1939 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1939 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Southern Conference
1939 record 7–3 (3–3 Southern)
Head coach Peahead Walker (3rd season)
1939 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Duke $ 5 0 0  8 1 0
No. 12 Clemson 4 0 0  9 1 0
North Carolina 5 1 0  8 1 1
VMI 3 1 1  6 3 1
Richmond 3 1 1  7 1 2
Furman 3 3 0  5 4 0
Wake Forest 3 3 0  7 3 0
William & Mary 1 1 1  6 2 1
NC State 2 4 0  2 8 0
Washington and Lee 1 2 0  3 4 1
South Carolina 1 3 0  3 6 1
VPI 1 4 1  4 5 1
Davidson 1 7 0  2 7 0
Maryland 0 1 0  2 7 0
The Citadel 0 4 0  3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1939 college football season. In its third season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 7–3 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Southern Conference.[1]

Wake Forest tackle Ruppert Pate was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1939 All-Southern Conference football team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentLocationResult
09/16/1939ElonGreensboro, NCW 34-0
09/23/1939*South CarolinaWake Forest, NCW 19-7
09/30/1939*at UNCChapel Hill, NCL 6-36
10/06/1939at Miami (FL)Coral Gables, FLW 33-0
10/14/1939*at NC StateRaleigh, NCW 32-0
10/21/1939Western MarylandWake Forest, NCW 66-0
10/28/1939*at DukeDurham, NCL 0-6
11/04/1939at MarshallHuntington, WVW 14-13
11/11/1939*at ClemsonClemson, SCL 7-20
11/30/1939*DavidsonCharlotte, NCW 46-7

References

  1. "1939 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. "All Southern Loop Team Is Listed by AP". Panama City Pilot. December 1, 1939. p. 3.
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