1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Tangerine Bowl, L 10–34 vs. LSU
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	8–4 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach	John Mackovic (2nd season)
Home stadium	Groves Stadium

1979 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NC State $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 15 North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
Virginia	1	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Duke	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach John Mackovic, the team compiled an 8–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and lost to LSU in the 1979 Tangerine Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Attendance
09/08/1979	Appalachian State	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	W 30-23	26,500
09/15/1979	at #12 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia	W 22-21	57,500
09/22/1979	East Carolina	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	W 23-20	28,751
09/29/1979*	at #16 North Carolina State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	L 14-17	44,800
10/06/1979	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 19-14	36,600
10/13/1979*	at #14 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	W 24-19	50,720
10/20/1979*	Maryland	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	W 25-17	26,050
10/27/1979	#13 Auburn	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	W 42-38	34,060
11/03/1979*	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, South Carolina	L 0-31	59,000
11/10/1979*	Duke	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, North Carolina	W 17-14	28,300
11/17/1979	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina	L 14-35	56,407
12/22/1979	LSU	Orlando Stadium • Orlando, Florida (Tangerine Bowl)	L 10-34	38,666

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Jay Venuto	198/363	2,432
Rushing	James McDougald	260	1,177
Receiving	Wayne Baumgardner	55	1,000