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1975 Wake Forest

3–⁠8 (3–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Chuck Mills.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1975, game by game: lost vs. SMU 7–14; won at No. 15 NC State 30–22; lost vs. App State 17–19; lost vs. Kansas State 16–17; lost at Clemson 14–16; lost vs. No. 19 Maryland 0–27; won at Virginia 66–21; won at North Carolina 21–9; lost vs. Duke 14–42; lost at South Carolina 26–37; lost at Virginia Tech 10–40+45−30Lost 7–14 vs. SMU-7SMUWon 30–22 at No. 15 NC State+8No. 15 NC StateLost 17–19 vs. App State-2App StateLost 16–17 vs. Kansas State-1Kansas StateLost 14–16 at Clemson-2ClemsonLost 0–27 vs. No. 19 Maryland-27No. 19 MarylandWon 66–21 at Virginia+45VirginiaWon 21–9 at North Carolina+12North CarolinaLost 14–42 vs. Duke-28DukeLost 26–37 at South Carolina-11South CarolinaLost 10–40 at Virginia Tech-30Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsSMUL 7–⁠1432%
Sep 13at15NC StateW 30–⁠2210%
Sep 20vsApp StateL 17–⁠1952%
Sep 27vsKansas StateL 16–⁠1737%
Oct 11atClemsonL 14–⁠1628%
Oct 18vs19MarylandL 0–⁠2719%
Oct 25atVirginiaW 66–⁠2140%
Nov 1atNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠933%
Nov 8vsDukeL 14–⁠4251%
Nov 15atSouth CarolinaL 26–⁠3730%
Nov 22atVirginia TechL 10–⁠4020%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 40–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 94th-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 1975.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
221–⁠264
Coach
Chuck Mills
Elo
1350 +25 this season
SP+ rating
-12.8 No. 107 of 132; offense No. 85, defense No. 117
SRS
−5.8 No. 93 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Doug Benfield, Clark Gaines and Lew Henderson

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠09–⁠2–⁠113
Duke3–⁠0–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Wake Forest3–⁠33–⁠8
NC State2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠32–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia0–⁠41–⁠10

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