1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

The 1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1938 college football season. In its second season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record and finished in ninth place in the Southern Conference.^[1]

1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–5–1 (3–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Peahead Walker (2nd season)
Captain	George Wirtz
Home stadium	Gore Field
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
VMI	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	1	–	4
North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Richmond	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Davidson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
William & Mary	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Wake Forest guard Louis Trunzo was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1938 All-Southern Conference football team.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Randolph–Macon*	Gore Field Wake Forest, NC	W 57–6	5,000	[3]
September 24	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 6–14	14,000	[4]
September 30	vs. The Citadel	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 31–0	5,000	[5]
October 8	at South Carolina	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	W 20–19	6,500	[6]
October 15	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 7–19	17,000	[7]
October 22	vs. No. 9 Duke	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 0–7	10,000	[8]
October 28	Clemson	Gore Field Wake Forest, NC	L 0–7	7,500	[9]
November 5	at VMI	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	T 6–6	4,000	[10]
November 12	vs. Western Maryland*	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 13–20		[11]
November 24	vs. Davidson	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 21–0	7,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game