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1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1940
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Southern Conference
short_conf	SoCon
record	7–3
conf_record	4–2
head_coach	Peahead Walker
hc_year	4th
captain	Jimmy Ringgold
stadium	Groves Stadium

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.

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

Wake Forest was ranked at No. 57 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

Schedule

| September 21 || |Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC | W 79–0 |1,500|

| September 28 |at| North Carolina|Kenan Memorial Stadium| Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)| W 12–0 |21,000|

| October 5 || Furman|Groves Stadium| Wake Forest, NC | W 19–0 |4,000|

| October 12 |at| Clemson|Riggs Field| Clemson, SC | L 0–39 |18,000|

| October 19 || Marshall|Groves Stadium| Wake Forest, NC | W 31–19 |5,000|

| October 26 || Duke|Groves Stadium| Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)| L 0–23 |21,000|

| November 1 |at| George Washington|Griffith Stadium|Washington, DC| W 18–0 |10,000|

| November 9 |at| NC State|Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry)| W 20–14 |10,000|

| November 16 |at| Texas Tech|Tech Field| Lubbock, TX | L 7–12 |10,000|

| November 28 |vs| South Carolina|American Legion Memorial Stadium| Charlotte, NC | W 7–6 |9,000|

References

"1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(December 4, 1940). "Duke Nabs Honors on Southern Grid Eleven". San Bernardino Sun.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe.
(September 22, 1940). "Wake Forest wins, 79–0". The News and Observer.
(September 29, 1940). "Wake Forest upsets Carolina, 12–0". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
(October 6, 1940). "It was right day for Deacs to win". The News and Observer.
(October 13, 1940). "Clemson smothers Wake Forest, 39–0". The Atlanta Constitution.
Joynes MacFarlan. (October 20, 1940). "Wake Forest Bowls Over Strong Marshall Herd, 31-19: Gallovich Hot With Long Gallops". The Charlotte Observer.
(October 27, 1940). "Duke Tops Deacs, Lach Gallops 61". The News and Observer.
(November 2, 1940). "Wake Forest wins, 18–0". The News and Observer.
(November 10, 1940). "Wake Forest rallies to defeat NC State Wolfpack". The State.
(November 17, 1940). "Raiders defeat Wake Forest in 12–7 thriller". Big Spring Daily Herald.
Miller, Sam. (November 29, 1940). "Both Sides Almost Happy, Not Quote, After Battle Here". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
Miller, Sam. (November 29, 1940). "Stadium Game Colorful (continued)". [[The Charlotte Observer]].

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