1954 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1954 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record2–7–1 (1–4–1 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainEd Stowers
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Duke $ 4 0 0 8 2 1
No. 8 Maryland 4 0 1 7 2 1
North Carolina 4 2 0 4 5 1
South Carolina 3 3 0 6 4 0
Clemson 1 2 0 5 5 0
Wake Forest 1 4 1 2 7 1
Virginia 0 2 0 3 6 0
NC State 0 4 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1954 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1954 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Tom Rogers, the Demon Deacons compiled a 3–6–1 record and finished in sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 1–4–1 record against conference opponents.[2]

End Ed Stowers and tackle Bob Bartholomew were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1954 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team. Bartholomew was the only unanimous selection by all 43 voters.[3]

  1. ^ "1954 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "1954 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "Six Members Place on All-ACC Eleven". The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, MD. November 30, 1954. p. 15.