1960 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1960 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1960 record	2–8 (2–5 ACC)
Head coach	Billy Hildebrand (1st year)

1960 ACC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1960 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1960 college football season. In its first season under head coach Billy Hildebrand, the team compiled a 2–8 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).^[2]

Quarterback Norm Snead was selected by the United Press International as a first-team player on the 1960 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team.^[3] Snead later played 16 seasons in the NFL and was a four-time All-Pro selection.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/24/1960*	#9 Clemson	Winston-Salem, NC	L 7-28
10/01/1960	at Florida State	Tallahassee, FL	L 6-14
10/08/1960	at Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	L 13-22
10/15/1960*	at UNC	Chapel Hill, NC	W 13-12
10/22/1960*	Maryland	Winston-Salem, NC	L 13-14
10/29/1960*	at Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	W 28-20
11/05/1960*	NC State	Winston-Salem, NC	L 12-14
11/12/1960*	#7 Duke	Winston-Salem, NC	L 7-34
11/19/1960	at LSU	Baton Rouge, LA	L 0-16
11/26/1960*	at South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 20-41

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
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 Forest Demon Deacons football

Venues	Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1965) BB&T Field (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry

Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter

People	NFL draftees

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