1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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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

AP Poll.[1]

The team defeated No. 16

AP Poll: No. 1 Army, No. 13 Duke, and No. 14 Tennessee
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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.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 at Tennessee*
L 6–715,000[3]
October 6 at Army*
L 0–5410,000[4]
October 13 No. 13 Duke
L 19–2620,000[5]
October 20at NC State
W 19–1817,000[6]
November 3Presbyterian*
  • Groves Stadium
  • Wake Forest, NC
W 53–01,500[7]
November 17at North Carolina
W 14–1320,000[8]
November 22South Carolina
T 13–1316,000[9]
December 1at No. 18 Clemson
W 13–615,000[10]
January 1, 1946South CarolinaNo. 19
W 26–1412,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
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References

  1. ^ "1945 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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