1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1938 college football season. In its second season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record and finished in ninth place in the Southern Conference.^[1]

1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–5–1 (3–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Peahead Walker (2nd season)
Captain	George Wirtz
Home stadium	Gore Field
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
VMI	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	1	–	4
North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Richmond	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Davidson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
William & Mary	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Wake Forest guard Louis Trunzo was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1938 All-Southern Conference football team.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Randolph–Macon*	Gore Field Wake Forest, NC	W 57–6	5,000	[3]
September 24	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 6–14	14,000	[4]
September 30	vs. The Citadel	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 31–0	5,000	[5]
October 8	at South Carolina	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	W 20–19	6,500	[6]
October 15	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 7–19	17,000	[7]
October 22	vs. No. 9 Duke	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 0–7	10,000	[8]
October 28	Clemson	Gore Field Wake Forest, NC	L 0–7	7,500	[9]
November 5	at VMI	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	T 6–6	4,000	[10]
November 12	vs. Western Maryland*	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 13–20		[11]
November 24	vs. Davidson	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 21–0	7,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
2. "Five Duke Gridmen On All-South Team". Pottstown Mercury. December 1, 1938. p. 12.
3. "Jackets overpowered by Wake Forest, 57 to 6". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 18, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tar Heels batter Wake Forest, 14–6". The Sunday Star. September 25, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Wake Forest rolls over The Citadel". The State. October 1, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Deacons rally to nip Gamecocks, 20 to 19". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 9, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Wolfpack downs Deacons, 19–7". The Greenville News. October 16, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Duke beats Deacons 7–0". Winston-Salem Journal. October 23, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Wake Forest holds Clemson to 7–0 win". The Atlanta Constitution. October 29, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Wake Forest fights V.M.I. to 6–6 deadlock". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 6, 1938. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "W. Md. upsets Wake Forest eleven, 20–13". The Baltimore Sun. November 13, 1938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Wake Forest downs scrapping Davidsons, 21–0". The Charlotte Observer. November 25, 1938. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.