1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Tangerine Bowl, L 10–34 vs. LSU
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1979 record	8–4 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach	John Mackovic (2nd year)
Home stadium	Groves Stadium

1979 ACC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
NC State $	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Clemson	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#15 North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Virginia	1	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Duke	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach John Mackovic, the team compiled an 8–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and lost to LSU in the 1979 Tangerine Bowl.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Attendance
09/08/1979	Appalachian State	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 30-23	26,500
09/15/1979	at #12 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	W 22-21	57,500
09/22/1979	East Carolina	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 23-20	28,751
09/29/1979*	at #16 North Carolina State	Carter-Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 14-17	44,800
10/06/1979	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 19-14	36,600
10/13/1979*	at #14 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 24-19	50,720
10/20/1979*	Maryland	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 25-17	26,050
10/27/1979	#13 Auburn	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 42-38	34,060
11/03/1979*	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 0-31	59,000
11/10/1979*	Duke	Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC	W 17-14	28,300
11/17/1979	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 14-35	56,407
12/22/1979	LSU	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	L 10-34	38,666

Category	Team Leader	Att/Cth	Yds
Passing	Jay Venuto	198/363	2,432
Rushing	James McDougald	260	1,177
Receiving	Wayne Baumgardner	55	1,000

↑ "1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

Venues	Groves Stadium (1940–1955) Bowman Gray Stadium (1956–1965) BB&T Field (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Tobacco Road North Carolina–Wake Forest rivalry

Culture & lore	Demon Deacon The 5th Quarter

People	NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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