Wake Forest vs. Western Carolina

Wake Forest and Western Carolina have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1982; Wake Forest leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Wake Forest 4–⁠0, and Wake Forest has won the last 4.

Wake Forest wins
4
Western Carolina wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1982
Longest streak
4 Wake Forest
Current streak
4 Wake Forest
Last 10 meetings
Wake Forest 4–⁠0
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s2–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
22.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Wake Forest
4–⁠0 Wake Forest’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 Wake Forest and Western Carolina, 1982 on1300150017001990200020102020

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

Demond Claiborne Wake Forest10 carries, 193 yards, 3 TD2025 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 6, 2025Wake Forest 42, Western Carolina 10at Wake Forest
Sep 14, 1991Wake Forest 40, Western Carolina 24at Wake Forest
Sep 17, 1983Wake Forest 21, Western Carolina 0at Wake Forest
Sep 4, 1982Wake Forest 31, Western Carolina 10at Wake Forest

Every game is listed as played on the field.