1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Gator Bowl, W 26–14 vs. South Carolina
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record5–3–1 (4–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainNick Sacrinty
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
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, defeated South Carolina in the first Gator Bowl game, and was ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll.[1]

The team defeated No. 16 Clemson in the final game of the regular season, and its three losses were to teams that were ranked in the final AP Poll: No. 1 Army, No. 13 Duke, and No. 14 Tennessee.

Five Wake Forest players were recognized the Associated Press on the 1946 All-Southern Conference football team: backs Nick Sacrinty (first team), Richard Brinkley (second team), and Nick Ognivich (third team); end John O'Quinn (third team); and guard Robert Leonetti (third team).[2]

The team played its home games at Groves Stadium in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

  1. ^ "1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "All-Southern Conference". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. December 1, 1946. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.