1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 7–3 record and finished in third place in the Southern Conference.[1]

1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1940 record7–3 (4–2 Southern)
Head coach
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Clemson $ 4 0 0  6 2 1
No. 18 Duke 4 1 0  7 2 0
Wake Forest 4 2 0  7 3 0
William & Mary 2 1 1  6 2 1
North Carolina 3 2 0  6 4 0
Richmond 3 2 0  7 3 0
VMI 3 2 1  7 2 1
Furman 4 3 0  5 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 1 1  2 7 1
VPI 2 3 0  5 5 0
NC State 3 5 0  3 6 0
Maryland 0 1 1  2 6 1
South Carolina 1 3 0  3 6 0
Davidson 1 5 0  5 5 0
The Citadel 0 4 0  4 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Wake Forest back Tony Gallovich was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1940 All-Southern Conference football team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 21 William Jewell Wake Forest, NC W 79–0
September 28* at UNC Chapel Hill, NC W 12–0
October 5* Furman Wake Forest, NC W 19–0
October 12* at Clemson Clemson, SC L 0–39
October 19 Marshall Wake Forest, NC W 31–19
October 26* Duke Wake Forest, NC L 0–23
November 1 at George Washington Washington DC W 18–0
November 9* at NC State Raleigh, NC W 20–14
November 16 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX L 7–12
November 28* South Carolina Charlotte, NC W 7–6

References

  1. "1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. "Duke Nabs Honors on Southern Grid Eleven". San Bernardino Sun. December 4, 1940. p. 14.
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