1959 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
American college football season
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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 college 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]
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 ACC)
Headcoach
- Paul Amen (4th season)
Captains
- Neil MacLean
- Buck Jolly
| 1959 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (4–3 ACC) |
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| 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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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 19 | at Florida State* | W 22–20 | 19,300 | [4] | ||||
| September 27 | Virginia Tech* | W 27–18 | 9,000 | [5] | ||||
| October 3 | at Tulane* | L 0–6 | 18,000 | [6] | ||||
| October 10 | at Maryland | W 10–7 | 21,000 | [7] | ||||
| October 17 | at NC State | W 17–14 | 16,000 | [8] | ||||
| October 24 | North Carolina |
| L 19–21 | 19,000 | [9] | |||
| October 31 | Virginia |
| W 34–12 | 7,500 | [10] | |||
| November 14 | at Duke | L 15–27 | 25,000 | [11] | ||||
| November 21 | at No. 19 Clemson | L 31–33 | 34,000 | [12] | ||||
| November 28 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. South Carolina | W 43–20 | 12,600 | [13] | |||
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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 |
