1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Southern Conference
1940 record 7–3 (4–2 Southern)
Head coach Peahead Walker (4th season)
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Clemson $ 4 0 0  6 2 1
No. 18 Duke 4 1 0  7 2 0
Wake Forest 4 2 0  7 3 0
William & Mary 2 1 1  6 2 1
North Carolina 3 2 0  6 4 0
Richmond 3 2 0  7 3 0
VMI 3 2 1  7 2 1
Furman 4 3 0  5 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 1 1  2 7 1
VPI 2 3 0  5 5 0
NC State 3 5 0  3 6 0
Maryland 0 1 1  2 6 1
South Carolina 1 3 0  3 6 0
Davidson 1 5 0  5 5 0
The Citadel 0 4 0  4 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 7–3 record and finished in third place in the Southern Conference.[1]

Wake Forest back Tony Gallovich was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1940 All-Southern Conference football team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentLocationResult
09/21/1940William JewellWake Forest, NCW 79-0
09/28/1940*at UNCChapel Hill, NCW 12-0
10/05/1940*FurmanWake Forest, NCW 19-0
10/12/1940*at ClemsonClemson, SCL 0-39
10/19/1940MarshallWake Forest, NCW 31-19
10/26/1940*DukeWake Forest, NCL 0-23
11/01/1940at George WashingtonWashington DCW 18-0
11/09/1940*at NC StateRaleigh, NCW 20-14
11/16/1940at Texas TechLubbock, TXL 7-12
11/28/1940*South CarolinaCharlotte, NCW 7-6

References

  1. "1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. "Duke Nabs Honors on Southern Grid Eleven". San Bernardino Sun. December 4, 1940. p. 14.
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