History Programs Duke vs. Wake Forest Duke vs. Wake Forest 102 of their 105 meetings are on file: they first met in 1889, and the earliest on file is 1921; officially, Duke leads 62–41–2; as played, 60–40–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Duke 6–4, and Duke has won the last 4. The official count covers every meeting. Share
Official series Duke leads 62–41–2
Duke wins on file 60
Wake Forest wins on file 40
Ties 2 Earliest on file 1921 first met 1889
Longest streak 12 Duke
Current streak 4 Duke
Last 10 meetings Duke 6–4
The series at a glance Deeper color: bigger margin
Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner ’0 ’1 ’2 ’3 ’4 ’5 ’6 ’7 ’8 ’9 W–L 1920s 5–4 1930s 9–0–1 1940s 6–3 1950s 8–2 1960s 8–1 1970s 4–5–1 1980s 5–5 1990s 6–4 2000s 0–10 2010s 5–5 2020s 4–1
Both ranked 2 meetings: Duke 2, Wake Forest 0
Average margin 15.9 points; 36 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Duke 31–22 Duke’s record at home
At Wake Forest 18–28–2 Wake Forest’s record at home
Neutral sites 1–0 Duke first
Shutouts 22 Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story Duke’s biggest win 1937: Duke 67, Wake Forest 0 by 67 points Wake Forest’s biggest win 2018: Wake Forest 59, Duke 7 by 52 points Upset 1972: Wake Forest 9, Duke 7 Wake Forest had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Upset 1976: Wake Forest 38, Duke 17 Wake Forest had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Upset 2016: Wake Forest 24, Duke 14 Wake Forest had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff Ranked showdown 1947: Duke 13, Wake Forest 6 No. 15 Duke at No. 11 Wake Forest Ranked showdown 1944: Duke 34, Wake Forest 0 No. 12 Wake Forest at No. 20 Duke
Coach against coach Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Duke’s side (Wade 4–0 against Weaver). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years Ticks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
End-of-season Elo ratings of Duke and Wake Forest, 1921 on 1300 1500 1700 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 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.
Stars of the series Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers 1930 , Washington, D.C. , Nov 23, 1930
1933 , Oct 8, 1933
1935 , Indianapolis [Ind.] , Sep 23, 1935
1937 , Nov 12, 1937
1938 , Florida , Oct 28, 1938
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 Nov 28, 2026 Duke at Wake Forest upcoming at Wake Forest Nov 29, 2025 Duke 49, Wake Forest 32 at Duke Nov 30, 2024 Duke 23, Wake Forest 17 at Wake Forest Nov 2, 2023 Duke 24, Wake Forest 21 at Duke Nov 26, 2022 Duke 34, Wake Forest 31 at Duke Oct 30, 2021 13 Wake Forest 45,Duke 7 at Wake Forest Nov 23, 2019 Wake Forest 39, Duke 27 at Wake Forest Nov 24, 2018 Wake Forest 59, Duke 7 at Duke Nov 25, 2017 Duke 31, Wake Forest 23 at Wake Forest Sep 10, 2016 Wake Forest 24, Duke 14 at Duke Nov 28, 2015 Duke 27, Wake Forest 21 at Wake Forest Nov 29, 2014 Duke 41, Wake Forest 21 at Duke Nov 23, 2013 25 Duke 28,Wake Forest 21 at Wake Forest Sep 29, 2012 Duke 34, Wake Forest 27 at Wake Forest Oct 22, 2011 Wake Forest 24, Duke 23 at Duke Sep 11, 2010 Wake Forest 54, Duke 48 at Wake Forest Nov 28, 2009 Wake Forest 45, Duke 34 at Duke Nov 1, 2008 Wake Forest 33, Duke 30 at Wake Forest Oct 6, 2007 Wake Forest 41, Duke 36 at Duke Sep 9, 2006 Wake Forest 14, Duke 13 at Wake Forest Oct 29, 2005 Wake Forest 44, Duke 6 at Duke Oct 30, 2004 Wake Forest 24, Duke 22 at Wake Forest Oct 18, 2003 Wake Forest 42, Duke 13 at Duke Oct 12, 2002 Wake Forest 36, Duke 10 at Wake Forest Oct 13, 2001 Wake Forest 42, Duke 35 at Duke Nov 4, 2000 Wake Forest 28, Duke 26 at Wake Forest Nov 13, 1999 Duke 