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1940 Wake Forest

7–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by D.C. Walker.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1940, game by game: won vs. William Jewell 79–0; won at North Carolina 12–0; won vs. Furman 19–0; lost at Clemson 0–39; won vs. Marshall 31–19; lost vs. Duke 0–23; won at George Washington 18–0; won at NC State 20–14; lost at Texas Tech 7–12; won vs. South Carolina 7–6+79−39Won 79–0 vs. William Jewell+79William JewellWon 12–0 at North Carolina+12North CarolinaWon 19–0 vs. Furman+19FurmanLost 0–39 at Clemson-39ClemsonWon 31–19 vs. Marshall+12MarshallLost 0–23 vs. Duke-23DukeWon 18–0 at George Washington+18George Washingt…Won 20–14 at NC State+6NC StateLost 7–12 at Texas Tech-5Texas TechWon 7–6 vs. South Carolina+1South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsWilliam JewellW 79–⁠090%
Sep 28atNorth CarolinaW 12–⁠029%
Oct 5vsFurmanW 19–⁠087%
Oct 12atClemsonL 0–⁠3933%
Oct 19vsMarshallW 31–⁠1992%
Oct 26vsDukeL 0–⁠2341%
Nov 1atGeorge WashingtonW 18–⁠044%
Nov 9atNC StateW 20–⁠1468%
Nov 16atTexas TechL 7–⁠1242%
Nov 28vsSouth CarolinaW 7–⁠681%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
193–⁠113
Coach
D.C. Walker
Elo
1556 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.8 No. 62 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jimmy Ringgold

Drafted in 1941

The 1941 draft
Rd 4Jim Ringgold BPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7John Jett EDetroit Lions

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Tony GallovichBAP-1

Second team

  • Johnny JettEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson4–⁠06–⁠2–⁠1
Duke4–⁠17–⁠218
Wake Forest4–⁠27–⁠3
William & Mary2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Richmond3–⁠26–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠26–⁠4
VMI3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Furman4–⁠35–⁠4
Washington and Lee1–⁠1–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Virginia Tech2–⁠35–⁠5
NC State3–⁠53–⁠6
South Carolina1–⁠33–⁠6
Maryland0–⁠1–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠55–⁠5
The Citadel0–⁠44–⁠5

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.