Baylor vs. Wake Forest
Baylor and Wake Forest have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1948; Baylor leads the series 5–1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Baylor 5–1. Share
- Baylor wins
- 5
- Wake Forest wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1948
- Longest streak
- 4 Baylor
- Current streak
- 1 Baylor
- Last 10 meetings
- Baylor 5–1
- Most recent
- 2009
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–1 |
- Average margin
- 20 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Baylor
- 3–1 Baylor’s record at home
- At Wake Forest
- 0–1 Wake Forest’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Baylor first
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Baylor’s biggest win1951: Baylor 42, Wake Forest 0by 42 points
- Wake Forest’s biggest win2008: Wake Forest 41, Baylor 13by 28 points
- Upset2009: Baylor 24, Wake Forest 21Baylor had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers

1948 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Jan 2, 1949

1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 18, 1951

1952 · Evening star, Sep 21, 1952
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Sep 5, 2009 | Baylor 24, Wake Forest 21 | at Wake Forest | ||
| Aug 28, 2008 | 23Wake Forest 41, Baylor 13 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 23, 1961 | Baylor 31, Wake Forest 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 20, 1952 | Baylor 17, Wake Forest 14 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 17, 1951 | 10Baylor 42, Wake Forest 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Jan 1, 1949 | Baylor 20, Wake Forest 7 | Neutral site | Dixie Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.