1962 Wake Forest

0–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Billy Hildebrand.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1962, game by game: lost at Army 14–40; lost vs. Maryland 2–13; lost vs. Clemson 7–24; lost at South Carolina 6–27; lost at Virginia 12–14; lost at North Carolina 14–23; lost at Tennessee 0–23; lost at Virginia Tech 8–37; lost vs. Duke 0–50; lost vs. NC State 3–27+7−50Lost 14–40 at Army-26ArmyLost 2–13 vs. Maryland-11MarylandLost 7–24 vs. Clemson-17ClemsonLost 6–27 at South Carolina-21South CarolinaLost 12–14 at Virginia-2VirginiaLost 14–23 at North Carolina-9North CarolinaLost 0–23 at Tennessee-23TennesseeLost 8–37 at Virginia Tech-29Virginia TechLost 0–50 vs. Duke-50DukeLost 3–27 vs. NC State-24NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 27–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 112th-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 1962.

Led the nationDonny Frederic: kickoff return yards (660 yds)

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
66–⁠278
Coach
Billy Hildebrand
Elo
1275 −178 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−14.3 No. 101 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Shendow

1962 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke6–⁠08–⁠2
Clemson5–⁠16–⁠4
Maryland5–⁠26–⁠4
South Carolina3–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
NC State3–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠43–⁠7
Virginia1–⁠45–⁠5
Wake Forest0–⁠70–⁠10

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