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1944 Wake Forest

8–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by D.C. Walker.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1944, game by game: won at North Carolina 7–0; won at Georgia 14–7; won vs. Maryland 39–0; won vs. VMI 38–7; won at NC State 21–7; won at Miami 27–0; won vs. Clemson 13–7; lost at No. 20 Duke 0–34; won vs. South Carolina 19–13+39−34Won 7–0 at North Carolina+7North CarolinaWon 14–7 at Georgia+7GeorgiaWon 39–0 vs. Maryland+39MarylandWon 38–7 vs. VMI+31VMIWon 21–7 at NC State+14NC StateWon 27–0 at Miami+27MiamiWon 13–7 vs. Clemson+6ClemsonLost 0–34 at No. 20 Duke-34No. 20 DukeWon 19–13 vs. South Carolina+6South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atNorth CarolinaW 7–⁠034%
Sep 29atGeorgiaW 14–⁠742%
Oct 7vsMarylandW 39–⁠082%
Oct 14vsVMIW 38–⁠789%
Oct 21atNC StateW 21–⁠764%
Oct 27atMiamiW 27–⁠072%
Nov 4vsClemsonW 13–⁠776%
Nov 11at20DukeL 0–⁠3449%
Nov 23vsSouth CarolinaW 19–⁠1376%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 19–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 3: 18
  3. Wk 4: 17
  4. Wk 5: 12
Record
8–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
178–⁠75
Coach
D.C. Walker
Elo
1586 +91 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.1 No. 42 of 95 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Elmer Barbour

Drafted in 1945

The 1945 draft
Rd 1Elmer Barbour QBNew York Giants

All-Southern Conference

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Rock BrinkleyBAP-2
  • Buck GarrisonOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1944 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke4–⁠06–⁠411
Wake Forest6–⁠18–⁠1
Clemson3–⁠14–⁠5
William & Mary2–⁠1–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
NC State3–⁠27–⁠2
Maryland1–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
South Carolina1–⁠33–⁠4–⁠2
VMI1–⁠51–⁠8
North Carolina0–⁠3–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Richmond0–⁠42–⁠6

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