Wolves boss Mick McCarthy hailed his side's defensive performance after their 2-0 victory at Ipswich.
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Dave Edwards scored the goals to make it seven points from nine for the Black Country side.
But it was centre-half Neill Collins who won his manager's praise after replacing club captain Jody Craddock, who is out for three months with a foot injury.
"Our goalkeeper hardly had a save to make and they didn't have many chances," said McCarthy.
"It was important to keep a clean sheet at some stage and much of the credit has to go to Richard Stearman and Neill Collins.
"Collins, especially, is much maligned at times but certainly deserves a special mention.
"It was a good team effort but I was especially pleased with the back four."
McCarthy was delighted to claim a well-earned victory on the road and preserve Wanderers' unbeaten start to the Championship season.
"I enjoyed it - it was a good performance," he said. "We deserved to win and I don't think anyone can argue with that.
"We came here last year and played very well, yet got slapped 3-0."
Wolves totally deserved to be in front at the break after controlling the first half.
It was a well-worked goal, with the dangerous Matt Jarvis crossing from the left and Ebanks-Blake sending a deft header inside the far post beyond the sprawling Richard Wright.
Town made changes after the break and, while it lifted them for a spell, the visitors always looked dangerous.
Michael Kightly pulled a shot across goal wide of the far post, while Stearman's far-post header hit the woodwork and was kept out by Wright.
Another goal was imminent and it duly arrived when Wright spilled a powerful effort by Jarvis and Edwards was on hand to make it 2-0.
Jarvis very nearly made it three but his low shot in the final seconds struck the right-hand post.
To add insult to injury, Town had been reduced to 10 men just before the goal when Alex Bruce was red-carded for a two-footed tackle on David Jones.
Town boss Jim Magilton, whose side had won 3-0 at Burnley last weekend, said: "It was embarrassing at times.
"Wolves played with pace, dictated the tempo and we were well beaten by the better side.
"We didn't start well and they capitalised on our sloppiness. We kept giving them possession and you just can't afford to do that against such a decent side as Wolves.
"We didn't show any work ethic and it was so different from last Saturday, when we had to roll our sleeves up and compete.
"We have to show a willingness to do the fundamental things in a game. They did it better than us and we couldn't get any kind of foothold.
"This result certainly hastens the search for new players. Maybe one or two of the lads have outlived their days here."
