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1960 Wake Forest

2–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Billy Hildebrand.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1960, game by game: lost vs. No. 9 Clemson 7–28; lost at Florida State 6–14; lost at Virginia Tech 13–22; won at North Carolina 13–12; lost vs. Maryland 13–14; won at Virginia 28–20; lost vs. NC State 12–14; lost vs. No. 7 Duke 7–34; lost at LSU 0–16; lost at South Carolina 20–41+8−27Lost 7–28 vs. No. 9 Clemson-21No. 9 ClemsonLost 6–14 at Florida State-8Florida StateLost 13–22 at Virginia Tech-9Virginia TechWon 13–12 at North Carolina+1North CarolinaLost 13–14 vs. Maryland-1MarylandWon 28–20 at Virginia+8VirginiaLost 12–14 vs. NC State-2NC StateLost 7–34 vs. No. 7 Duke-27No. 7 DukeLost 0–16 at LSU-16LSULost 20–41 at South Carolina-21South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vs9ClemsonL 7–⁠2839%
Oct 1atFlorida StateL 6–⁠1440%
Oct 8atVirginia TechL 13–⁠2237%
Oct 15atNorth CarolinaW 13–⁠1233%
Oct 22vsMarylandL 13–⁠1453%
Oct 29atVirginiaW 28–⁠2066%
Nov 5vsNC StateL 12–⁠1453%
Nov 12vs7DukeL 7–⁠3433%
Nov 19atLSUL 0–⁠1620%
Nov 26atSouth CarolinaL 20–⁠4142%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 41–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 81st-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 1960.

Led the nationNorm Snead: passing yards (1,676 yds)

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
119–⁠215
Coach
Billy Hildebrand
Elo
1379 −108 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.5 No. 83 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Norm Snead and Wayne Wolf

Drafted in 1961

The 1961 draft
Rd 1Norm Snead QBWashington Redskins
Rd 5Bob McCreary OTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Norm Snead QBBuffalo Bills (AFL)

All-ACC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bobby AllenEUPI-2
  • Wayne WolffOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1960 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1960 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠18–⁠310
NC State4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Maryland5–⁠26–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠26–⁠4
South Carolina3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina2–⁠53–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠52–⁠8
Virginia0–⁠60–⁠10

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