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1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1979
team	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
sport	football
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
short_conf	ACC
record	8–4
conf_record	3–2
head_coach	John Mackovic
hc_year	2nd
captain	Syd Kitson
captain2	Mark Lancaster
captain3	James McDougald
captain4	James "Quick" Parker
stadium	Groves Stadium
bowl	[Tangerine Bowl](1979-tangerine-bowl)
bowl_result	L 10–34 vs. [LSU](1979-lsu-tigers-football-team)

The 1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach John Mackovic, the team compiled an 8–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and lost to LSU in the 1979 Tangerine Bowl.

Schedule

|September 8||Appalachian State||Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|W 30–23|26,500|

|September 15|at|No. 12 Georgia||Sanford Stadium|Athens, GA|W 22–21|57,500|

|September 22||East Carolina||Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|W 23–20|28,751|

|September 29|at|No. 16 NC State||Carter–Finley Stadium|Raleigh, NC (rivalry)|L 14–17|44,800|

|October 6|at|Virginia Tech||Lane Stadium|Blacksburg, VA|W 19–14|36,600|

|October 13|at|No. 14 North Carolina||Kenan Memorial Stadium|Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)|W 24–19|50,720|

|October 20||Maryland||Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|W 25–17|26,050|

|October 27||No. 13 Auburn|18|Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC|W 42–38|34,060|

|November 3|at|Clemson|14|Memorial Stadium|Clemson, SC|L 0–31|59,205|

|November 10||Duke|20|Groves Stadium|Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)|W 17–14|28,300|

|November 17|at|South Carolina|17|Williams–Brice Stadium|Columbia, SC|L 14–35|56,407|

|December 22|vs|LSU||Orlando Stadium|Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)|L 10–34|38,666|

Roster

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Jay Venuto	198/363	2,432
Rushing	James McDougald	260	1,177
Receiving	Wayne Baumgardner	55	1,000

References

"1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(September 9, 1979). "Wake Forest nips Apps". The News and Observer.
(September 16, 1979). "Devilish Demon Deacons bump big, bad Bulldogs". The News and Observer.
(September 23, 1979). "Wake downs E. Carolina". Rocky Mount Telegram.
(September 30, 1979). "Wolfpack stops Deacons". Florence Morning News.
(October 7, 1979). "Venuto brings Wake back, 19–14". The News and Observer.
(October 14, 1979). "Wake Forest stuns UNC". Daily Press.
(October 21, 1979). "Deacons stop Terps 25–17". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
(October 28, 1979). "Auburn baptized by Deacon rally". Rocky Mount Telegram.
. (1980). ["Clemson Football Media Guide - 1980"](https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_media/53/). *[[Clemson University]]*.
(November 5, 1979). "Wake Forest bubble bursts at Clemson". The Opelika-Auburn News.
(November 11, 1979). "Wake Forest kicks past Duke". Fort Myers News-Press.
(November 18, 1979). "Wake's mistakes boost Gamecocks". The Charlotte Observer.
(December 23, 1979). "Tigers claw Wake 34–10". The Orlando Sentinel Star.

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