Deacons". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Dave Campbell. (September 24, 1961). "Bears' One-Two Punch Belts Deacons, 31-0: 28,000 Watch Bruins Smother Visitors". Waco Tribune-Herald.
(October 1, 1961). "South Carolina edges Deacons, 10–7, on field goal by Findley". Daily Press.
(October 8, 1961). "Rappold hurls Duke over Wake Forest, 23–3". Asheville Citizen-Times.
(October 15, 1961). "Wake snaps jinx with 17–13 upset". The Charlotte Observer.
(October 22, 1961). "N.C. State squeezes past Wake Forest, 7–0". The Times and Democrat.
(October 29, 1961). "Riley throws 2 touchdowns to pace Wake Forest over Virginia, 21 to 15". Kingsport Times-News.
(November 5, 1961). "Auburn defeats Wake Forest 21–7". Greensboro Daily News.
(November 12, 1961). "Wake gets all breaks, whips VPI". The State.
(November 19, 1961). "Wake Forest 'fritters' away tilt, loses to Terrapins by 10–7 score". Daily Press.
(November 26, 1961). "Wake Forest defeats UNC". The State.

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