1969 Wake Forest

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Cal Stoll.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1969, game by game: won at NC State 22–21; lost at No. 20 Auburn 0–57; won vs. Virginia Tech 16–10; lost vs. Maryland 14–19; lost vs. Duke 20–27; lost at Clemson 14–28; lost at North Carolina 3–23; won at Virginia 23–21; lost vs. South Carolina 6–24; lost at Miami 7–49+7−57Won 22–21 at NC State+1NC StateLost 0–57 at No. 20 Auburn-57No. 20 AuburnWon 16–10 vs. Virginia Tech+6Virginia TechLost 14–19 vs. Maryland-5MarylandLost 20–27 vs. Duke-7DukeLost 14–28 at Clemson-14ClemsonLost 3–23 at North Carolina-20North CarolinaWon 23–21 at Virginia+2VirginiaLost 6–24 vs. South Carolina-18South CarolinaLost 7–49 at Miami-42Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 49–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
125–⁠279
Coach
Cal Stoll
Elo
1342 −102 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−14.7 No. 100 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Moore

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 4Ed George OTPittsburgh Steelers

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

  • Joe DobnerCAP
  • John MazalewskiLBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
South Carolina6–⁠07–⁠4
NC State3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
North Carolina3–⁠35–⁠5
Clemson3–⁠34–⁠6
Duke3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Maryland3–⁠33–⁠7
Wake Forest2–⁠53–⁠7
Virginia1–⁠53–⁠7

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