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1964 Wake Forest

5–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by William Tate.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1964, game by game: won at Virginia 31–21; won at Virginia Tech 38–21; lost at North Carolina 0–23; lost at Vanderbilt 6–9; lost vs. Clemson 2–21; won at Maryland 21–17; lost at Memphis 14–23; won vs. Duke 20–7; lost at South Carolina 13–23; won vs. NC State 27–13+17−23Won 31–21 at Virginia+10VirginiaWon 38–21 at Virginia Tech+17Virginia TechLost 0–23 at North Carolina-23North CarolinaLost 6–9 at Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltLost 2–21 vs. Clemson-19ClemsonWon 21–17 at Maryland+4MarylandLost 14–23 at Memphis-9MemphisWon 20–7 vs. Duke+13DukeLost 13–23 at South Carolina-10South CarolinaWon 27–13 vs. NC State+14NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atVirginiaW 31–⁠2130%
Sep 26atVirginia TechW 38–⁠2118%
Oct 3atNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠2321%
Oct 10atVanderbiltL 6–⁠947%
Oct 17vsClemsonL 2–⁠2142%
Oct 24atMarylandW 21–⁠1728%
Oct 31atMemphisL 14–⁠2316%
Nov 7vsDukeW 20–⁠730%
Nov 14atSouth CarolinaL 13–⁠2349%
Nov 20vsNC StateW 27–⁠1341%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat NC State 27–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 58th-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 1964.

Led the nationBrian Piccolo: rushing yards (1,044 yds), rushing touchdowns (15 TD), points (111 pts)

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
172–⁠178
Coach
William Tate
Elo
1426 +109 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.7 No. 67 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • John MackovicBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State5–⁠25–⁠5
Duke3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
North Carolina4–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest4–⁠35–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠35–⁠5
South Carolina2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Clemson2–⁠43–⁠7
Virginia1–⁠55–⁠5

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