1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1943 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Southern Conference
1943 record	4–5 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Peahead Walker (7th season);
Captain	Elmer Barbour, Russell Perry
Home stadium	Groves Stadium
	Seasons ← 1942 1944 →

The 1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1943 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 4–5 record and finished in fourth place in the Southern Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Camp Davis*	Holly Ridge, NC	L 20–24	20,000
October 2	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 7–13	1,000
October 8	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 0–7	7,500
October 16	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 54–6	9,000
October 23	vs. VMI	Municipal Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 21–0	3,000	^[2]
October 30	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 41–12	5,000
November 6	North Carolina Pre-Flight*	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC	W 20–12	5,000
November 13	at Greensboro AAB*	World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	L 0–14	10,000	^[3]
November 25	vs. South Carolina	Charlotte, NC	L 2–13	7,000
*Non-conference game

v t Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Venues	Gore Field (1922–1939) Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1967) Truist Field at Wake Forest (1968–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina NC State
Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896–1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1943 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Maryland	2	–	0	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Richmond	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll