1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–5 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Peahead Walker (7th season)
Captain	Elmer Barbour, Russell Perry
Home stadium	Groves Stadium

1943 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Maryland	2	–	0	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Richmond	1	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1943 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 4–5 record and finished in fourth place in the Southern Conference.^[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Wake Forest ranked 80th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 73.4.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	3:30 p.m.	at Camp Davis*	Camp Davis, NC	L 20–24	20,000	[3][4][5]
October 2		at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	L 7–13	1,000	[6]
October 8		at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 0–7	7,500	[7]
October 16		at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 54–6	9,000	[8]
October 23		vs. VMI	Municipal Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 21–0	3,000	[9]
October 30		at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	W 41–12	5,500	[10]
November 6		North Carolina Pre-Flight*	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC	W 20–12	5,000	[11]
November 13		at Greensboro AAB*	World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	L 0–14	10,000	[12]
November 25		vs. South Carolina	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	L 2–13	7,000	[13]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
2. Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Davis To Meet Deacons Today". Wilmington Morning Star. Wilmington, North Carolina. September 25, 1943. p. 5. Retrieved April 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Camp Davis Staggers Deacons In Last Minutes". The Sunday Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. September 26, 1943. p. 8. Retrieved April 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Camp David Gets Victory On Fourth-Quarter Rally". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. United Press. September 26, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved April 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Maryland strikes down Wake, 13–7". Winston-Salem Journal. October 3, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Georgia beats Wake in close contest, 7 to 0". Winston-Salem Journal. October 9, 1943. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Deacons rout State, 54–6". The News and Observer. October 17, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Wake Forest Relies On Breaks TO Lick V.M.I., 21 To 0". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. Associated Press. October 24, 1943. p. 15. Retrieved May 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
10. "Hey, look, Mr. Wray, W-F triumphed today". The Knoxville Journal. October 31, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Demon Deacs spill Pre-Flight, 20–12". The Charlotte Observer. November 7, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Greensboro Tech-Hawks Down Wake Forest, 14 to 0". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 14, 1943. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "South Carolina takes measure of Wake Forest, 13 to 2". The Asheville Citizen. November 26, 1943. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.