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1950 Wake Forest

6–⁠1–⁠2 (6–⁠1–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by D.C. Walker.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1950, game by game: tied at Boston College 7–7; won vs. Richmond 43–0; won at William & Mary 47–0; won at North Carolina 13–7; won vs. George Washington 13–7; lost vs. No. 16 Clemson 12–13; won at Duke 13–7; tied vs. NC State 6–6; won at South Carolina 14–7+47−1Tied 7–7 at Boston College0Boston CollegeWon 43–0 vs. Richmond+43RichmondWon 47–0 at William & Mary+47William & MaryWon 13–7 at North Carolina+6North CarolinaWon 13–7 vs. George Washington+6George Washingt…Lost 12–13 vs. No. 16 Clemson-1No. 16 ClemsonWon 13–7 at Duke+6DukeTied 6–6 vs. NC State0NC StateWon 14–7 at South Carolina+7South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atBoston CollegeT 7–⁠743%
Sep 30vsRichmondW 43–⁠078%
Oct 7atWilliam & MaryW 47–⁠040%
Oct 14atNorth CarolinaW 13–⁠743%
Oct 21vsGeorge WashingtonW 13–⁠775%
Oct 28vs16ClemsonL 12–⁠1364%
Nov 11atDukeW 13–⁠747%
Nov 18vsNC StateT 6–⁠676%
Nov 25atSouth CarolinaW 14–⁠764%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 19
  2. Wk 5: 17
  3. Wk 8: 16

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 1950.

Record
6–⁠1–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1–⁠1 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
168–⁠54
Coach
D.C. Walker
Elo
1643 +116 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.6 No. 44 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bob Auffarth

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 2Jim Staton OTWashington Redskins
Rd 2Bill George LBChicago Bears

All-Southern Conference

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill MillerBAP-2; UP-2
  • Ed ListopadOTAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee6–⁠08–⁠318
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠110
VMI5–⁠16–⁠4
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Duke5–⁠27–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠4
NC State4–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary3–⁠34–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠2
Furman2–⁠42–⁠8–⁠1
West Virginia1–⁠32–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠53–⁠6
Richmond1–⁠82–⁠8
Virginia Tech0–⁠80–⁠10

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