1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1968 record	2-7-1 (2-3-1 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Tate (5th year)
Home stadium	Groves Stadium

1968 ACC football standings
	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
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1968 college 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	Location	Result
09/14/1968*	NC State	Winston-Salem, NC	L 6-10
09/21/1968*	Clemson	Winston-Salem, NC	T 20-20
10/05/1968	at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	L 19-24
10/12/1968	at Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	L 6-7
10/19/1968	at #5 Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	L 27-28
10/26/1968*	UNC	Winston-Salem, NC	W 48-31
11/02/1968*	Maryland	Winston-Salem, NC	W 38-14
11/09/1968*	South Carolina	Winston-Salem, NC	L 21-34
11/16/1968*	at Duke	Durham, NC	L 3-18
11/23/1968	at Florida State	Tallahassee, FL	L 24-42

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

1. "1968 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
2. "1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.