1923 Wake Forest Baptists football team

The 1923 Wake Forest Baptists football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1923 college football season. In its first season under head coach Hank Garrity, the team compiled a 6–3 record.[1] After a particularly impressive win against Trinity College (predecessor of Duke University), in the following issue of the school newspaper, the editor of the paper, Mayon Parker (1924 Wake Forest graduate), first referred to the team as "Demon Deacons," in recognition of what he called their "devilish" play and fighting spirit. Henry Belk, Wake Forest's news director, and Garrity liked the title and used it often, so the popularity of the term grew.

1923 Wake Forest Baptists football
ConferenceIndependent
1923 record6–3
Head coach
1923 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tennessee Docs      6 0 2
VMI      9 1 0
West Virginia      7 1 1
Loyola (LA)      5 1 1
Navy      5 1 3
Middle Tennessee      4 1 0
Quantico Marines      7 2 1
Wake Forest      6 3 0
William & Mary      6 3 0
Louisville      5 3 0
Delaware      5 3 1
Trinity (NC)      5 4 0
Catholic University      4 4 0
Texas Mines      3 4 0
Richmond      3 5 0
Georgetown      3 6 0
East Tennessee State      3 6 0
Tulsa      2 5 1
Davidson      3 7 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 23 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC L 0–22
October 6 Guilford Wake Forest, NC W 41–0
October 13 Lynchburg Wake Forest, NC W 25–0
October 20 at Davidson Charlotte, NC W 6–0
October 27 at Florida Tampa, FL L 7–16
November 10 Trinity (Duke) Wake Forest, NC W 16–6
November 17 Elon Wake Forest, NC W 9–6
November 24 NC State Wake Forest, NC W 14–0
November 29 at South Carolina Columbia, SC L 7–14

References

  1. "1923 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.


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