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1936 Wake Forest

5–⁠4 (2–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by Jim Weaver.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1936, game by game: lost at North Carolina 7–14; won at NC State 9–0; won vs. Wofford 32–0; won vs. Clemson 6–0; lost at George Washington 12–13; won vs. Presbyterian 19–0; lost vs. No. 15 Duke 0–20; won vs. Erskine 19–6; lost at Davidson 6–19+32−20Lost 7–14 at North Carolina-7North CarolinaWon 9–0 at NC State+9NC StateWon 32–0 vs. Wofford+32WoffordWon 6–0 vs. Clemson+6ClemsonLost 12–13 at George Washington-1George Washingt…Won 19–0 vs. Presbyterian+19PresbyterianLost 0–20 vs. No. 15 Duke-20No. 15 DukeWon 19–6 vs. Erskine+13ErskineLost 6–19 at Davidson-13Davidson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠1415%
Oct 3atNC StateW 9–⁠031%
Oct 10vsWoffordW 32–⁠088%
Oct 16vsClemsonW 6–⁠042%
Oct 23atGeorge WashingtonL 12–⁠1330%
Oct 31vsPresbyterianW 19–⁠085%
Nov 7vs15DukeL 0–⁠2024%
Nov 13vsErskineW 19–⁠686%
Nov 26atDavidsonL 6–⁠1934%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Davidson 19–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠3 10th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
110–⁠72
Coach
Jim Weaver
Elo
1412 +40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.3 No. 73 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ed Rogers

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Raleigh “Hobo” DanielRBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke7–⁠09–⁠111
North Carolina6–⁠18–⁠2
Furman4–⁠17–⁠2
VMI5–⁠26–⁠4
Maryland4–⁠26–⁠5
Washington and Lee3–⁠24–⁠5
Davidson4–⁠35–⁠4
Clemson3–⁠35–⁠5
Virginia Tech4–⁠55–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠35–⁠4
NC State2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina2–⁠55–⁠7
Richmond1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠2
Virginia1–⁠52–⁠7
The Citadel0–⁠44–⁠6
William & Mary0–⁠51–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.