1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team information
American college football season
1964Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Record
5–5 (4–3 ACC)
Head coach
Bill Tate (1st season)
Captain
Game captains
Home stadium
Bowman Gray Stadium
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
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 NCAA University Division 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 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]
^"1964 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
^"1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
^ abc"Fishman, Piccolo On All-ACC Team". Cumberland Evening Times. November 27, 1964. pp. 40–41.
^"More Honors: FN releases 33-man team". The Freso Bee. November 24, 1964.referenced April 3, 2009.
^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.
^"Piccolo top grid scorer". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. December 10, 1964. p. 62.
^"Pro loops bypass Wake's Piccolo". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. South Carolina. Associated Press. November 30, 1964. p. 9.
^"1964 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
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