1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1938 record4–5–1 (3–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Wirtz
Home stadiumGore Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Southern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 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[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Randolph–Macon*
W 57–65,000
September 24 at North Carolina
L 6–1414,000
September 30 vs. The Citadel Charlotte, NC W 31–05,000
October 8 at South Carolina
W 20–196,500
October 15 at NC State
L 7–1914,000
October 22 vs. No. 9 Duke Winston-Salem, NC L 0–710,000
October 28 Clemson
  • Gore Field
  • Wake Forest, NC
L 0–77,500
November 5 at VMI
T 6–64,000 [3]
November 12 Western Maryland*
  • Gore Field
  • Wake Forest, NC
L 13–20
November 24 vs. Davidson Charlotte, NC W 21–05,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  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. ^ "Wake Forest fights V.M.I. to 6–6 deadlock". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 6, 1938. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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