1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1948 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–4 record, finished in fifth place in the Southern Conference, and lost to Baylor in the 1949 Dixie Bowl.[1]

1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Dixie Bowl, L 7–20 vs. Baylor
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 20
1948 record6–4 (5–2 Southern)
Head coach
1948 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 11 Clemson $ 5 0 0  11 0 0
No. 3 North Carolina 4 0 1  9 1 1
VMI 5 1 0  6 3 0
No. 17 William & Mary 5 1 1  7 2 2
No. 20 Wake Forest 5 2 0  6 4 0
Maryland 4 2 0  6 4 0
Duke 3 2 1  4 3 2
Richmond 3 3 1  5 3 2
Washington and Lee 2 2 0  4 6 0
Furman 2 4 0  2 6 1
George Washington 2 4 0  4 6 0
Davidson 2 5 0  3 5 1
South Carolina 1 3 0  3 5 0
NC State 1 4 1  3 6 1
VPI 0 6 1  0 8 1
The Citadel 0 5 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Back Bill Gregus and end John O'Quinn were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1948 All-Southern Conference football team.[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 18* at George Washington Washington DC W 27–13
September 24 at Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA L 9–26
October 2* at William & Mary Williamsburg, VA W 21–12
October 9* No. 2 North Carolina Wake Forest, NC L 6–28
October 16 at Duquesne Pittsburgh, PA W 41–15
October 30* NC State Wake Forest, NC W 34–13
November 6* at Duke Durham, NC W 27–7
November 13* No. 10 Clemson Winston-Salem, NC L 14–21
November 25* at South Carolina Columbia, SC W 38–0
January 1, 1949 Baylor Birmingham, AL (Dixie Bowl) L 7–20
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. "Maryland Places Krouse On Team". The Morning Herald, Hagerstown. November 30, 1948. p. 10.
  3. https://godeacs.com/news/2017/1/1/In_Memoriam_Deacs_Who_Passed_in_2016.aspx
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