Wingate was a Junior College in 1960. The football team that year tore through the conference without a loss defeating arch rival Gardner-Webb twice, 19-0 at home and 13-0 at "The Webb". Wingate's Bulldogs were nationally ranked among Junior Colleges at the end of the season and were invited to play in the Pine Bowl game in Texas.
The Bulldogs lost a close game in Texas but the stories the players tell of the trip to Texas, the game and the bus ride home are a part of the legend and lore of Wingate football.
Sadly, in 1963 Wingate dropped football.
In 1985 Football was reinstated after Wingate became a 4 year Senior College. Those young men on that first Wingate Senior College team have stories of that year that are also part of the legend and lore of Wingate Football.
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