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1944 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1944
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Southern Conference
short_conf	SoCon
record	8–1
conf_record	6–1
head_coach	Peahead Walker
hc_year	8th
captain	Elmer Barbour
stadium	Groves Stadium

The 1944 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1944 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled an 8–1 record and finished in second place in the Southern Conference.

Schedule

|September 23|at|North Carolina||Kenan Memorial Stadium|Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)|W 7-0|13,000|

|September 29|at|Georgia||Sanford Stadium|Athens, GA|W 14-7|8,500|

|October 7||Maryland||Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC|W 39-0|2,000|

|October 14|vs|VMI|17|World War Memorial Stadium|Greensboro, NC|W 38-7|9,000|

|October 21|at|NC State||Riddick Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry)|W 21–7|8,000–11,000|

|October 27|at|Miami (FL)|18|Burdine Stadium|Miami, FL|W 27-0|18,232|

|November 4||Clemson|17|Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC|W 13-7|4,000|

|November 11|at|No. 20 Duke|12|Duke Stadium|Durham, NC (rivalry)|L 0-34|35,000|

|November 23|vs|South Carolina||American Legion Memorial Stadium|Charlotte, NC|W 19-13|8,500|

Rankings

References

"1944 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(September 24, 1944). "Wake Forest Deacons Beat Tar Heels, 7-0, In Opener". Asheville Citizen-Times.
Jack Troy. (September 30, 1944). "14-7 In Rain: 8,500 See Georgia Bow To Deacons". The Atlanta Constitution.
(October 8, 1944). "Deacons Wallop Maryland, 39-0". The Miami News.
(October 15, 1944). "Deacons conquer Dominion Cadets". The News and Observer.
(October 22, 1944). "Wake Forest defeats scrappy State eleven, 21–7". The Sunday Star-News.
Guy Butler. (October 28, 1944). "18,232 Shivering Fans See Deacons Run Over U. Miami". The Miami News.
(November 5, 1944). "Deacons Win, 6-0, Over Clemson". The Pittsburgh Press.
(November 12, 1944). "Spoilers of Southland: Duke Ends Another Perfect Record". The Pittsburgh Press.
(November 24, 1944). "Wake Forest Edges Carolina, 19-13". The Greenville News.

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