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1966 Wake Forest

3–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by William Tate.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1966, game by game: lost at Virginia 10–24; lost at Maryland 7–34; lost vs. NC State 12–15; lost at Auburn 6–14; won at South Carolina 10–6; won at North Carolina 3–0; lost vs. Clemson 21–23; lost vs. Virginia Tech 0–11; won vs. Memphis 21–7; lost at Florida State 0–28+14−28Lost 10–24 at Virginia-14VirginiaLost 7–34 at Maryland-27MarylandLost 12–15 vs. NC State-3NC StateLost 6–14 at Auburn-8AuburnWon 10–6 at South Carolina+4South CarolinaWon 3–0 at North Carolina+3North CarolinaLost 21–23 vs. Clemson-2ClemsonLost 0–11 vs. Virginia Tech-11Virginia TechWon 21–7 vs. Memphis+14MemphisLost 0–28 at Florida State-28Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atVirginiaL 10–⁠2439%
Sep 24atMarylandL 7–⁠3435%
Oct 1vsNC StateL 12–⁠1539%
Oct 8atAuburnL 6–⁠1427%
Oct 15atSouth CarolinaW 10–⁠629%
Oct 22atNorth CarolinaW 3–⁠025%
Oct 29vsClemsonL 21–⁠2347%
Nov 5vsVirginia TechL 0–⁠1131%
Nov 12vsMemphisW 21–⁠728%
Nov 19atFlorida StateL 0–⁠2825%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
90–⁠162
Coach
William Tate
Elo
1407 −16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.2 No. 70 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠16–⁠4
NC State5–⁠25–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
Virginia3–⁠34–⁠6
Duke2–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠31–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠42–⁠8

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