1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
AP No. 19
1945 record 5–3–1 (4–1–1 Southern)
Head coach Peahead Walker (9th season)
1945 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 Duke $ 4 0 0  6 2 0
No. 19 Wake Forest 4 1 1  5 3 1
William & Mary 4 2 0  6 3 0
Clemson 2 1 1  6 3 1
Maryland 3 2 0  6 2 1
VMI 3 2 0  5 4 0
North Carolina 2 2 0  5 4 0
NC State 2 4 0  3 6 0
VPI 2 5 0  2 6 0
South Carolina 0 3 2  2 4 3
Richmond 0 4 0  2 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1945 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record, finished in second place in the Southern Conference, and defeated South Carolina in the 1946 Gator Bowl.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentLocationResult
09/29/1945at TennesseeKnoxville, TNL 6-7
10/06/1945at ArmyWest Point, NYL 0-54
10/13/1945*#13 DukeWake Forest, NCL 19-26
10/20/1945*at NC StateRaleigh, NCW 19-18
11/03/1945PresbyterianWake Forest, NCW 53-9
11/17/1945*at UNCChapel Hill, NCW 14-13
11/22/1945*South CarolinaCharlotte, NCT 13-13
12/01/1945*at #16 ClemsonClemson, SCW 13-6
01/01/1946South CarolinaJacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)W 28-14

References

  1. "1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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