Year: | 1951 |
Team: | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southern Conference |
Short Conf: | SoCon |
Record: | 6–4 |
Conf Record: | 5–3 |
Head Coach: | Tom Rogers |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Captain: | Game captains |
Stadium: | Groves Stadium |
The 1951 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1951 college football season. The team compiled a 6–4 record and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Southern Conference.[1] After 14 seasons under head coach Peahead Walker, Tom Rogers took over as head coach in 1951. The team was ranked at No. 57 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]
End Jack Lewis and tackle Bill George were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1951 All-Southern Conference football team.[3]
Category | Team Leader | Att/Cth | Yds | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Passing | Ed Kissell | 56/120 | 593 | |
Rushing | Guido Scarton | 106 | 507 | |
Receiving | Jack Lewis | 32 | 488 |