1939 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1939 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Clemson	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
VMI	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Richmond	3	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
VPI	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Maryland	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1939 college football season. In its third season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 7–3 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Southern Conference.

Wake Forest tackle Ruppert Pate was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1939 All-Southern Conference football team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/16/1939	Elon	Greensboro, NC	W 34-0
09/23/1939*	South Carolina	Wake Forest, NC	W 19-7
09/30/1939*	at UNC	Chapel Hill, NC	L 6-36
10/06/1939	at Miami (FL)	Coral Gables, FL	W 33-0
10/14/1939*	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	W 32-0
10/21/1939	Western Maryland	Wake Forest, NC	W 66-0
10/28/1939*	at Duke	Durham, NC	L 0-6
11/04/1939	at Marshall	Huntington, WV	W 14-13
11/11/1939*	at Clemson	Clemson, SC	L 7-20
11/30/1939*	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	W 46-7