Wake Forest at Camp Davis
Saturday, September 25, 1943 Share
Camp Davis beat Wake Forest 24–20. It was their second meeting; the series is even at 1–1.
Final
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 1, 1943, page 16
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Old Liners Underdoqs, But Primed 10 Give Deacons Fight University Of Maryland’s football team will take the field tomorrow rated a slight underdog to Wake Forests Demon Deacons. Both were losers by narrow margins in openers last week and, naturally. will be 60 ing all out in tomorrow afternoons contest in an effort to put down something on the right side of the scoring column. Wake Forest last week almost up set favored Camp Davis, but tum- BILE late in the game led to the SOL diers’ 24–20 win. Maryland also was hurt by break as Curtis Bay intercepted pass and turned it into a touchdown to make the difference in the 1877 score. No Lineup Change Likely. Coach Doc Spears at Maryland has experimented with several line ups this week. but probably will stick to the one that started last week. This has Joe Makar at quarterback. Bill Hickman and Gordie Taylor at halfbacks and Charles Schoenherr at fullback Bob Troll and Dick Tushak are due for lot of relief work, however. The Old Liners really could use another of Hickmans caliber. He was responsible for a big percentage OF Maryland’s ground gains last week and carried such load early in the game that he was too tired to help when the Old Liners needed additional yardage near the end. Makars kicking also is proving Of value and could take Maryland out of tight spots as it did last week. One of his boots travelled 65 yards. In the line End Pat Mccarthy and | Tackle Wilbur Rock are stalwarts. Old Liners Polish Passing. Much work this week at Mary | land has been devoted to passing. The Old Liners aerial attack, almost negligible last week, still needs a lot of polishing to balance the rush. ing offense. Wake Forest was due late today and planned light workout. Start ing players last week not making the trip because of injuries are AL | Cernugel, right end, and Arturo Copeland, left guard.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Wake Forest 86% to win. Camp Davis pulled the upset.
The series
Every Wake Forest–Camp Davis gameTied 1–1 in two meetings.
| 1943 | Camp Davis 24, Wake Forest 20 | |
| 1941 | Wake Forest 66, Camp Davis 0 |
Around this game
Wake Forest
- Next gameat MarylandOct. 2, 1943
- SeasonWake Forest in 1943
- ProgramWake Forest history and records
Camp Davis
- Next gamevs. NC StateOct. 9, 1943
- SeasonCamp Davis in 1943
- ProgramCamp Davis history and records
