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1941 Wake Forest

5–⁠5–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by D.C. Walker.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1941, game by game: won at Camp Davis 66–0; lost at Duke 14–43; won at Furman 52–13; tied at South Carolina 6–6; won at NC State 7–0; won vs. North Carolina 13–0; lost at Marshall 6–16; lost at Boston College 6–26; lost at Clemson 0–29; won at George Washington 42–0; lost vs. Texas Tech 6–35+66−29Won 66–0 at Camp Davis+66Camp DavisLost 14–43 at Duke-29DukeWon 52–13 at Furman+39FurmanTied 6–6 at South Carolina0South CarolinaWon 7–0 at NC State+7NC StateWon 13–0 vs. North Carolina+13North CarolinaLost 6–16 at Marshall-10MarshallLost 6–26 at Boston College-20Boston CollegeLost 0–29 at Clemson-29ClemsonWon 42–0 at George Washington+42George Washingt…Lost 6–35 vs. Texas Tech-29Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atCamp DavisW 66–⁠084%
Sep 27atDukeL 14–⁠4330%
Oct 4atFurmanW 52–⁠1375%
Oct 11atSouth CarolinaT 6–⁠658%
Oct 18atNC StateW 7–⁠061%
Oct 25vsNorth CarolinaW 13–⁠064%
Nov 1atMarshallL 6–⁠1688%
Nov 8atBoston CollegeL 6–⁠2628%
Nov 15atClemsonL 0–⁠2925%
Nov 20atGeorge WashingtonW 42–⁠064%
Nov 29vsTexas TechL 6–⁠3545%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas Tech 35–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠168
Coach
D.C. Walker
Elo
1492 −45 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.1 No. 78 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Cal Givler and John Polanski

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Carl GivlerOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • John PolanskiBUP-2
  • Frank KaprivaOGAP-3; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠09–⁠12
South Carolina4–⁠0–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson5–⁠17–⁠2
William & Mary4–⁠18–⁠2
Virginia Tech4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI4–⁠24–⁠6
Wake Forest4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
NC State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Furman2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Washington and Lee1–⁠2–⁠21–⁠6–⁠2
North Carolina2–⁠43–⁠7
Maryland1–⁠23–⁠5–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠6–⁠3
The Citadel0–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
George Washington0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Richmond0–⁠62–⁠7

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