1952 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1952 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference	Southern Conference
1952 record	5–4–1 (5–1 Southern)
Head coach	Tom Rogers (2nd year)

1952 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#16 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
West Virginia	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
William & Mary	4	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
George Washington	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia Tech	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Clemson	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Richmond	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1952 college football season. In their second season under head coach Tom Rogers, the Demon Deacons compiled a 5–4–1 record and finished in a tie for second place in the Southern Conference with a 5–1 record against conference opponents.

End Jack Lewis was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1952 All-Southern Conference football team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result
09/20/1952	at Baylor	Waco, TX	L 14-17
09/27/1952*	at William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA	W 28-21
10/04/1952	Boston College	Winston-Salem, NC	T 7-7
10/11/1952	at #14 Villanova	Philadelphia, PA	L 0-20
10/18/1952*	at UNC	Chapel Hill, NC	W 9-7
11/01/1952*	NC State	Wake Forest, NC	W 21-6
11/08/1952	at TCU	Ft. Worth, TX	L 9-27
11/15/1952*	Duke	Wake Forest, NC	L 7-14
11/22/1952*	at Furman	Greenville, SC	W 28-0
11/29/1952*	South Carolina	Winston-Salem, NC	W 39-14

Team leaders

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Sonny George	66/142	868
Rushing	Bruce Hillenbrand	89	413
Receiving	Jack Lewis	30	438