Wake Forest at Duke

Saturday, October 19, 1957

No. 5 Duke beat Wake Forest 34–⁠7. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 26–⁠9–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayWake Forest0–⁠10 in 1957
7
Home5Duke6–⁠3–⁠2 in 1957
34

FinalHigh 64°F, low 44°FAttendance 17,600

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Powerful Duke Wins Over Wake Forest, 34-7

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1957, page 1

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    Powerful Duke Wins Over Wake Forest, 34–⁠7 DURHAM, N. c.. oct. 10 LP. --Fifth-ranked Duke, warming UP for next weeks game with unbeaten North Carolina State, exploded for “a points in the first half and rolled to q BAT victory over winless Wake Forest in an Atlantic Coast Conference game today. A crowd of 1850 including 40 bands. saw the powerful Dukes unlease a savage first half offense that produced 81 points in the second period. Coach Bill Murray used his first-stringers only about eight minutes during the first half. 1t was Dukes fifth consecutive win and Wake. Forests fourth loss. Dukes scoring parade began late in the f1rst period when Substitute Quarterback Pryor Miner plunged over from the 3 TO end a 35-yard march. Half back Wray Carlton converted from placement. Dukes relentless offense paid off in the second period with four touchdowns. On the fourth play Of the period Carlton passed from the Wake Forest 5 to Halfback George Dutrow In the end zone for a touch down. Carlton also kicked the extra point. A few minutes later, Quarterback Bob Brodhead shot an aerial from the Wake Forest 3 to Enc Dave Herm for another touchdown. Halfback Dave Lee added an

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)

Duke 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Duke leads 62–⁠41–⁠2; as played, 60–⁠40–⁠2 in the 102 games on file; the official count covers all 105 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Duke 49, Wake Forest 32
2024Duke 23, Wake Forest 17
2023Duke 24, Wake Forest 21
2022Duke 34, Wake Forest 31
2021Wake Forest 45, Duke 7
2019Wake Forest 39, Duke 27

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