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1959 Wake Forest

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Paul Amen.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1959, game by game: won at Florida State 22–20; won vs. Virginia Tech 27–18; lost at Tulane 0–6; won at Maryland 10–7; won at NC State 17–14; lost vs. North Carolina 19–21; won vs. Virginia 34–12; lost at Duke 15–27; lost at No. 19 Clemson 31–33; won vs. South Carolina 43–20+23−12Won 22–20 at Florida State+2Florida StateWon 27–18 vs. Virginia Tech+9Virginia TechLost 0–6 at Tulane-6TulaneWon 10–7 at Maryland+3MarylandWon 17–14 at NC State+3NC StateLost 19–21 vs. North Carolina-2North CarolinaWon 34–12 vs. Virginia+22VirginiaLost 15–27 at Duke-12DukeLost 31–33 at No. 19 Clemson-2No. 19 ClemsonWon 43–20 vs. South Carolina+23South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atFlorida StateW 22–⁠2031%
Sep 26vsVirginia TechW 27–⁠1853%
Oct 3atTulaneL 0–⁠649%
Oct 10atMarylandW 10–⁠735%
Oct 17atNC StateW 17–⁠1445%
Oct 24vsNorth CarolinaL 19–⁠2149%
Oct 31vsVirginiaW 34–⁠1281%
Nov 14atDukeL 15–⁠2736%
Nov 21at19ClemsonL 31–⁠3321%
Nov 28vsSouth CarolinaW 43–⁠2047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 43–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 38th-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 1959.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠178
Coach
Paul Amen
Elo
1481 +66 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.2 No. 46 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Neil MacLean and Buck Jolly

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Pete ManningEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Nick PatellaOGUPI-1
  • Norm SneadB

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠19–⁠211
North Carolina5–⁠25–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠25–⁠5
Wake Forest4–⁠36–⁠4
South Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Duke2–⁠34–⁠6
NC State0–⁠61–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠50–⁠10

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