1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 7–3 record and finished in third place in the Southern Conference.^[1]

1940 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	7–3 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Peahead Walker (4th season)
Captain	Jimmy Ringgold
Home stadium	Groves Stadium
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Clemson $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
No. 18 Duke	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Richmond	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
VMI	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Furman	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	1	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
NC State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Maryland	0	–	1	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Wake Forest back Tony Gallovich was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1940 All-Southern Conference football team.^[2]

Wake Forest was ranked at No. 57 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	William Jewell*	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC	W 79–0	1,500	[4]
September 28	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 12–0	21,000	[5]
October 5	Furman	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC	W 19–0	4,000	[6]
October 12	at Clemson	Riggs Field Clemson, SC	L 0–39	18,000	[7]
October 19	Marshall*	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC	W 31–19	5,000	[8]
October 26	Duke	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	L 0–23	21,000	[9]
November 1	at George Washington*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 18–0	10,000	[10]
November 9	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 20–14	10,000	[11]
November 16	at Texas Tech*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 7–12	10,000	[12]
November 28	vs. South Carolina	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 7–6	9,000	[13][14]
*Non-conference game