1965 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1965 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to an ineligible player. This moved Clemson and NC State to 5–2, making them co-champions. Overall records do not reflect this. Duke and South Carolina were originally co-champions with records of 4–2.; Rankings from AP Poll

1965 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
1965 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1965 record	3–7 (2–4 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Tate (2nd season);
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Bowman Gray Stadium
	Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Bill Tate, the Demon Deacons compiled a 3–7 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	vs. VPI*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	L 3–12	20,000
September 25	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 11–13	17,500
October 2	Vanderbilt*	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 7–0	11,000
October 9	Maryland	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 7–10	18,000
October 16	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–38	28,000
October 23	North Carolina	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	W 12–10	17,500
October 30	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 13–26	24,000
November 6	at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 0–35	25,600
November 13	at Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 7–40	25,000
November 20	at Memphis State*	Memphis Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	W 21–20	17,800
*Non-conference game

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Jon Wilson	44/104	513
Rushing	Andy Heck	151	497
Receiving	Ken Henry	30	367

^ "ACC Champions". 2007 Football Media Guide. Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 93. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
^ "1965 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
^ "1965 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

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1965 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
NC State +	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0†
Clemson +	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0†
Duke	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0†
Wake Forest	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0†
South Carolina	0	–	6	–	0	5	–	5	–	0†

+ – Conference co-champions † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to an ineligible player. This moved Clemson and NC State to 5–2, making them co-champions. Overall records do not reflect this. Duke and South Carolina were originally co-champions with records of 4–2.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll^[2]