Georgia vs. Wake Forest

Georgia and Wake Forest have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1943; Wake Forest leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Wake Forest 2–⁠1, and Wake Forest has won the last 2.

Georgia wins
1
Wake Forest wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1943
Longest streak
2 Wake Forest
Current streak
2 Wake Forest
Last 10 meetings
Wake Forest 2–⁠1
Most recent
1979

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠1
1970s0–⁠1
Average margin
5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgia
1–⁠2 Georgia’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgia and Wake Forest, 1943 on130015001700190019501960197019801990200020102020

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

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1944 game: Wake Forest Defeats Georgia IA To z In Bulldogs First Game Deacons Victorious In See, ond Game OF Season

    1944 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 30, 1944

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 15, 1979Wake Forest 22, 12Georgia 21at Georgia
Sep 29, 1944Wake Forest 14, Georgia 7at Georgia
Oct 8, 1943Georgia 7, Wake Forest 0at Georgia

Every game is listed as played on the field.