1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–5–1 (3–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Wirtz
Home stadiumGore Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Clemson 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
VMI 4 – 0 – 3 6 – 1 – 4
North Carolina 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Richmond 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Washington and Lee 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
NC State 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
South Carolina 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Wake Forest 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
The Citadel 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Maryland 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Davidson 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Furman 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
William & Mary 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1938 college football season. In its second season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record and finished in ninth place in the Southern Conference.[1]

Wake Forest guard Louis Trunzo was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1938 All-Southern Conference football team.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Randolph–Macon*
W 57–65,000[3]
September 24 at North Carolina
L 6–1414,000[4]
September 30 vs. The Citadel
W 31–05,000[5]
October 8 at South Carolina
W 20–196,500[6]
October 15 at NC State
L 7–1917,000[7]
October 22 vs. No. 9 Duke
L 0–710,000[8]
October 28 Clemson
  • Gore Field
  • Wake Forest, NC
L 0–77,500[9]
November 5 at VMI
T 6–64,000 [10]
November 12 vs. Western Maryland*
L 13–20 [11]
November 24 vs. Davidson
W 21–07,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Five Duke Gridmen On All-South Team". Pottstown Mercury. December 1, 1938. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Jackets overpowered by Wake Forest, 57 to 6". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 18, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tar Heels batter Wake Forest, 14–6". The Sunday Star. September 25, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wake Forest rolls over The Citadel". The State. October 1, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Deacons rally to nip Gamecocks, 20 to 19". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 9, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wolfpack downs Deacons, 19–7". The Greenville News. October 16, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Duke beats Deacons 7–0". Winston-Salem Journal. October 23, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Wake Forest holds Clemson to 7–0 win". The Atlanta Constitution. October 29, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wake Forest fights V.M.I. to 6–6 deadlock". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 6, 1938. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "W. Md. upsets Wake Forest eleven, 20–13". The Baltimore Sun. November 13, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Wake Forest downs scrapping Davidsons, 21–0". The Charlotte Observer. November 25, 1938. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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