1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
Appearance
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 4–5–1 (3–4–1 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Captain | George Wirtz |
Home stadium | Gore Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Duke $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 4 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington and Lee | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VPI | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1938 college football season. In its second season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record and finished in ninth place in the Southern Conference.[1]
Wake Forest guard Louis Trunzo was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1938 All-Southern Conference football team.[2]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 17 | Randolph–Macon* |
| W 57–6 | 5,000 | [3] | ||
September 24 | at North Carolina | L 6–14 | 14,000 | [4] | |||
September 30 | vs. The Citadel | W 31–0 | 5,000 | [5] | |||
October 8 | at South Carolina | W 20–19 | 6,500 | [6] | |||
October 15 | at NC State | L 7–19 | 17,000 | [7] | |||
October 22 | vs. No. 9 Duke | L 0–7 | 10,000 | [8] | |||
October 28 | Clemson |
| L 0–7 | 7,500 | [9] | ||
November 5 | at VMI |
| T 6–6 | 4,000 | [10] | ||
November 12 | vs. Western Maryland* | L 13–20 | [11] | ||||
November 24 | vs. Davidson |
| W 21–0 | 7,000 | [12] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ "Five Duke Gridmen On All-South Team". Pottstown Mercury. December 1, 1938. p. 12.
- ^ "Jackets overpowered by Wake Forest, 57 to 6". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 18, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tar Heels batter Wake Forest, 14–6". The Sunday Star. September 25, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wake Forest rolls over The Citadel". The State. October 1, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Deacons rally to nip Gamecocks, 20 to 19". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 9, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wolfpack downs Deacons, 19–7". The Greenville News. October 16, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke beats Deacons 7–0". Winston-Salem Journal. October 23, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wake Forest holds Clemson to 7–0 win". The Atlanta Constitution. October 29, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wake Forest fights V.M.I. to 6–6 deadlock". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 6, 1938. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "W. Md. upsets Wake Forest eleven, 20–13". The Baltimore Sun. November 13, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wake Forest downs scrapping Davidsons, 21–0". The Charlotte Observer. November 25, 1938. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.