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1975 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1975
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
short_conf	ACC
record	3–8
conf_record	3–3
head_coach	Chuck Mills
hc_year	3rd
captain	Doug Benfield
captain2	Clark Gaines
captain3	Lew Henderson
stadium	Groves Stadium

The 1975 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their third season under head coach Chuck Mills, the Demon Deacons compiled a 3–8 record and finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Schedule

|September 6||SMU|Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|L 7–14|13,400|

|September 13|at|No. 15 NC State|Carter Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry)|W 30–22|36,500|

|September 20||Appalachian State|Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|L 17–19|24,300|

|September 27||Kansas State|Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|L 16–17|17,700|

|October 11|at|Clemson|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, South Carolina|L 14–16|43,680|

|October 18||No. 19 Maryland|Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|L 0–27|19,300|

|October 25|at|Virginia|Scott Stadium|Charlottesville, VA|W 66–21|20,171|

|November 1|at|North Carolina|Kenan Memorial Stadium|Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)|W 21–9|43,000|

|November 8||Duke|Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, North Carolina (rivalry)|L 14–42|28,900|

|November 15|at|South Carolina|Williams–Brice Stadium|Columbia, SC|L 26–37|37,656|

|November 22|at|Virginia Tech|Lane Stadium|Blacksburg, VA|L 10–40|29,000|

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Jerry McManus	77/152	950
Rushing	Clark Gaines	238	929
Receiving	Bill Millner	28	327

References

"1975 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(September 7, 1975). "SMU drops Deacons". The El Paso Times.
(September 14, 1975). "Deacs sting Wolfpack by 30–20". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
(September 21, 1975). "Appalachian State beats Wake Forest". The Selma Times-Journal.
(September 28, 1975). "'Cats nip Wake Forest". The Wichita Eagle & Beacon.
. (1976). ["Clemson Football Media Guide - 1976"](https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_media/60/). *[[Clemson University]]*.
(October 12, 1975). "Clemson trims Wake Forest 16–14". The Danville Register.
(October 19, 1975). "Maryland blanks Wake Forest 27–0". The Danville Register.
(October 26, 1975). "Deacons humiliate Virginia". The Progress-Index.
(November 2, 1975). "McManus-led Deacs top Tar Heels 21–9". Daily Press.
(November 9, 1975). "Duke trounces Wake Forest". Bristol Herald Courier.
(November 16, 1975). "Gamecock record-setters aid triumph over Deacs". The News and Observer.
(November 23, 1975). "Gobblers fly past Deacons". The News and Observer.

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