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1968 Wake Forest

2–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by William Tate.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1968, game by game: lost vs. NC State 6–10; tied vs. Clemson 20–20; lost at Minnesota 19–24; lost at Virginia Tech 6–7; lost at No. 5 Purdue 27–28; won vs. North Carolina 48–31; won vs. Maryland 38–14; lost vs. South Carolina 21–34; lost at Duke 3–18; lost at Florida State 24–42+24−18Lost 6–10 vs. NC State-4NC StateTied 20–20 vs. Clemson0ClemsonLost 19–24 at Minnesota-5MinnesotaLost 6–7 at Virginia Tech-1Virginia TechLost 27–28 at No. 5 Purdue-1No. 5 PurdueWon 48–31 vs. North Carolina+17North CarolinaWon 38–14 vs. Maryland+24MarylandLost 21–34 vs. South Carolina-13South CarolinaLost 3–18 at Duke-15DukeLost 24–42 at Florida State-18Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsNC StateL 6–⁠1040%
Sep 21vsClemsonT 20–⁠2046%
Oct 5atMinnesotaL 19–⁠2432%
Oct 12atVirginia TechL 6–⁠734%
Oct 19at5PurdueL 27–⁠2818%
Oct 26vsNorth CarolinaW 48–⁠3165%
Nov 2vsMarylandW 38–⁠1471%
Nov 9vsSouth CarolinaL 21–⁠3462%
Nov 16atDukeL 3–⁠1846%
Nov 23atFlorida StateL 24–⁠4217%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida State 42–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
2–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
212–⁠228
Coach
William Tate
Elo
1417 −61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.6 No. 50 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 4Fred Summers DBCleveland Browns

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Digit LaughridgeDBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
NC State6–⁠16–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠1–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Virginia3–⁠27–⁠3
South Carolina4–⁠34–⁠6
Duke3–⁠44–⁠6
Wake Forest2–⁠3–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Maryland2–⁠52–⁠8
North Carolina1–⁠63–⁠7

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