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1943 Wake Forest

4–⁠5 (3–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by D.C. Walker.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1943, game by game: lost at Camp Davis 20–24; lost at Maryland 7–13; lost at Georgia 0–7; won at NC State 54–6; won at VMI 21–0; won at Clemson 41–12; won vs. North Carolina Pre-Flight 20–12; lost at Greensboro Field 0–14; lost at South Carolina 2–13+48−14Lost 20–24 at Camp Davis-4Camp DavisLost 7–13 at Maryland-6MarylandLost 0–7 at Georgia-7GeorgiaWon 54–6 at NC State+48NC StateWon 21–0 at VMI+21VMIWon 41–12 at Clemson+29ClemsonWon 20–12 vs. North Carolina Pre-Flight+8North Carolina …Lost 0–14 at Greensboro Field-14Greensboro FieldLost 2–13 at South Carolina-11South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atCamp DavisL 20–⁠2486%
Oct 2atMarylandL 7–⁠1355%
Oct 8atGeorgiaL 0–⁠726%
Oct 16atNC StateW 54–⁠658%
Oct 23atVMIW 21–⁠074%
Oct 30atClemsonW 41–⁠1258%
Nov 6vsNorth Carolina Pre-FlightW 20–⁠1264%
Nov 13atGreensboro FieldL 0–⁠1486%
Nov 25atSouth CarolinaL 2–⁠1358%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 13–⁠2; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠2 4th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
165–⁠101
Coach
D.C. Walker
Elo
1493 −58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.5 No. 53 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Elmer Barbour and Russell Perry

Drafted in 1944

The 1944 draft
Rd 5George Owen OGPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southern Conference

2 first team

First team

  • Nick SacrintyBAP-1
  • Bill StarfordCAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1943 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠08–⁠17
Maryland2–⁠04–⁠5
South Carolina2–⁠15–⁠2
Wake Forest3–⁠24–⁠5
North Carolina2–⁠26–⁠3
Richmond1–⁠16–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠32–⁠6
VMI2–⁠32–⁠6
NC State1–⁠43–⁠6
Davidson0–⁠30–⁠3

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