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1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1943
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Southern Conference
short_conf	SoCon
record	4–5
conf_record	3–2
head_coach	Peahead Walker
hc_year	7th
captain	Elmer Barbour
captain2	Russell Perry
stadium	Groves Stadium

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.

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

Schedule

| September 25 |3:30 p.m.|at| Camp Davis|| Camp Davis, NC | L 20–24 |20,000|

| October 2 ||at| Maryland|Byrd Stadium|College Park, MD | L 7–13 |1,000|

| October 8 ||at| Georgia|Sanford Stadium|Athens, GA | L 0–7 |7,500|

| October 16 ||at| NC State |Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry) | W 54–6 |9,000|

| October 23 ||vs| VMI|Municipal Stadium| Lynchburg, VA | W 21-0 |3,000|

| October 30 ||at| Clemson|Memorial Stadium | Clemson, SC | W 41–12 |5,500|

| November 6 ||| North Carolina Pre-Flight|Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC | W 20–12 |5,000|

| November 13 ||at| Greensboro AAB|World War Memorial Stadium |Greensboro, NC| L 0–14|10,000|

| November 25 ||vs| South Carolina|American Legion Memorial Stadium| Charlotte, NC | L 2–13 |7,000|

References

"1943 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
Litkenhous, E. E.. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". [[The Salt Lake Tribune]].
. (September 25, 1943). ["Davis To Meet Deacons Today"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wilmington-morning-star/123115255/). *[[Star-News*.
. (September 26, 1943). ["Camp Davis Staggers Deacons In Last Minutes"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wilmington-morning-star/123115356/). *[[Star-News*.
. (September 26, 1943). ["Camp David Gets Victory On Fourth-Quarter Rally"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer/123114000/). *[[The News & Observer]]*.
(October 3, 1943). "Maryland strikes down Wake, 13–7". Winston-Salem Journal.
(October 9, 1943). "Georgia beats Wake in close contest, 7 to 0". Winston-Salem Journal.
(October 17, 1943). "Deacons rout State, 54–6". The News and Observer.
. (October 24, 1943). ["Wake Forest Relies On Breaks TO Lick V.M.I., 21 To 0"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77627393/asheville-citizen-times/). *[[Asheville Citizen-Times]]*.
(October 31, 1943). "Hey, look, Mr. Wray, W-F triumphed today". The Knoxville Journal.
(November 7, 1943). "Demon Deacs spill Pre-Flight, 20–12". The Charlotte Observer.
(November 14, 1943). "Greensboro Tech-Hawks Down Wake Forest, 14 to 0". [[Asheville Citizen-Times]].
(November 26, 1943). "South Carolina takes measure of Wake Forest, 13 to 2". The Asheville Citizen.

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