1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
1979 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Tangerine Bowl, L 10–34 vs. LSU
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	8–4 (3–2 ACC)
Head coach	John Mackovic (2nd season);
Captains	Syd Kitson; Mark Lancaster; James McDougald; James "Quick" Parker;
Home stadium	Groves Stadium
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

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]

Record8–4 (3–2 ACC)

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1979 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t e	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
No. 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

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Appalachian State*		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 30–23	26,500	^[2]
September 15	at No. 12 Georgia*		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	W 22–21	57,500	^[3]
September 22	East Carolina*		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 23–20	28,751	^[4]
September 29	at No. 16 NC State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	L 14–17	44,800	^[5]
October 6	at Virginia Tech*		Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 19–14	36,600	^[6]
October 13	at No. 14 North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	W 24–19	50,720	^[7]
October 20	Maryland		Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 25–17	26,050	^[8]
October 27	No. 13 Auburn*	No. 18	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 42–38	34,060	^[9]
November 3	at Clemson	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 0–31	59,205	^[10]^[11]
November 10	Duke	No. 20	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	W 17–14	28,300	^[12]
November 17	at South Carolina*	No. 17	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 14–35	56,407	^[13]
December 22	vs. LSU		Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	L 10–34	38,666	^[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

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