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1942 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1942
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Southern Conference
short_conf	SoCon
record	6–2–1
conf_record	6–1–1
head_coach	Peahead Walker
hc_year	6th
captain	Pat Preston
stadium	Groves Stadium

The 1942 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1942 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and finished in third place in the Southern Conference.

Back John Cochran and tackle Pat Preston were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1942 All-Southern Conference football team.

Wake Forest was ranked at No. 38 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.

Schedule

| September 26 |at| North Carolina|Kenan Memorial Stadium| Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)| L 0-6 |9,000|

| October 3 || Duke|Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)| W 20–7 |7,000|

| October 10 |at| Furman|Sirrine Stadium| Greenville, SC | W 14–6 |7,000|

| October 17 |at| NC State|Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry) | T 0–0 |12,000|

| October 24 |at|No. 10 Boston College| Fenway Park| Boston, MA | L 0–27 |20,000|

| October 31 || Clemson|Groves Stadium| Wake Forest, NC | W 19–6 |4,500|

| November 7 |vs| VMI| Bowman Gray Stadium | Winston-Salem, NC | W 28–0 |6,000|

| November 26 |vs| South Carolina|American Legion Memorial Stadium| Charlotte, NC | W 33–14 |8,500|

References

"1942 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(December 1, 1942). "Guard Ramsey of W. and M. Turns Best Job in Southern Conference". The Index-Journal, Greenwood, SC.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel.
(September 27, 1942). "Carolina ends Wake Forest's stretch, 6–0". Daily Press.
(October 4, 1942). "Wake Forest upsets Duke eleven, 20–7". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(October 11, 1942). "Deacons score on aerials to turn back Furman, 14–6". The News and Observer.
(October 18, 1942). "N.C. State ties Wake Forest, 0–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
O'Leary, Steve. (October 25, 1942). "Deacons Blanked By Boston Array". [[The News & Observer]].
O'Leary, Steve. (October 25, 1942). "Baptists Beaten In Boston Battle". [[The News & Observer]].
(November 1, 1942). "Demon Deacons overtake Clemson to win 19 to 6". The Wilmington Morning Star.
(November 8, 1942). "Wake Forest dominates play to beat V.M.I., 28–0". The Charlotte Observer.
(November 14, 1942). "Deacs win, 20–0, in night contest". The News and Observer.
(November 27, 1942). "Cochran ace in 33–14 Deacon win". The Charlotte Observer.

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