1923 Wake Forest Baptists football team

The 1923 Wake Forest Baptists football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1923 college football season. In its first season under head coach Hank Garrity, the team compiled a 6–3 record.[1] After a particularly impressive win against Trinity College (predecessor of Duke University), in the following issue of the school newspaper, the editor of the paper, Mayon Parker (1924 Wake Forest graduate), first referred to the team as "Demon Deacons," in recognition of what he called their "devilish" play and fighting spirit. Henry Belk, Wake Forest's news director, and Garrity liked the title and used it often, so the popularity of the term grew.

1923 Wake Forest Baptists football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainPete Pegano
Home stadiumGore Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Davis & Elkins     8 0 0
King     8 0 1
VMI     9 1 0
Tennessee Docs     6 0 2
West Virginia     7 1 1
Loyola (LA)     5 1 1
Navy     5 1 3
Middle Tennessee State Normal     4 1 0
Quantico Marines     7 2 1
Wake Forest     6 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     6 3 0
William & Mary     6 3 0
Louisville     5 3 0
Delaware     5 3 1
Trinity (NC)     5 4 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     5 4 0
Union (TN)     4 4 1
Catholic University     4 4 0
Mississippi Normal     3 3 0
Texas Mines     3 4 0
Richmond     3 5 0
Georgetown     3 6 0
East Tennessee State Normal     3 6 0
Davidson     3 7 0
George Washington     2 8 0
Birmingham–Southern     1 5 2
Marshall     1 7 0
Spring Hill     1 7 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at North CarolinaL 0–225,000[2]
October 6Guilford
W 41–0[3]
October 13Lynchburg
  • Gore Field
  • Wake Forest, NC
W 25–0[4]
October 20vs. DavidsonW 6–04,000[5]
October 27vs. FloridaL 7–167,000[6]
November 10vs. Trinity (NC)W 16–61,500[7]
November 17Elon
  • Gore Field
  • Wake Forest, NC
W 9–6[8]
November 24NC State
  • Gore Field
  • Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)
W 14–04,000[9]
November 29at South Carolina
L 7–14[10]

References

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  1. ^ "1923 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Carolina beats Wake Forest but George Sparrow is lost to team when he breaks leg". The Charlotte Observer. September 30, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wake Forest winner from Guilford with but little trouble". The Asheville Citizen. October 7, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wake Forest smothers Lynchburg team 25 to 0". Winston-Salem Journal. October 14, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wake Forest downs Davidson". Charlotte Sunday Observer. October 21, 1922. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Florida eleven beats Wake Forest outfit". The Index-Journal. October 28, 1923. p. 6. Retrieved August 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.  
  7. ^ "Wake Forest defeats Trinity by score of 16 to 6 game here". Winston-Salem Journal. November 11, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Close Elon game won by Baptists". The News and Observer. November 18, 1923. Retrieved June 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "State defeat gives Wake Forest 2nd honors in North Carolina". The News and Observer. November 25, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Baptist Demon Deacons yield to Gamecocks, 14–7". The News and Observer. November 30, 1923. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.