American college football season
| 1960 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 2–8 (2–5 ACC) |
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| Captain | Norm Snead, Wayne Wolf |
| Home stadium | Bowman Gray Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Duke $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the: 1960 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Hildebrand, the——team compiled a 2–8 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Quarterback Norm Snead was selected by, the United Press International as a first-team player on the 1960 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team. Snead later played 16 seasons in the "NFL." And was a four-time All-Pro selection.
Schedule※
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | No. 9 Clemson | L 7–28 | 22,000 | ||||
| October 1 | at Florida State* | L 6–14 | 19,100 | ||||
| October 8 | at VPI* | L 13–22 | 11,000 | ||||
| October 15 | at North Carolina | W 13–12 | 36,000 | ||||
| October 22 | Maryland |
| L 13–14 | 11,000 | |||
| October 29 | at Virginia | W 28–20 | 12,000 | ||||
| November 5 | NC State |
| L 12–14 | 14,500 | |||
| November 12 | No. 7 Duke |
| L 7–34 | 16,500 | |||
| November 19 | at LSU* | L 0–16 | 49,909 | ||||
| November 26 | at South Carolina | L 20–41 | 15,000 | ||||
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Team leaders※
| Category | Team Leader | Att/Cth | Yds |
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| Passing | Norm Snead | 123/259 | 1,676 |
| Rushing | Bobby Robinson | 57 | 232 |
| Receiving | Bobby Allen | 23 | 391 |
References※
- ^ "1960 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
- ^ "1960 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ Bob Gately (November 28, 1960). "All-ACC Team". Kingsport Times. p. 6.
- ^ "Wake passes help Clemson——to 28–7 win". The Charlotte Observer. September 25, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Deacons tripped, 14–6". Daily Press. October 2, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "VPI downs Wake Forest". Kingsport Times-News. October 9, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wake Forest scores late to top Tar Heels, 13–12". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 16, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Terps defeat Wake". Greensboro Daily News. October 23, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wake Forest staggers past Cavaliers, 28–20". The Charlotte Observer. October 30, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "N.C. State takes measure of Wake Forest, 14 to 12". The Times and Democrat. November 6, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aroused Blue Devils rip Deacons, 34–7". The Greenville News. November 13, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU stifles Deacons, 16–0". The Atlanta Journal. November 20, 1960. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "South Carolina mauls Deacs, 41–20, in ACC". The Progress-Index. November 27, 1960. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.