1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach John Mackovic, the team compiled an 8–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and lost to LSU in the 1979 Tangerine Bowl.[1]
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Tangerine Bowl, L 10–34 vs. LSU | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| 1979 record | 8–4 (3–2 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Groves Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 North Carolina | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Location | Result | Attendance |
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| 09/08/1979 | Appalachian State | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | W 30-23 | |
| 09/15/1979 | at #12 Georgia | Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia | W 22-21 | |
| 09/22/1979 | East Carolina | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | W 23-20 | |
| 09/29/1979* | at #16 North Carolina State | Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina | L 14-17 | |
| 10/06/1979 | at Virginia Tech | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia | W 19-14 | |
| 10/13/1979* | at #14 North Carolina | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina | W 24-19 | |
| 10/20/1979* | Maryland | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | W 25-17 | |
| 10/27/1979 | #13 Auburn | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | W 42-38 | |
| 11/03/1979* | at Clemson | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina | L 0-31 | |
| 11/10/1979* | Duke | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina | W 17-14 | |
| 11/17/1979 | at South Carolina | Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina | L 14-35 | |
| 12/22/1979 | LSU | Orlando Stadium • Orlando, Florida (Tangerine Bowl) | L 10-34 |
Team leaders
| Category | Team Leader | Att/Cth | Yds |
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| Passing | Jay Venuto | 198/363 | 2,432 |
| Rushing | James McDougald | 260 | 1,177 |
| Receiving | Wayne Baumgardner | 55 | 1,000 |
References
- "1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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