1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Dixie Bowl, L 7–20 vs. Baylor
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record6–4 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainBernie Hanula
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Clemson $ 5 0 0 11 0 0
No. 3 North Carolina 4 0 1 9 1 1
VMI 5 1 0 6 3 0
No. 17 William & Mary 5 1 1 7 2 2
No. 20 Wake Forest 5 2 0 6 4 0
Maryland 4 2 0 6 4 0
Duke 3 2 1 4 3 2
Richmond 3 3 1 5 3 2
Washington and Lee 2 2 0 4 6 0
Furman 2 4 0 2 6 1
George Washington 2 4 0 4 6 0
Davidson 2 5 0 3 5 1
South Carolina 1 3 0 3 5 0
NC State 1 4 1 3 6 1
VPI 0 6 1 0 8 1
The Citadel 0 5 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1948 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–4 record, finished in fifth place in the Southern Conference, and lost to Baylor in the 1949 Dixie Bowl.[1]

Back Bill Gregus and end John O'Quinn were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1948 All-Southern Conference football team.[2][3]

Wake Forest was ranked at No. 39 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[4]

  1. ^ "1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Maryland Places Krouse On Team". The Morning Herald, Hagerstown. November 30, 1948. p. 10.
  3. ^ "In Memoriam: Deacs Who Passed in 2016".
  4. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.