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1941 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference Southern Conference
Record5–5–1 (4–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainCal Givler, John Polanski
Home stadium Groves Stadium
Seasons
←  1940
1942 →
1941 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
South Carolina 4 – 0 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Clemson 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
VMI 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
VPI 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
NC State 3 – 4 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
Furman 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Washington and Lee 1 – 2 – 2 1 – 6 – 2
North Carolina 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Maryland 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Davidson 1 – 5 – 2 1 – 6 – 3
The Citadel 0 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
George Washington 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Richmond 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record (4–2–1 against conference opponents), finished seventh in the Southern Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 218 to 168. [1]

Guard Carl Givler was selected by both the Associated Press and United Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Southern Conference football team. [2] [3]

Wake Forest was ranked at No. 72 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Camp Davis* Wilmington, NCW 65–010,000 [5]
September 27 at Duke
L 14–4313,500 [6]
October 4 at Furman
W 52–138,000 [7]
October 11at South Carolina
T 6–610,000 [8]
October 18at NC State
W 7–015,000 [9]
October 25 North Carolina
W 13–014,000 [10]
November 1at Marshall* Huntington, WVL 6–1610,000 [11]
November 8 at Boston College*
L 6–2613,446 [12]
November 15 at Clemson
L 0–2911,000 [13]
November 20at George Washington
W 42–05,000 [14]
November 29 Texas Tech*
L 6–257,000 [15]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1941 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "All Southern Conference Team Paced by Duke". The Delta Democrat-Times. December 2, 1941. p. 6.
  3. ^ "All-Southern Conference Team". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 29, 1941. p. 9.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Deacon Mentor Pleased With Opening Game". The Asheville Citizen. September 22, 1941. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Wake Forest Swamped By Blue Devils, 43-14". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 28, 1941. pp. D1, D3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Scoop Latimer (October 5, 1941). "Wake Forest Routs Crippled Furman Team, 52-13". Greenville News. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Alderman Duncan (October 12, 1941). "Carolina Birds And Wake Forest Deacons Finish 6-All: Both Elevens Score By The Passing Route". The Greenville News. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Frank B. Gilbreth (October 19, 1941). "Perry Canters Over Goal For Deacon Victory". The High Point Enterprise. p. 9A – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Deacons Defeat Uncoordinated Tar Heels, 13-0". The Daily Tar Heel. October 26, 1941 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Marshall Chalks Up Decision Over Wake Forest, 16-0". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 2, 1941. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Deacons Put Up Hard Fight In Losing To Boston College, 26-6". Asheville Citizen Times. November 9, 1941. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Anthony Foy (November 16, 1941). "Tigers Flash Might To Whip Wake Forest, 29-0: Payne, Butler Pace Bengals Over Deacons". The Greenville News. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Cline Is Star Of Deacons' Win Over Colonials, 42-0". The Asheville Citizen. November 21, 1941. p. 21.
  15. ^ "Wake Forest Falls Before Raiders, 35-6". Austin American-Statesman. November 30, 1941. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
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