1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Southern Conference
1938 record	4–5–1 (3–4–1 Southern)
Head coach	Peahead Walker (2nd year)

1938 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#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

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.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/17/1938	Randolph-Macon	Wake Forest, NC	W 57-6
09/24/1938*	at UNC	Chapel Hill, NC	L 6-14
09/30/1938*	The Citadel	Charlotte, NC	W 31-0
10/08/1938*	at South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 20-19
10/15/1938*	at NC State	Raleigh, NC	L 7-19
10/22/1938*	#9 Duke	Winston-Salem, NC	L 0-7
10/28/1938*	Clemson	Wake Forest, NC	L 0-7
11/05/1938*	at VMI	Lexington, VA	T 6-6
11/12/1938	Western Maryland	Wake Forest, NC	L 13-20
11/24/1938*	Davidson	Charlotte, NC	W 21-0