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1976 Wake Forest

5–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Chuck Mills.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1976, game by game: lost vs. Virginia Tech 6–23; won vs. NC State 20–18; lost at Vanderbilt 24–27; won at Kansas State 13–0; lost at No. 1 Michigan 0–31; won vs. Clemson 20–14; lost at No. 5 Maryland 15–17; lost vs. Virginia 17–18; lost vs. North Carolina 14–34; won at Duke 38–17; won at No. 20 South Carolina 10–7+21−31Lost 6–23 vs. Virginia Tech-17Virginia TechWon 20–18 vs. NC State+2NC StateLost 24–27 at Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltWon 13–0 at Kansas State+13Kansas StateLost 0–31 at No. 1 Michigan-31No. 1 MichiganWon 20–14 vs. Clemson+6ClemsonLost 15–17 at No. 5 Maryland-2No. 5 MarylandLost 17–18 vs. Virginia-1VirginiaLost 14–34 vs. North Carolina-20North CarolinaWon 38–17 at Duke+21DukeWon 10–7 at No. 20 South Carolina+3No. 20 South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsVirginia TechL 6–⁠2338%
Sep 11vsNC StateW 20–⁠1836%
Sep 18atVanderbiltL 24–⁠2729%
Sep 25atKansas StateW 13–⁠035%
Oct 2at1MichiganL 0–⁠3113%
Oct 9vsClemsonW 20–⁠1461%
Oct 16at5MarylandL 15–⁠1713%
Oct 23vsVirginiaL 17–⁠1879%
Oct 30vsNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠3449%
Nov 6atDukeW 38–⁠1725%
Nov 13at20South CarolinaW 10–⁠725%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 10–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 45th-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 1976.

Consensus All-AmericanBill Armstrong, DB

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 3rd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠206
Coach
Chuck Mills
Elo
1458 +59 this season
SP+ rating
-1.6 No. 81 of 132; offense No. 99, defense No. 55
SRS
3.9 No. 55 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Armstrong

All-ACC

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland5–⁠011–⁠18
North Carolina4–⁠19–⁠3
Wake Forest3–⁠35–⁠6
Duke2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
NC State2–⁠33–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia1–⁠32–⁠9
Clemson0–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠2

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