Wake Forest at Duke

Saturday, November 9, 1963

Duke beat Wake Forest 39–⁠7. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Duke led the series 32–⁠9–⁠1 in the games on file.

AwayWake Forest1–⁠9 in 1963
7
HomeDuke5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1963
39

FinalHigh 72°F, low 39°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Duke Pustes Deocs, 1917, Ties for Lead

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1963, page 1

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    Duke Pustes Deocs, 1917, Ties for Lead DUR HAM. N. c., Nov. Q AP).-Halfback Jay wilkinson scored three touchdownsone on q 72-yard punt return as Duke rolled from behind to a 39–⁠7 victory over Wake Forest today to hand the Deacons their 18th straight football loss, eight this season. Duke. win er Of the last three Atlantic Coast c onference titles. moved into a three way tie for the lead with North C arolina State and North Carolina. Wilkinson led the Blue Devils with “A yards in II carries. Duke ran UP a 21–⁠7 lead at the half. added one touchdown in the third period and two in the fourth. Wake Forest, shut out in It’s last six games. scored in the first period when Fullback Brian Piccolo rammed over from the five to cap a 59-yard drive. The Deacons enjoyed a brief 7–⁠6 lead on Karl Sweetan’s conversion kick, but VIII kinsons punt return touch down later n the period put Duke ahead to stay. Wilkinson scored in the Sec ond period on a Vineyard pass from Scotty Glacken and again In the third quarter from the one. Duke turned two If its six in Perceptions and q blocked punt into second-hah scores.

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 91% 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 60 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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