1942 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1942 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–2–1 (5–1–1 Southern)
Head coach	Peahead Walker (6th season)

1942 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 William & Mary $	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
VPI	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Wake Forest	6	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Duke	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	1	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Davidson	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
VMI	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1942 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and finished in third place in the Southern Conference.

Back John Cochran and tackle Pet Preston were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1942 All-Southern Conference football team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26*	at UNC	Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–6
October 3*	Duke	Wake Forest, NC	W 20–7
October 10*	at Furman	Greenville, SC	W 14–6
October 17*	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	T 0–0
October 25	at No. 10 Boston College	Boston, MA	L 0–27
October 31*	Clemson	Wake Forest, NC	W 19–6
November 7*	VMI	Winston-Salem, NC	W 28–0
November 13*	at George Washington	Washington DC	W 20–0
December 5*	South Carolina	Charlotte, NC	W 33–14
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game