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1956 Wake Forest

2–⁠5–⁠3 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Paul Amen.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1956, game by game: won at William & Mary 39–0; lost vs. Maryland 0–6; lost at Virginia 6–7; lost vs. Clemson 0–17; tied at Florida State 14–14; tied at North Carolina 6–6; won vs. NC State 13–0; tied at Virginia Tech 13–13; lost vs. Duke 0–26; lost at South Carolina 0–13+39−26Won 39–0 at William & Mary+39William & MaryLost 0–6 vs. Maryland-6MarylandLost 6–7 at Virginia-1VirginiaLost 0–17 vs. Clemson-17ClemsonTied 14–14 at Florida State0Florida StateTied 6–6 at North Carolina0North CarolinaWon 13–0 vs. NC State+13NC StateTied 13–13 at Virginia Tech0Virginia TechLost 0–26 vs. Duke-26DukeLost 0–13 at South Carolina-13South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atWilliam & MaryW 39–⁠053%
Sep 29vsMarylandL 0–⁠642%
Oct 6atVirginiaL 6–⁠763%
Oct 13vsClemsonL 0–⁠1749%
Oct 20atFlorida StateT 14–⁠1442%
Oct 27atNorth CarolinaT 6–⁠651%
Nov 3vsNC StateW 13–⁠066%
Nov 10atVirginia TechT 13–⁠1329%
Nov 17vsDukeL 0–⁠2649%
Nov 22atSouth CarolinaL 0–⁠1337%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 13–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 48th-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 1956.

Record
2–⁠5–⁠3
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
91–⁠102
Coach
Paul Amen
Elo
1445 −47 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.9 No. 62 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bill Barnes and David Lee

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 2Billy Ray Barnes BPhiladelphia Eagles

All-ACC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bo ClaxtonOGUP-2
  • Eddie MooreCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson4–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠219
Duke4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
South Carolina5–⁠27–⁠3
Maryland2–⁠2–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
NC State2–⁠43–⁠7
Wake Forest1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠5–⁠3
Virginia1–⁠43–⁠7

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