1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1964 record 5–5 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach Bill Tate (1st season)
1964 ACC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
NC State $ 5 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Duke 3 –2 –1  4 –5 –1
Maryland 4 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
North Carolina 4 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Wake Forest 4 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
South Carolina 2 –3 –1  3 –5 –2
Clemson 2 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Virginia 1 –5 –0  5 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 1964 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Tate, the team compiled a 5–5 record and finished in a three-way tie for third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[2]

Three players received first-team All-ACC honors from the Associated Press: fullback Brian Piccolo, quarterback John Mackovic, and end Richard Cameron.[3] Piccolo was a unanimous selection for the all-conference team,[3] and was also selected as a first-team All-American by Football News.[4][5] He set three ACC records in 1964 with 1,044 rushing yards, 111 points scored, and 17 touchdowns.[3] Piccolo also led the nation in 1964 in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, and points scored.[6] He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year, yet went unselected in the both the AFL and NFL drafts.[7] Mackovic led the Demon Deacons with 1,340 passing yards while completing 89 of 195 passes. Cameron caught 29 passes for 410 yards.[8]

Schedule

DateOpponentLocationResult
09/19/1964*at VirginiaCharlottesville, VAW 31-21
09/26/1964Virginia TechRoanoke, VAW 38-21
10/03/1964*at UNCChapel Hill, NCL 0-23
10/10/1964at VanderbiltNashville, TNL 6-9
10/17/1964*ClemsonWinston-Salem, NCL 2-21
10/24/1964*at MarylandCollege Park, MDW 21-17
10/31/1964at Memphis StateMemphis, TNL 14-23
11/07/1964*DukeWinston-Salem, NCW 20-7
11/14/1964*at South CarolinaColumbia, SCL 13-23
11/20/1964*NC StateWinston-Salem, NCW 27-13

Team leaders

CategoryTeam LeaderAtt/CthYds
PassingJohn Mackovic89/1951,340
RushingBrian Piccolo2521,044
ReceivingRichard Cameron29410

References

  1. ↑ "1964 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Fishman, Piccolo On All-ACC Team". Cumberland Evening Times. November 27, 1964. pp. 40–41.
  4. ↑ "More Honors: FN releases 33-man team". The Freso Bee. 1964-11-24. referenced April 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ The Associated Press and Newspaper Enterprise Association selected Piccolo as a second-team All-American behind Gale Sayers, who would later be Piccolo's roommate with the Chicago Bears, as depicted in the film Brian's Song.
  6. ↑ "Piccolo top grid scorer". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. December 10, 1964. p. 62.
  7. ↑ "Pro loops bypass Wake's Piccolo". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. South Carolina. Associated Press. November 30, 1964. p. 9.
  8. ↑ "1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
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