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1955 Wake Forest

5–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Tom Rogers.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1955, game by game: won vs. Virginia Tech 13–0; won vs. South Carolina 34–19; lost at West Virginia 0–46; lost at Maryland 7–28; tied at NC State 13–13; won vs. North Carolina 25–0; lost at Clemson 13–19; won vs. William & Mary 13–7; won at Virginia 13–7; lost at Duke 0–14+25−46Won 13–0 vs. Virginia Tech+13Virginia TechWon 34–19 vs. South Carolina+15South CarolinaLost 0–46 at West Virginia-46West VirginiaLost 7–28 at Maryland-21MarylandTied 13–13 at NC State0NC StateWon 25–0 vs. North Carolina+25North CarolinaLost 13–19 at Clemson-6ClemsonWon 13–7 vs. William & Mary+6William & MaryWon 13–7 at Virginia+6VirginiaLost 0–14 at Duke-14Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsVirginia TechW 13–⁠040%
Sep 24vsSouth CarolinaW 34–⁠1947%
Oct 1atWest VirginiaL 0–⁠4625%
Oct 8atMarylandL 7–⁠2816%
Oct 15atNC StateT 13–⁠1358%
Oct 22vsNorth CarolinaW 25–⁠061%
Oct 29atClemsonL 13–⁠1933%
Nov 5vsWilliam & MaryW 13–⁠769%
Nov 12atVirginiaW 13–⁠763%
Nov 19atDukeL 0–⁠1425%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

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 1955.

Record
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
131–⁠153
Coach
Tom Rogers
Elo
1488 +59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.1 No. 56 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Bartholomew and Nick Consoles

All-ACC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Bob BartholomewOTAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland4–⁠010–⁠13
Duke4–⁠07–⁠2–⁠1
Clemson3–⁠17–⁠3
Wake Forest3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠33–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠53–⁠6
NC State0–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia0–⁠41–⁠9

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