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1950 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1950
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Southern Conference
short_conf	SoCon
record	6–1–2
conf_record	6–1–1
head_coach	Peahead Walker
hc_year	14th
captain	Bob Auffarth
stadium	Groves Stadium

The 1950 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1950 college football season. In its 14th and final season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record and finished in fourth place in the Southern Conference. The team ranked first in major college football in total defense (163.2 yards per game) and third in rushing defense (69.6 yards per game).

Schedule

|September 22|at|Boston College||Braves Field| Boston, MA | T 7-7|12,324|

|September 30||Richmond||Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC|W 43-0|8,000|

|October 7|at|William & Mary||Cary Field|Williamsburg, VA| W 47-0|12,000|

|October 14|at|North Carolina||Kenan Memorial Stadium| Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)| W 13-7|43,500|

|October 21||George Washington|19|Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC | W 13-7|10,000|

|October 28|vs|No. 16 Clemson|17|Bowman Gray Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|L 12-13|22,000|

|November 11|at|Duke||Duke Stadium|Durham, NC (rivalry)|W 13-7|25,000|

|November 18||NC State|16|Groves Stadium|Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)| T 6-6|18,000|

|November 25|at|South Carolina||Carolina Stadium|Columbia, SC | W 14-7|14,000|

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Ed Kissell	36/70	436
Rushing	Bill Miller	178	721
Receiving	Jack Lewis	15	195

References

"1950 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(1951). "Official Collegiate Football Record Book". National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Jerry Nason. "B.C. Eleven Ties Wake Forest, 7-7, Before 12,324". The Boston Globe.
(October 1, 1950). "Coach Walker's Surging Deacons Trample Richmond Eleven, 43-0". Asheville Citizen-Times.
Charles Karmosky. "Wake Forest Routs W&M, 47-0: Deacons Hand Indians Worst Loss Since '23". Daily Press (Newport News, VA).
"Wake Forest Staggers Tar Heels, 13-7: Students Are Injured In Goal Post Riot After Game Here". The Daily Tar Heel.
Reese Hart. (October 22, 1950). "Deacons Pressed To Beat George Washington, 13-0". Asheville Citizen-Times.
Al Geremonte. (October 29, 1950). "Tigers Nose Deacons; Clemson Wins By Margin of 13-12". Asheville Citizen-Times.
Bill Rumfelt. (November 12, 1950). "Wake Forest Beats Duke; Miller, Kissell Engineer Wake Forest Win". The Rocky Mount Sunday Telegram.
Bill Currie. (November 19, 1950). "Deacons Tie State; Deadlock of 6-6 End Of Battle". The High Point Enterprise.
(November 26, 1950). "Wake Forest takes South Carolina". The Rocky Mount Telegram.

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