Wake Forest at Florida State
Saturday, October 20, 1956 Share
Wake Forest and Florida State tied 14–14. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–0–1.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 51°F, 0.09 in. of rainAttendance 14,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1956, page 1
Read the text
Florida State Ties DeacOns TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Oct. 20 up. - Florida State University marched ga yards in the final period for a 14–14 tie with Wake Forest on a rain-soaked football field today. A last-minute field goal attempt by Florida State failed. Wake Forests one-man gang Fullback Bill Barnes. gave the Deacons a lat halftime lead with touchdowns in the first two periods. wake Forest 2 q Ola Florida State n ia wake Forest scoring: Touchdowns- Barnes, 2 “a, run: :. rum. Conversions Brooks . Florida state scoring: Touchdowns--corso tsix inches, sneak; Nets q plunge). OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 2.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Florida State 58% to win.
The series
Every Wake Forest–Florida State gameFlorida State leads 32–9–1 in 42 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gameat North CarolinaOct. 27, 1956
- SeasonWake Forest in 1956
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
Florida State
- Next gameat VillanovaOct. 27, 1956
- SeasonFlorida State in 1956
- ProgramFlorida State history and records

