Pittsburgh vs. Wake Forest

Pittsburgh and Wake Forest have 3 meetings on file, the first in 2018; Pittsburgh leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 2–⁠1.

Pittsburgh wins
2
Wake Forest wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2018
Longest streak
2 Pittsburgh
Current streak
1 Wake Forest
Last 10 meetings
Pittsburgh 2–⁠1
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2010s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠1
Both ranked
1 meeting: Pittsburgh 1, Wake Forest 0
Average margin
16.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Wake Forest
1–⁠1 Wake Forest’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Pittsburgh first

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

Coach against coach

YearsPittsburghSeriesWake Forest
2018–⁠2023Pat Narduzzi2–⁠1Dave Clawson

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Pittsburgh’s side (Narduzzi 2–⁠1 against Clawson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Pittsburgh and Wake Forest, 2018 on13001500170020202025

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

SirVocea Dennis Pittsburgh12 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 for loss2021 Defense

Named most valuable

Erick Hallett Pittsburgh2021

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Oct 21, 2023Wake Forest 21, Pittsburgh 17at Wake Forest
Dec 4, 202117Pittsburgh 45, 18Wake Forest 21Bank of America StadiumACC Championship Game
Nov 17, 2018Pittsburgh 34, Wake Forest 13at Wake Forest

Every game is listed as played on the field.