1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1968 NCAA University Division 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.^[1]

1968 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	2–7–1 (2–3–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Tate (5th season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Groves Stadium
Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

1968 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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	4	–	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 Virginia's game against Navy counted in the conference standings.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 14	NC State	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 6–10	30,000	[2]
September 21	Clemson	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	T 20–20	20,221	[3]
October 5	at Minnesota*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 19–24	39,277	[4]
October 12	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 6–7	31,000	[5]
October 19	at No. 5 Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium [West Lafayette, IN	L 27–28	57,694	[6]
October 26	North Carolina	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	W 48–31	30,000	[7]
November 2	Maryland	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 38–14	15,500	[8]
November 9	South Carolina	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	L 21–34	16,000	[9]
November 16	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 3–18	17,500	[10]
November 23	at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 24–42	35,108	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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