1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football | |
---|---|
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 2–7–1 (2–3–1 ACC) |
Head coach |
|
Captain | Game captains |
Home stadium | Groves Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The 1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Bill Tate, the Demon Deacons compiled a 2–7–1 record and finished in sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 14 | NC State | L 6–10 | 30,000 | ||||
September 21 | Clemson |
| T 20–20 | 20,221 | [3] | ||
October 5 | at Minnesota* | L 19–24 | 39,277 | ||||
October 12 | at VPI* | L 6–7 | 31,000 | ||||
October 19 | at No. 5 Purdue* | L 27–28 | 57,694 | ||||
October 26 | North Carolina |
| W 48–31 | 30,000 | |||
November 2 | Maryland |
| W 38–14 | 15,500 | |||
November 9 | South Carolina |
| L 21–34 | 16,000 | |||
November 16 | at Duke | L 3–18 | 17,500 | ||||
November 23 | at Florida State* | L 24–42 | 35,108 | ||||
|
Team leaders
Category | Team Leader | Att/Cth | Yds |
---|---|---|---|
Passing | Freddie Summers | 125/250 | 1,664 |
Rushing | Freddie Summers | 159 | 439 |
Receiving | Ron Jurewicz | 28 | 451 |
References
- ↑ "1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ "1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Clemson Football Media Guide - 1969". Clemson University. 1968. p. 9. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.