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1960 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1960
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
short_conf	ACC
record	2–8
conf_record	2–5
head_coach	Bill Hildebrand
hc_year	1st
captain	Norm Snead
captain2	Wayne Wolf
stadium	Bowman Gray Stadium

The 1960 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1960 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Hildebrand, the team compiled a 2–8 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Quarterback Norm Snead was selected by the United Press International as a first-team player on the 1960 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team. Snead later played 16 seasons in the NFL and was a four-time All-Pro selection.

Schedule

| September 24 ||No. 9 Clemson|Bowman Gray Stadium| Winston-Salem, NC | L 7–28 |22,000|

| October 1 |at| Florida State|Doak Campbell Stadium| Tallahassee, FL | L 6–14 |19,100|

| October 8 |at| Virginia Tech|Miles Stadium| Blacksburg, VA | L 13–22 |11,000|

| October 15 |at| North Carolina|Kenan Memorial Stadium| Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry) | W 13–12 |36,000|

| October 22 || Maryland|Bowman Gray Stadium| Winston-Salem, NC | L 13–14 |11,000|

| October 29 |at| Virginia|Scott Stadium| Charlottesville, VA | W 28–20 |12,000|

| November 5 || NC State|Bowman Gray Stadium| Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry) | L 12–14 |14,500|

| November 12 ||No. 7 Duke|Bowman Gray Stadium| Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)| L 7–34 |16,500|

| November 19 |at| LSU|Tiger Stadium| Baton Rouge, LA | L 0–16 |49,909|

| November 26 |at| South Carolina|Carolina Stadium| Columbia, SC | L 20–41 |15,000|

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Norm Snead	123/259	1,676
Rushing	Bobby Robinson	57	232
Receiving	Bobby Allen	23	391

References

"1960 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
Bob Gately. (November 28, 1960). "All-ACC Team". Kingsport Times.
(September 25, 1960). "Wake passes help Clemson to 28–7 win". The Charlotte Observer.
(October 2, 1960). "Deacons tripped, 14–6". Daily Press.
(October 9, 1960). "VPI downs Wake Forest". Kingsport Times-News.
(October 16, 1960). "Wake Forest scores late to top Tar Heels, 13–12". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(October 23, 1960). "Terps defeat Wake". Greensboro Daily News.
(October 30, 1960). "Wake Forest staggers past Cavaliers, 28–20". The Charlotte Observer.
(November 6, 1960). "N.C. State takes measure of Wake Forest, 14 to 12". The Times and Democrat.
(November 13, 1960). "Aroused Blue Devils rip Deacons, 34–7". The Greenville News.
(November 20, 1960). "LSU stifles Deacons, 16–0". The Atlanta Journal.
(November 27, 1960). "South Carolina mauls Deacs, 41–20, in ACC". The Progress-Index.

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