1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Gator Bowl, W 26–14 vs. South Carolina
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 19
1945 record5–3–1 (4–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainNick Sacrinty
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Southern Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   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, defeated South Carolina in the first Gator Bowl game, and was ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll.[1]

The team defeated No. 16 Clemson in the final game of the regular season, and its three losses were to teams that were ranked in the final AP Poll: No. 1 Army, No. 13 Duke, and No. 14 Tennessee.

The team played its home games at Groves Stadium in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 at Tennessee*
L 6–716,000
October 6 at Army*
L 0–5410,000
October 13 No. 13 Duke
L 19–2620,000
October 20at NC State
W 19–1817,000
November 3Presbyterian*
  • Groves Stadium
  • Wake Forest, NC
W 53–91,500
November 17at North Carolina
W 14–1320,000
November 22South CarolinaCharlotte, NCT 13–1316,000
December 1at No. 16 Clemson
W 13–616,000
January 1, 1946South Carolina
W 26–1412,000[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Wake Forest In 26-14 Victory In Gator Bowl: 12,000 See Deacons Win Over Gamecocks". Tampa Morning Tribune. January 2, 1946. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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