1965 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1965 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NC State +	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0†
Clemson +	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0†
Duke	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0†
Wake Forest	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0†
South Carolina	0	–	6	–	0			5	–	5	–	0†
+ – Conference co-champions † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to use of ineligible players. This improved Clemson and NC State from 4–3 to 5–2, making them co-champions. Overall records did not change due to the forfeits. Duke and South Carolina were originally co-champions with records of 4–2.

The 1965 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1965 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bill Tate, the Demon Deacons compiled a 3–7 record and finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/18/1965	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, Virginia	L 3-12
09/25/1965*	at NC State	Raleigh, North Carolina	L 11-13
10/02/1965	Vanderbilt	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	W 7-0
10/09/1965*	Maryland	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	L 7-10
10/16/1965*	at South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	L 7-38
10/23/1965*	UNC	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	W 12-10
10/30/1965*	at Clemson	Clemson, South Carolina	L 13-26
11/06/1965	at Florida State	Tallahassee, Florida	L 0-35
11/13/1965*	at Duke	Durham, North Carolina	L 7-40
11/20/1965	at Memphis State	Memphis, Tennessee	W 21-20

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Jon Wilson	44/104	513
Rushing	Andy Heck	151	497
Receiving	Ken Henry	30	367