1948 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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Ranking
AP	No. 20

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.

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/18/1948*	at George Washington	Washington DC	W 27-13
09/24/1948	at Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	L 9-26
10/02/1948*	at William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA	W 21-12
10/09/1948*	#2 UNC	Wake Forest, NC	L 6-28
10/16/1948	at Duquesne	Pittsburgh, PA	W 41-15
10/30/1948*	NC State	Wake Forest, NC	W 34-13
11/06/1948*	at Duke	Durham, NC	W 27-7
11/13/1948*	#10 Clemson	Winston-Salem, NC	L 14-21
11/25/1948*	at South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 38-0
01/01/1949	Baylor	Birmingham, AL (Dixie Bowl)	L 7-20