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1965 Wake Forest

3–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by William Tate.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1965, game by game: lost at Virginia Tech 3–12; lost at NC State 11–13; won vs. Vanderbilt 7–0; lost vs. Maryland 7–10; lost at South Carolina 7–38; won vs. North Carolina 12–10; lost at Clemson 13–26; lost at Florida State 0–35; lost at Duke 7–40; won at Memphis 21–20+7−35Lost 3–12 at Virginia Tech-9Virginia TechLost 11–13 at NC State-2NC StateWon 7–0 vs. Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltLost 7–10 vs. Maryland-3MarylandLost 7–38 at South Carolina-31South CarolinaWon 12–10 vs. North Carolina+2North CarolinaLost 13–26 at Clemson-13ClemsonLost 0–35 at Florida State-35Florida StateLost 7–40 at Duke-33DukeWon 21–20 at Memphis+1Memphis
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atVirginia TechL 3–⁠1231%
Sep 25atNC StateL 11–⁠1339%
Oct 2vsVanderbiltW 7–⁠059%
Oct 9vsMarylandL 7–⁠1051%
Oct 16atSouth CarolinaL 7–⁠3840%
Oct 23vsNorth CarolinaW 12–⁠1036%
Oct 30atClemsonL 13–⁠2634%
Nov 6atFlorida StateL 0–⁠3519%
Nov 13atDukeL 7–⁠4028%
Nov 20atMemphisW 21–⁠2017%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Memphis 21–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
88–⁠204
Coach
William Tate
Elo
1384 −66 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.8 No. 85 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Joe CarazoDBAP-1; UPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠26–⁠4
South Carolina4–⁠25–⁠5
NC State4–⁠36–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠35–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
North Carolina3–⁠34–⁠6
Virginia2–⁠44–⁠6
Wake Forest1–⁠53–⁠7

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