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1988 Wake Forest

6–⁠4–⁠1 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Dooley.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1988, game by game: won at Villanova 31–11; won vs. Illinois State 35–0; lost at NC State 6–14; lost at No. 19 Michigan 9–19; won vs. North Carolina 42–24; won at Maryland 27–24; lost vs. Virginia 14–34; lost vs. No. 15 Clemson 21–38; won at Duke 35–16; won vs. Georgia Tech 28–24; tied vs. App State 34–34+35−20Won 31–11 at Villanova+20VillanovaWon 35–0 vs. Illinois State+35Illinois StateLost 6–14 at NC State-8NC StateLost 9–19 at No. 19 Michigan-10No. 19 MichiganWon 42–24 vs. North Carolina+18North CarolinaWon 27–24 at Maryland+3MarylandLost 14–34 vs. Virginia-20VirginiaLost 21–38 vs. No. 15 Clemson-17No. 15 ClemsonWon 35–16 at Duke+19DukeWon 28–24 vs. Georgia Tech+4Georgia TechTied 34–34 vs. App State0App State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atVillanovaW 31–⁠1142%
Sep 10vsIllinois StateW 35–⁠081%
Sep 17atNC StateL 6–⁠1453%
Sep 24at19MichiganL 9–⁠1931%
Oct 8vsNorth CarolinaW 42–⁠2467%
Oct 15atMarylandW 27–⁠2448%
Oct 22vsVirginiaL 14–⁠3466%
Oct 29vs15ClemsonL 21–⁠3836%
Nov 5atDukeW 35–⁠1635%
Nov 12vsGeorgia TechW 28–⁠2471%
Nov 19vsApp StateT 34–⁠3485%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied App State 34–⁠34; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 28th-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 1988.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
282–⁠238
Coach
Bill Dooley
Elo
1518 +24 this season
SP+ rating
4.9 No. 43 of 102; offense No. 42, defense No. 48
SRS
5.0 No. 36 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Bob Pruett
Captains
Mike Elkins and Ernie Purnsley

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 2Mike Elkins QBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 2David Braxton LBMinnesota Vikings

All-ACC

2 first team

First team

  • A.J. GreeneDBAP-1
  • Martin BaileyPAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠110–⁠29
Virginia5–⁠27–⁠4
NC State4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
Wake Forest4–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Maryland4–⁠35–⁠6
Duke3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
North Carolina1–⁠61–⁠10
Georgia Tech0–⁠73–⁠8

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