1937 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1937 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–6 (1–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainA. M. Munford
Home stadiumGore Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland $ 2 0 0 8 2 0
No. 19 North Carolina 4 0 1 7 1 1
Clemson 2 0 1 4 4 1
No. 20 Duke 5 1 0 7 2 1
VMI 4 2 0 5 5 0
NC State 4 2 1 5 3 1
South Carolina 2 2 1 5 6 1
Washington and Lee 2 3 0 4 5 0
The Citadel 2 3 0 7 4 0
Richmond 2 3 0 5 4 1
Furman 1 2 2 4 3 2
VPI 2 4 0 5 5 0
William & Mary 1 3 0 4 5 0
Wake Forest 1 4 0 3 6 0
Davidson 1 6 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1937 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1937 college football season. In its first season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 3–6 record and finished in 14th place in the Southern Conference.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 at Tennessee*L 0–327,500[2]
October 1 at George Washington*L 6–3415,000[3]
October 8 Erskine*
W 19–04,000[4]
October 16 North Carolina
  • Gore Field
  • Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)
L 0–2810,000[5]
October 23 NC State
  • Gore Field
  • Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)
L 0–206,000[6]
October 30 at ClemsonL 0–324,000[7]
November 6 at No. 11 DukeL 0–676,000[8]
November 12 at Wofford*
W 24–01,000[9]
November 25 vs. DavidsonW 19–710,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1937 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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