1959 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1959 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Clemson $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Duke	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Virginia	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1959 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Paul Amen, the Demon Deacons compiled a 6–4 record and finished in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Quarterback Norm Snead and end Pete Manning were selected by the Associated Press and United Press International as first-team players on the 1959 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team. Snead later played 16 seasons in the NFL and was a four-time All-Pro selection. Guard Nick Patella was selected to the All-ACC team by the UPI.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/20/1959	at Florida State	Tallahassee, FL	W 22-20
09/27/1959	Virginia Tech	Winston-Salem, NC	W 27-18
10/04/1959	at Tulane	New Orleans, LA	L 0-6
10/11/1959*	at Maryland	College Park, MD	W 10-7
10/18/1959*	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	W 17-14
10/25/1959*	North Carolina	Winston-Salem, NC	L 19-21
11/01/1959*	Virginia	Winston-Salem, NC	W 34-12
11/15/1959*	at Duke	Durham, NC	L 15-27
11/22/1959*	at #19 Clemson	Clemson, SC	L 31-33
11/27/1959*	South Carolina	Charlotte, NC	W 43-20

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Norm Snead	82/191	1,361
Rushing	Neil MacLean	105	373
Receiving	Bobby Allen	25	462