1946 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1946 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–3 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 North Carolina $ 4 0 1 8 2 1
William & Mary 7 1 0 8 2 0
No. 18 NC State 6 1 0 8 3 0
South Carolina 4 2 0 5 3 0
Duke 3 2 0 4 5 0
Richmond 3 2 2 6 2 2
VPI 3 3 2 3 4 3
VMI 2 3 1 4 5 1
George Washington 1 1 0 4 3 0
Clemson 2 3 0 4 5 0
Wake Forest 2 3 0 6 3 0
Maryland 2 5 0 3 6 0
Furman 1 4 0 2 8 0
Washington and Lee 1 4 0 2 6 0
The Citadel 1 5 0 3 5 0
Davidson 1 5 0 4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1946 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Peahead Walker, the team compiled a 6–3 record and finished in a tie for tenth place in the Southern Conference.[1]

Wake Forest quarterback Nick Sacrinty ranked seventh nationally with 822 passing yards and fourth with 12 interceptions.[2] End Red O'Quinn ranked third nationally with 29 pass receptions.[3]

Wake Forest was ranked at No. 34 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[4]

  1. ^ "1946 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ W.J. Bingham, ed. (1947). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 82.
  3. ^ W.J. Bingham, ed. (1947). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide including the Official Rules 1947. A.S. Barnes and Company. p. 83.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.

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