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1949 Wake Forest

4–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by D.C. Walker.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1949, game by game: won vs. Duquesne 22–7; lost at SMU 7–13; lost at Boston College 7–13; lost vs. Georgetown 6–12; lost at No. 6 North Carolina 14–28; won vs. William & Mary 55–28; won at Clemson 35–21; won at No. 16 Duke 27–7; lost at NC State 14–27; lost at South Carolina 20–27+27−14Won 22–7 vs. Duquesne+15DuquesneLost 7–13 at SMU-6SMULost 7–13 at Boston College-6Boston CollegeLost 6–12 vs. Georgetown-6GeorgetownLost 14–28 at No. 6 North Carolina-14No. 6 North CarolinaWon 55–28 vs. William & Mary+27William & MaryWon 35–21 at Clemson+14ClemsonWon 27–7 at No. 16 Duke+20No. 16 DukeLost 14–27 at NC State-13NC StateLost 20–27 at South Carolina-7South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsDuquesneW 22–⁠778%
Sep 24atSMUL 7–⁠1329%
Sep 30atBoston CollegeL 7–⁠1350%
Oct 8vsGeorgetownL 6–⁠1266%
Oct 15at6North CarolinaL 14–⁠2818%
Oct 22vsWilliam & MaryW 55–⁠2845%
Oct 29atClemsonW 35–⁠2142%
Nov 5at16DukeW 27–⁠738%
Nov 12atNC StateL 14–⁠2764%
Nov 26atSouth CarolinaL 20–⁠2764%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 27–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The tied 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 18

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1949.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
207–⁠183
Coach
D.C. Walker
Elo
1540 −9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.2 No. 47 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ed Bradley

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Bill GregusBAP-1; UP-1
  • Ray CiciaOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina5–⁠07–⁠416
Maryland4–⁠09–⁠114
Washington and Lee3–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Duke4–⁠26–⁠3
William & Mary4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina3–⁠34–⁠6
Furman3–⁠33–⁠6
Clemson2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
The Citadel2–⁠24–⁠5
George Washington2–⁠34–⁠5
NC State3–⁠63–⁠7
Richmond2–⁠63–⁠7
Virginia Tech1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠7–⁠2
Davidson1–⁠52–⁠8

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