1995 Wake Forest

1–⁠10 (0–⁠8 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Caldwell.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1995, game by game: lost vs. App State 22–24; lost at Tulane 9–35; lost vs. Clemson 14–29; won at Navy 30–7; lost at No. 11 Virginia 17–35; lost vs. Maryland 6–9; lost at No. 1 Florida State 13–72; lost at North Carolina 7–31; lost at Duke 26–42; lost vs. Georgia Tech 23–24; lost vs. NC State 23–52+23−59Lost 22–24 vs. App State-2App StateLost 9–35 at Tulane-26TulaneLost 14–29 vs. Clemson-15ClemsonWon 30–7 at Navy+23NavyLost 17–35 at No. 11 Virginia-18No. 11 VirginiaLost 6–9 vs. Maryland-3MarylandLost 13–72 at No. 1 Florida State-59No. 1 Florida StateLost 7–31 at North Carolina-24North CarolinaLost 26–42 at Duke-16DukeLost 23–24 vs. Georgia Tech-1Georgia TechLost 23–52 vs. NC State-29NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 52–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 109th-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 1995.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠8 9th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
190–⁠360
Coach
Jim Caldwell
Elo
1288 −107 this season
SP+ rating
-15.9 No. 93 of 107; offense No. 87, defense No. 88
SRS
−11.2 No. 89 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jan Quarless
Defensive coordinator
Chris Allen
Captains
Tucker Grace and Elton Ndoma-Ogar
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

All-ACC

1 first team

First team

  • Tucker GraceLBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State7–⁠110–⁠24
Virginia7–⁠19–⁠416
Clemson6–⁠28–⁠4
Georgia Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
North Carolina4–⁠47–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠46–⁠5
NC State2–⁠63–⁠8
Duke1–⁠73–⁠8
Wake Forest0–⁠81–⁠10

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