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Rivalry History

Duke-Wake Forest

Duke and Wake Forest have met 104 times since 1889. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

Series snapshot

Record
59-40-2
Current streak
Duke 3 games
Longest streak
Duke 12 games (1952-1963)
Avg. margin / points
15.9 / 41.8

Series overview

Duke 59-40-2 Wake Forest. Current streak: Duke 3 games.

Last five meetings

Duke 3 | Wake Forest 2

Largest margin

67 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1889 through 2024.
  • 101 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Nov 30, 2024.

Related pages

Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.

Rivalry guide

What this rivalry is

Duke and Wake Forest have a tracked series that starts in 1889 and spans 104 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1889-2024
Busiest era
1930s, 10 games
Longest pause
1 years (1942-1944)
  • 1930s10 games
  • 1950s10 games
  • 1970s10 games
  • 1980s10 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2024 - Nov 30, 2024

Duke 23, Wake Forest 17. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

1973 - Nov 10, 1973

Duke 7, Wake Forest 7. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

2010 - Sep 11, 2010

Duke 48, Wake Forest 54. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

1937 - Nov 6, 1937

Duke 67, Wake Forest 0. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Duke 3, Wake Forest 2 across 5 games
Last ten
Duke 6, Wake Forest 4 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Balanced scoring profile; average total 41.8, average margin 15.9.
Current streak
Duke 3 games

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Jordan Moore

    Duke, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 861

  • Maalik Murphy

    Duke, 2024

    Passing Yards: 2932

  • Star Thomas

    Duke, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 871

  • Demond Claiborne

    Wake Forest, 2024

    Rushing Yards: 1048

  • Hank Bachmeier

    Wake Forest, 2024

    Passing Yards: 2593

  • Taylor Morin

    Wake Forest, 2024

    Receiving Yards: 756

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Dave Clawson

    Wake Forest - 2019-2024 - 35-29

  • Mike Elko

    Duke - 2022-2023 - 16-9

  • David Cutcliffe

    Duke - 2019-2021 - 8-16

  • Manny Diaz

    Duke - 2024 - 9-4

Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Nov 30, 2024Duke at Wake ForestDuke 23, Wake Forest 17Venue unavailableDuke
Nov 2, 2023Wake Forest at DukeDuke 24, Wake Forest 21Venue unavailableDuke
Nov 26, 2022Wake Forest at DukeDuke 34, Wake Forest 31Venue unavailableDuke
Oct 30, 2021Duke at Wake ForestDuke 7, Wake Forest 45Venue unavailableWake Forest
Nov 24, 2019Duke at Wake ForestDuke 27, Wake Forest 39Venue unavailableWake Forest
Nov 24, 2018Wake Forest at DukeDuke 7, Wake Forest 59Venue unavailableWake Forest
Nov 25, 2017Duke at Wake ForestDuke 31, Wake Forest 23Venue unavailableDuke
Sep 10, 2016Wake Forest at DukeDuke 14, Wake Forest 24Venue unavailableWake Forest
Nov 28, 2015Duke at Wake ForestDuke 27, Wake Forest 21Venue unavailableDuke
Nov 30, 2014Wake Forest at DukeDuke 41, Wake Forest 21Venue unavailableDuke