1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

1946 Gator Bowl, W 28-14 vs. South Carolina
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
1945 record	5–3–1 (4–1–1 Southern)
Head coach	Peahead Walker (9th season)

1945 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Wake Forest	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
William & Mary	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Maryland	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
VMI	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
NC State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
VPI	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	3	–	2	2	–	4	–	3
Richmond	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1945 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record, finished in second place in the Southern Conference, and defeated South Carolina in the 1946 Gator Bowl.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/29/1945	at Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	L 6-7
10/06/1945	at Army	West Point, NY	L 0-54
10/13/1945*	#13 Duke	Wake Forest, NC	L 19-26
10/20/1945*	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	W 19-18
11/03/1945	Presbyterian	Wake Forest, NC	W 53-9
11/17/1945*	at UNC	Chapel Hill, NC	W 14-13
11/22/1945*	South Carolina	Charlotte, NC	T 13-13
12/01/1945*	at #16 Clemson	Clemson, SC	W 13-6
01/01/1946	South Carolina	Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	W 28-14

↑ "1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Venues	Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1965) BB&T Field (1968–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry
Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter
People	NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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