| 1959 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (4–3 ACC) |
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| Captain | Neil MacLean, Buck Jolly |
| Home stadium | Bowman Gray Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Clemson $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach Paul Amen, the Demon Deacons compiled a 6–4 record and finished in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]
Quarterback Norm Snead and end Pete Manning were selected by the Associated Press and United Press International as first-team players on the 1959 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.[2][3] Snead later played 16 seasons in the NFL and was a four-time All-Pro selection. Guard Nick Patella was selected to the All-ACC team by the UPI.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 20 | at Florida State* | W 22–20 | 19,300 | |||||
| September 27 | VPI* | W 27–18 | 9,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 4 | at Tulane* | L 0–6 | 18,000 | [5] | ||||
| October 10 | at Maryland | W 10–7 | 21,000 | |||||
| October 17 | at NC State | W 17–14 | 16,000 | |||||
| October 24 | North Carolina |
| L 19–21 | 19,000 | ||||
| October 31 | Virginia |
| W 34–12 | 7,500 | ||||
| November 14 | at Duke | L 15–27 | 25,000 | |||||
| November 21 | at No. 19 Clemson | L 31–33 | 34,000 | |||||
| November 28 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. South Carolina | W 43–20 | 12,600 | [6] | |||
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Team leaders
| Category | Team Leader | Att/Cth | Yds |
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| Passing | Norm Snead | 82/191 | 1,361 |
| Rushing | Neil MacLean | 105 | 373 |
| Receiving | Bobby Allen | 25 | 462 |
References
- ↑ "1959 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ↑ ""Home-Grown" All-ACC Team Picked By Associated Press". The Progress-Index. December 2, 1959. p. 24.
- 1 2 "Clemson Puts Four on All-ACC Selection". Statesville Record & Landmark. December 2, 1959. p. 17.
- ↑ "The Bugle 1960" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1960. p. 325. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Tulane hands Deacs first defeat, 6 to 0". The News and Observer. October 4, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Green, Ronald (November 27, 1959). "Snead's Arm Give Wake TD Edge Here". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 6. Retrieved May 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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