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1941 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1941
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Southern Conference
short_conf	SoCon
record	5–5–1
conf_record	4–2–1
head_coach	Peahead Walker
hc_year	5th
captain	Cal Givler
captain2	John Polanski
stadium	Groves Stadium

The 1941 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record (4–2–1 against conference opponents), finished seventh in the Southern Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 218 to 168.

Guard Carl Givler was selected by both the Associated Press and United Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Southern Conference football team.

Wake Forest was ranked at No. 72 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.

Schedule

|September 20|at|||Wilmington, NC|W 65-0|10,000|

| September 27 |at| Duke|Duke Stadium|Durham NC (rivalry)| L 14-43|13,500|

| October 4 |at|Furman|Sirrine Stadium| Greenville, SC | W 52-13|8,000|

|October 11|at|South Carolina|Carolina Stadium|Columbia, SC|T 6-6|10,000|

|October 18|at|NC State|Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry)|W 7-0|15,000|

|October 25||North Carolina|Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)|W 13-0|14,000|

|November 1|at|Marshall||Huntington, WV|L 6-16|10,000|

| November 8 |at| Boston College|Alumni Field|Chestnut Hill, MA | L 6-26|13,446|

| November 15 |at| Clemson|Riggs Field| Clemson, SC | L 0-29|11,000|

|November 20|at|George Washington|Griffith Stadium|Washington, DC|W 42-0|5,000|

|November 29||Texas Tech|American Legion Memorial Stadium| Charlotte, NC|L 6-25|7,000|

References

"1941 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(2 December 1941). "All Southern Conference Team Paced by Duke". The Delta Democrat-Times.
(November 29, 1941). "All-Southern Conference Team". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal.
(September 22, 1941). "Deacon Mentor Pleased With Opening Game". The Asheville Citizen.
(September 28, 1941). "Wake Forest Swamped By Blue Devils, 43-14". Asheville Citizen-Times.
Scoop Latimer. (October 5, 1941). "Wake Forest Routs Crippled Furman Team, 52-13". Greenville News.
Alderman Duncan. (October 12, 1941). "Carolina Birds And Wake Forest Deacons Finish 6-All: Both Elevens Score By The Passing Route". The Greenville News.
Frank B. Gilbreth. (October 19, 1941). "Perry Canters Over Goal For Deacon Victory". The High Point Enterprise.
(October 26, 1941). "Deacons Defeat Uncoordinated Tar Heels, 13-0". The Daily Tar Heel.
(November 2, 1941). "Marshall Chalks Up Decision Over Wake Forest, 16-0". Asheville Citizen-Times.
(November 9, 1941). "Deacons Put Up Hard Fight In Losing To Boston College, 26-6". Asheville Citizen Times.
Anthony Foy. (November 16, 1941). "Tigers Flash Might To Whip Wake Forest, 29-0: Payne, Butler Pace Bengals Over Deacons". The Greenville News.
(November 21, 1941). "Cline Is Star Of Deacons' Win Over Colonials, 42-0". The Asheville Citizen.
(November 30, 1941). "Wake Forest Falls Before Raiders, 35-6". Austin American-Statesman.

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