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1967 Wake Forest

4–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by William Tate.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1967, game by game: lost vs. Duke 13–31; lost at Clemson 6–23; lost at No. 3 Houston 6–50; lost vs. Virginia 12–14; lost at Memphis 10–42; lost at No. 5 NC State 7–24; won at North Carolina 20–10; won vs. South Carolina 35–21; won at Tulsa 31–24; won vs. Maryland 35–17+18−44Lost 13–31 vs. Duke-18DukeLost 6–23 at Clemson-17ClemsonLost 6–50 at No. 3 Houston-44No. 3 HoustonLost 12–14 vs. Virginia-2VirginiaLost 10–42 at Memphis-32MemphisLost 7–24 at No. 5 NC State-17No. 5 NC StateWon 20–10 at North Carolina+10North CarolinaWon 35–21 vs. South Carolina+14South CarolinaWon 31–24 at Tulsa+7TulsaWon 35–17 vs. Maryland+18Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsDukeL 13–⁠3140%
Sep 23atClemsonL 6–⁠2329%
Sep 29at3HoustonL 6–⁠5014%
Oct 7vsVirginiaL 12–⁠1446%
Oct 14atMemphisL 10–⁠4221%
Oct 21at5NC StateL 7–⁠2413%
Oct 28atNorth CarolinaW 20–⁠1043%
Nov 4vsSouth CarolinaW 35–⁠2145%
Nov 11atTulsaW 31–⁠2425%
Nov 17vsMarylandW 35–⁠1774%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Maryland 35–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
175–⁠256
Coach
William Tate
Elo
1467 +29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.1 No. 69 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1968

The 1968 draft
Rd 2Bob Grant LBBaltimore Colts
Rd 7Ken Henry WRSt. Louis Cardinals

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

  • Rick DeckerEAP
  • Freddie SummersBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠06–⁠4
NC State5–⁠19–⁠2
South Carolina4–⁠25–⁠5
Virginia3–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest3–⁠44–⁠6
Duke2–⁠44–⁠6
North Carolina2–⁠52–⁠8
Maryland0–⁠60–⁠9

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