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1974 Wake Forest

1–⁠10 (0–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Chuck Mills.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1974, game by game: lost vs. No. 18 NC State 15–33; lost vs. William & Mary 6–17; lost vs. North Carolina 0–31; lost at No. 2 Oklahoma 0–63; lost at No. 15 Penn State 0–55; lost at No. 18 Maryland 0–47; lost vs. Virginia 0–14; lost vs. Clemson 9–21; lost at Duke 7–23; lost at South Carolina 21–34; won vs. Furman 16–10+7−63Lost 15–33 vs. No. 18 NC State-18No. 18 NC StateLost 6–17 vs. William & Mary-11William & MaryLost 0–31 vs. North Carolina-31North CarolinaLost 0–63 at No. 2 Oklahoma-63No. 2 OklahomaLost 0–55 at No. 15 Penn State-55No. 15 Penn StateLost 0–47 at No. 18 Maryland-47No. 18 MarylandLost 0–14 vs. Virginia-14VirginiaLost 9–21 vs. Clemson-12ClemsonLost 7–23 at Duke-16DukeLost 21–34 at South Carolina-13South CarolinaWon 16–10 vs. Furman+6Furman
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vs18NC StateL 15–⁠3322%
Sep 14vsWilliam & MaryL 6–⁠1746%
Sep 21vsNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠3131%
Oct 5at2OklahomaL 0–⁠634%
Oct 12at15Penn StateL 0–⁠556%
Oct 19at18MarylandL 0–⁠4710%
Oct 26vsVirginiaL 0–⁠1442%
Nov 2vsClemsonL 9–⁠2130%
Nov 9atDukeL 7–⁠2315%
Nov 16atSouth CarolinaL 21–⁠3418%
Nov 23vsFurmanW 16–⁠1049%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Furman 16–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 117th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1974.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
74–⁠348
Coach
Chuck Mills
Elo
1238 −101 this season
SP+ rating
-16.0 No. 109 of 124; offense No. 108, defense No. 100
SRS
−12.6 No. 105 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Mike Arthur, Keith Carter and Dave Mebs

1974 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland6–⁠08–⁠413
NC State4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠111
Clemson4–⁠27–⁠4
North Carolina4–⁠27–⁠5
Duke2–⁠46–⁠5
Virginia1–⁠54–⁠7
Wake Forest0–⁠61–⁠10

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