48, Wake Forest 35 at Duke Oct 10, 1998 Duke 19, Wake Forest 16 at Wake Forest Oct 25, 1997 Wake Forest 38, Duke 24 at Duke Nov 16, 1996 Wake Forest 17, Duke 16 at Wake Forest Oct 28, 1995 Duke 42, Wake Forest 26 at Duke Oct 22, 1994 20 Duke 51,Wake Forest 26 at Wake Forest Oct 23, 1993 Duke 21, Wake Forest 13 at Wake Forest Nov 7, 1992 Wake Forest 28, Duke 14 at Duke Nov 9, 1991 Wake Forest 31, Duke 14 at Wake Forest Nov 3, 1990 Duke 57, Wake Forest 20 at Duke Nov 4, 1989 Duke 52, Wake Forest 35 at Wake Forest Nov 5, 1988 Wake Forest 35, Duke 16 at Duke Nov 7, 1987 Wake Forest 30, Duke 27 at Wake Forest Nov 8, 1986 Duke 38, Wake Forest 36 at Duke Nov 9, 1985 Wake Forest 27, Duke 7 at Wake Forest Nov 10, 1984 Wake Forest 20, Duke 16 at Duke Nov 5, 1983 Duke 31, Wake Forest 21 at Wake Forest Nov 6, 1982 Duke 46, Wake Forest 26 at Duke Nov 7, 1981 Duke 31, Wake Forest 10 at Wake Forest Nov 8, 1980 Wake Forest 27, Duke 24 at Duke Nov 10, 1979 20 Wake Forest 17,Duke 14 at Wake Forest Nov 11, 1978 Duke 3, Wake Forest 0 at Duke Nov 5, 1977 Duke 38, Wake Forest 14 at Wake Forest Nov 6, 1976 Wake Forest 38, Duke 17 at Duke Nov 8, 1975 Duke 42, Wake Forest 14 at Wake Forest Nov 9, 1974 Duke 23, Wake Forest 7 at Duke Nov 10, 1973 Wake Forest 7, Duke 7 at Wake Forest Nov 11, 1972 Wake Forest 9, Duke 7 at Duke Nov 13, 1971 Wake Forest 23, Duke 7 at Wake Forest Nov 7, 1970 Wake Forest 28, Duke 14 at Duke Oct 11, 1969 Duke 27, Wake Forest 20 at Wake Forest Nov 16, 1968 Duke 18, Wake Forest 3 at Duke Sep 16, 1967 Duke 31, Wake Forest 13 Neutral site Nov 13, 1965 Duke 40, Wake Forest 7 at Duke Nov 7, 1964 Wake Forest 20, Duke 7 at Wake Forest Nov 9, 1963 Duke 39, Wake Forest 7 at Duke Nov 17, 1962 Duke 50, Wake Forest 0 at Wake Forest Oct 7, 1961 Duke 23, Wake Forest 3 at Duke Nov 12, 1960 7 Duke 34,Wake Forest 7 at Wake Forest Nov 14, 1959 Duke 27, Wake Forest 15 at Duke Nov 15, 1958 Duke 29, Wake Forest 0 at Wake Forest Oct 19, 1957 5 Duke 34,Wake Forest 7 at Duke Nov 17, 1956 Duke 26, Wake Forest 0 at Wake Forest Nov 19, 1955 Duke 14, Wake Forest 0 at Duke Nov 13, 1954 Duke 28, Wake Forest 21 at Wake Forest Sep 26, 1953 10 Duke 19,Wake Forest 0 at Duke Nov 15, 1952 Duke 14, Wake Forest 7 at Wake Forest Nov 10, 1951 Wake Forest 19, Duke 13 at Duke Nov 11, 1950 Wake Forest 13, Duke 7 at Duke Nov 5, 1949 Wake Forest 27, 16 Duke 7at Duke Nov 6, 1948 18 Wake Forest 27,Duke 20 at Duke Oct 25, 1947 15 Duke 13,11 Wake Forest 6at Wake Forest Nov 9, 1946 Duke 13, 13 Wake Forest 0at Duke Oct 13, 1945 13 Duke 26,Wake Forest 19 at Wake Forest Nov 11, 1944 20 Duke 34,12 Wake Forest 0at Duke Oct 3, 1942 Wake Forest 20, Duke 7 at Wake Forest Sep 27, 1941 Duke 43, Wake Forest 14 at Duke Oct 26, 1940 Duke 23, Wake Forest 0 at Wake Forest Oct 28, 1939 12 Duke 6,Wake Forest 0 at Duke Oct 22, 1938 9 Duke 7,Wake Forest 0 at Wake Forest Nov 6, 1937 11 Duke 67,Wake Forest 0 at Duke Nov 7, 1936 15 Duke 20,Wake Forest 0 at Wake Forest Sep 21, 1935 Duke 26, Wake Forest 7 at Duke Nov 10, 1934 Duke 28, Wake Forest 7 at Duke Oct 7, 1933 Duke 22, Wake Forest 0 at Duke Oct 21, 1932 Duke 9, Wake Forest 0 at Duke Oct 23, 1931 Duke 28, Wake Forest 0 at Duke Nov 22, 1930 Wake Forest 13, Duke 13 at Wake Forest Nov 23, 1929 Duke 20, Wake Forest 0 at Duke Nov 10, 1928 Duke 38, Wake Forest 0 at Duke Oct 29, 1927 Duke 32, Wake Forest 6 at Wake Forest Oct 30, 1926 Wake Forest 21, Duke 0 at Wake Forest Nov 7, 1925 Wake Forest 21, Duke 3 at Duke Nov 11, 1924 Wake Forest 32, Duke 0 at Duke Nov 10, 1923 Wake Forest 16, Duke 6 at Wake Forest Nov 11, 1922 Duke 3, Wake Forest 0 at Wake Forest Nov 11, 1921 Duke 17, Wake Forest 0 at Wake Forest
Every game is listed as played on the field.
