Duke vs. Wake Forest: The All-Time Series

Every Duke–Wake Forest meeting from 1980-81 to 2025-26, game by game.

64-30
94 meetings
33-9
at Cameron
26-19
on the road
5-2
neutral floors
3 W
current streak

Where the Series Stands

Duke and Wake Forest have met 94 times since the 1980-81 season, and Duke leads the series 64-30. From Duke's side that is 33-9 in Cameron Indoor Stadium, 26-19 on Wake Forest's home floor and 5-2 on neutral floors. The first meeting in this span came on Jan 14, 1981, a Duke loss 73-76; the most recent was Jan 24, 2026, a Duke win 90-69.

Duke has won the last 3 in a row. The longest runs either way in this span are 14 straight Duke wins and 9 straight Duke losses. The widest Duke win was 43 points, 94-51 on Mar 4, 2015; the widest loss was 35 points, 53-88 on Mar 5, 1982. One of the 94 has gone to overtime.

Seven of the meetings have come in the postseason, all of them in the ACC Tournament. The other 87 were regular-season games.

The Series by Era

The same series looks like a different rivalry depending on which Duke team is playing it. Broken out by the eras in which the two teams met:

EraRecordPct
Foundation5-9.357
First Dynasty11-6.647
Transition3-6.333
Second Dynasty12-2.857
Between Crowns6-3.667
Resurgence + Title9-1.900
One-and-Done Superteam13-1.929
Scheyer Era5-2.714

Every Duke–Wake Forest Meeting

All 94 games, oldest first. Each season links to that team's page, where the roster, the full schedule and the season's statistics live.

Every Duke men's basketball game against Wake Forest since 1980-81
SeasonDateSiteResultScore
1980-81Jan 14CameronL73-76
1980-81Feb 14AwayL52-58
1981-82Jan 13AwayL48-58
1981-82Feb 13CameronL71-86
1981-82Mar 5NeutralL53-88
1982-83Jan 19CameronL84-88
1982-83Feb 19AwayL104-110
1983-84Jan 18AwayL66-97
1983-84Feb 18AwayW79-77
1984-85Jan 17CameronL89-91
1984-85Jan 30AwayW76-70
1985-86Jan 16CameronW92-63
1985-86Feb 1AwayW68-58
1985-86Mar 7NeutralW68-60
1986-87Jan 17CameronW69-49
1986-87Jan 31AwayW62-60
1987-88Jan 23AwayW103-70
1987-88Feb 11CameronW98-67
1988-89Dec 21CameronW94-88
1988-89Jan 21AwayL71-75
1988-89Mar 10NeutralW88-64
1989-90Jan 20AwayW97-69
1989-90Feb 18CameronW71-56
1990-91Jan 14CameronW89-67
1990-91Feb 16AwayL77-86
1991-92Jan 25CameronW84-68
1991-92Feb 23AwayL68-72
1992-93Jan 13AwayW86-59
1992-93Feb 13CameronL86-98
1993-94Jan 13CameronL68-69
1993-94Feb 13AwayL69-78
1994-95Jan 11AwayL64-74
1994-95Feb 11CameronL61-62
1994-95Mar 10NeutralL70-87
1995-96Jan 10CameronL54-57
1995-96Feb 11AwayL65-79
1996-97Jan 11CameronL69-81
1996-97Feb 5AwayW73-68
1997-98Jan 14AwayW88-52
1997-98Feb 14CameronW78-47
1998-99Jan 13AwayW82-72
1998-99Feb 13CameronW102-71
1999-00Jan 22AwayW75-61
1999-00Feb 22AwayW96-78
1999-00Mar 11NeutralW82-73
2000-01Jan 24CameronW85-62
2000-01Feb 24AwayW82-80
2001-02Jan 19CameronW103-80
2001-02Feb 21AwayW90-61
2001-02Mar 9NeutralW79-64
2002-03Jan 12CameronW74-55
2002-03Feb 13AwayL80-94
2003-04Jan 17CameronW84-72
2003-04Feb 18AwayL84-90
2004-05Feb 2AwayL89-92
2004-05Feb 20CameronW102-92
2005-06Jan 8AwayW82-64
2005-06Feb 14CameronW93-70
2005-06Mar 11NeutralW78-66
2006-07Jan 18CameronW62-40
2007-08Feb 17AwayL73-86
2008-09Jan 28AwayL68-70
2008-09Feb 22CameronW101-91
2009-10Jan 17CameronW90-70
2010-11Jan 22AwayW83-59
2011-12Jan 19CameronW91-73
2011-12Feb 28AwayW79-71
2012-13Jan 5CameronW80-62
2012-13Jan 30AwayW75-70
2013-14Feb 4CameronW83-63
2013-14Mar 5AwayL72-82
2014-15Jan 7AwayW73-65
2014-15Mar 4CameronW94-51
2015-16Jan 6AwayW91-75
2015-16Mar 1CameronW79-71
2016-17Jan 28AwayW85-83
2016-17Feb 18CameronW99-94
2017-18Jan 13CameronW89-71
2017-18Jan 23AwayW84-70
2018-19Jan 8AwayW87-65
2018-19Mar 5CameronW71-70
2019-20Jan 11CameronW90-59
2019-20Feb 25AwayL101-113 2OT
2020-21Jan 9CameronW79-68
2020-21Feb 17AwayW84-60
2021-22Jan 12AwayW76-64
2021-22Feb 15CameronW76-74
2022-23Dec 20AwayL70-81
2022-23Jan 31CameronW75-73
2023-24Feb 12CameronW77-69
2023-24Feb 24AwayL79-83
2024-25Jan 25AwayW63-56
2024-25Mar 3CameronW93-60
2025-26Jan 24CameronW90-69

The Brotherhood in This Series

239 of the profiled players on this site were on a Duke roster for at least one of these meetings. These were on the roster for the most of them:

PlayerMeetings
Nick Horvath12
Nate James11
Danny Ferry10
John Smith10
Quin Snyder10
Matt Christensen10
Andre Buckner10
Andy Borman10
Casey Sanders10
Amile Jefferson10
Justin Robinson10
Doug McNeely9

Roster overlap, not box scores: this says a player was on the Duke roster in a season the two teams met, not that he played in the game. Game-by-game box scores are the next layer being built.

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